What?
Le Cinq
31 Avenue George V
75008 Paris, France
www.fourseasons.com/paris/dining
Notable Accolades
Three Michelin Stars, Michelin Guide 2012
The Good
Very good food served at excellent prices as part of the restaurant’s set lunch menu. Amazing bordier butter with seaweed served with the bread courses. A stunning multi-course entrée consisting of five preparations of oysters. The large variety of options on the cheese cart and dessert trolley. The excellent service.
The Bad
The main desserts lack the imagination of the savoury courses or the appeal of the dessert trolley. My unnecessary decision to order an additional course of sweetbreads as part of my meal. That awkward moment when the server dropped a piece of cheese from the cheese trolley on to the floor for the third time.
The Meal
Amuse Bouche #1
Bordier butter with seaweed
Amuse bouches #2
Part 1 of my wife’s entree
Delight of oysters from Thau basin
“chaud-froid”, white wine broth, with curry-cumin, sorbet
My entree
Grilled duck foie gras from the Landes region
with buckwheat, foamy parsnip syrup cream, dried duck shavings
Part 2 of my wife’s entree
Delight of oysters from Thau basin
white wine broth, with curry-cumin
Part 3 of my wife’s entree
Delight of oysters from Thau basin
sorbet
Main course (my wife and I had the same)
Sea scallops from the Normandy region
browned in Colombo spices, tangy raisin, caramelised endives
My supplementary course
Veal sweetbreads, browned with liquorice
Vegetables served with my supplementary course
First green asparagus from the Luberon region stewed in the white sauce
The cheese cart
My cheese selection
Pre-dessert
Dessert (my wife and I shared the same course)
Cappacino delight
Pecan nuts praline, Moka coffee mouse
Dessert trolley
My wife’s dessert selection
My dessert selection
Wow, the Paris Chowhounds are right on the money with their recs on this one! Added to my go to list, your review and pics clinched it-thanks!
it’s only two stars still?