Location: Restaurant Auguste by Gael Orieux

 Again, it was a proof that eating in a Michelin Star restaurant is so relaxing, 

as service is so welcoming and attentive, and you can order everything 

from the menu, and can be sure it tastes good. No, wait good is not appropriate

 - call it taste-joy-explosion in your mouth.

We enjoyed a 3-course lunch menu at "Auguste" by Gael Orieux,

 near Eiffel Tower in Paris. (This is the moment you are allowed 

to squeak "How romantic!!") Yes it was a nice day and even a bit romantic. 

But this was not our priority. We just liked to enjoy the best of Paris - sights, 

atmosphere and of course exceptional good food.

I can only recomman the very small "Auguste", as the dishes are 

elaborate but not sophisticated. Delicate tastes, nothing over spiced, 

made with love and passion.This was my menu:

 

Duck fois gras with pineapple chutney and pickled onions#:

 it was delicious, nevertheless I don't seem to be a big fois gras fan.

Juicy veal filet with chard, potatoes and plum sauce: so simple but so good. 

Fresh herbs and perfect timing make this dish an unforgettable joy.

Cassis sorbet, chestnut cream and meringue "mushrooms":

light, delicious and thoughtful. The sour cassis sorbet went very well 

with the creamy and sweet chestnut and the crunchy meringue.

http://www.restaurantauguste.fr/#/ACCUEIL

Location: Tim Raue

A great birthday present - thank you all again!

As promised I will report you now about the 4-course lunch at Tim Raue in Berlin Kreuzberg. 

Entering the clean and welcoming interior, 

we were ushered to a table by a very friendly waitress. 

The lunch began with a variety of appetizers: 

reddish with asian mustard, steamed pork-belly with szechuan pepper, 

asparagus-melon salad and curry seasoned cashews - all of them great and mouthwatering!

You could choose four different courses from a menu, 

means you combine main dishes, entrees and desserts how you like it best. 

I started with ikarimi salmon (Cold fish slaughtering system) on vanilla-grafruit sauce. Try this fantastic quality fish! 

Then continued with extraordinary fried dim-sam, filled with sobrasada (spanish sausage) 

on fresh pear and topped with some acacia honey. 

It was one of my favorites: crispy, hearty, combining so many flavors to a culinary experience.

The third course were tender zander cheekies with melon and peas.

Followed by lobster with tamarind and tomatoes. Soft and absolutely delicious!

My companion had: 

Steamed dim-sam with duck filling

Pigling with szechuan pepper and tangerine sauce

Beef steak with watermelon and  pomegranate

As I choose no desert, I was very happy to finish the lunch with a sweet amuse-gueule: 

a little ice lolly with strawberry sorbet covered with white chocolate and matcha green 

tea powder and and woodland strawberrys.

Resume: A wonderful lunch near historic Checkpoint Charlie with great food, 

great service in a relaxing asian-inspired atmosphere.

For more information: 

http://www.tim-raue.com/index.php?task=restaurant&section=aktuelles&lang=en

Coming soon: 4-course lunch at Tim Raue

2-Star Guide Michelin restaurant in Berlin...

Location: VAU

Entrée: wild hog in puffy pastry & chestnut cappucchino

Dessert: soufflé & sorbet of sour cream with blue elder coulis

Finally and thank to the lovely agency members of BBDO Berlin (advertising) 

where I made a 6-month intern, I was able to eat in a One-Michelin Star Restaurant. 

VAU in Berlin (Gendarmenmarkt) by Kolja Kleeberg. I took my boyfriend to share 

this event for lunch on our two-and-a-half year jubilee and it 

was - who would doubt it - fantastic!

Now for the most important facts:

Amuse gueule: 

Piglings cheek with canola mayonnaise

Entrée: (as in picture)

wild hog in puffy pastry & chestnut cappucchino (for me)

Medium deer filet on parsley-pearl barley (for him)

Main course: 

Crispy char (heavenly) with apple and parsnip (for me)

Duck breast (so soft!) with sweet potato mesh and wild mushrooms

Dessert: (as in picture & for both):

Soufflé & sorbet of sour cream with blue elder coulis

Some of you may think that this is a quite traditional and ordinary menue for 

a Michelin-Star restaurant,but I have to remark that it was only 

the lunchtime à la carte, that is usually not that exceptional. 

We could have had afford a dinner too, but only with one course 

- so we decided that diversity is more interesting for us than flamboyance. 

Conclusion: The interior could have been not so 90's, but it's nice and welcoming.

Service was vey good and not sniffy, food was perfekt.

http://www.vau-berlin.de/