The DU Lounge
In reply to the discussion: Choose one restaurant. [View all]Aristus
(66,316 posts)It's a very nice, farm-to-table restaurant with an extraordinary seasonal menu. The dishes are all rather unusual, always made from the best and freshest ingredients.
The have an excellent wine cellar, and offer sterling recommendations for pairing with the various dishes.
At the changing of the season, they shut down the restaurant for one full day while the chef discusses his new dishes with the staff. They sample each item on the menu and get a full briefing on it, in order to be able to explain the dishes to patrons.
They have a pastry chef who provides exquisite little hors d'oeuvres as palate cleansers between courses. Each diner is provided with a little wooden tray with containers of various kinds of salts (yes, there's more than one kind) for seasoning their meals to taste. These are rarely needed, as the food is beyond compare.
Every meal is finished off with a small aperitif glass of house-made ginger soda as a final palate cleanser.
I could eat there for every meal, every day for the rest of my life...