I love absolutely everything about the Four Seasons Paris.
The lobby
The reception
The galerie
The al fresco cafe
The flower arrangements
And even the restroom I love! Hee hee hee :)
My very first lunch in Paris was at the two Michelin star Le Cinq
The dining room looks so elegant in golds and grays
Love the simple yet tasteful table setting
Had a glass of Champagne Deutz Rose 2007 to freshen myself up.
(I was still a bit disoriented from the hop on hop off bus. Lol!)
Amuse bouche
Breads, butter towers, olive oil
More amuse bouche
I saw chopsticks on other tables, too, but I just thought it would be fun to ask my waiter if he
gave me the chopsticks because I am Chinese. The poor guy struggled with his answer and
explained as gracefully as possible that the first course was to be eaten with the instrument.
Sometimes I can't help being silly like that. :P
To get a taste of Chef Eric Briffard's signature dishes, I had Le Cinq's Summer Gourmet Tasting Menu.
Red mediterranean tuna belly, French caviar tartar,
green apple jelly, wasabi, tangy vegetable escabeche
2009 Michel Bouzereau Meursault Les Tessons
Razor clam from Galice with seaweed butter and ginger
Baby girolle mushrooms in acquerello risotto and apricot, fresh almonds and vulleta ham
2009 Emmanuel Darnaid Crozes Hermitage
Rex rabbit from the Poitou region cooked with shellfish, octopus and salicornia,
confit bayaldi of vegetables, Muscadet wine gravy
Sour ewe's milk sorbet with olive oil
George V style fraisier "minute maid"
Strawberry granita, fresh strawberry sorbet
Espresso to cap off my lunch indulgence
But it wasn't the end. There was still a trolley full of little sweets waiting for me.
My petit fours
Le Cinq is really a place for lovers. Everyone in the room was in pairs.
Well, except for this one
But that's okay, because these guys gave me a different kind of happy :P
Take away caramel goodies!
Le Cinq: Four Seasons Hotel George V, 31 Avenue George V, 75008, Paris, France. Tel: +33 1 49 52 71 54
