I have eaten a lot of foie gras dishes, and today I tried a crispy foie gras mousse for the first time here, and the taste was amazing.
The crispy skin on the outside was very crispy, with freeze-dried strawberries and candied orange peel strips on top, and the whole foie gras snack tasted delicate and not greasy.
This is an appetizer in the restaurant's 799 yuan 9-course exploration set meal. The set meal is a bit large for a lady. If you don't want to order a full set, "crispy foie gras mousse" is a dish worth ordering separately
[Environment] The restaurant is not big, there are about 8 to 10 small square tables for four people, and the atmosphere is quite suitable for a date. Popularity is 8 bad. At noon, I arrived early, and when I started eating, the restaurant was actually half full.
Ordered the exploration set meal, added 399 yuan, and tried 5 optional wines.
The first wine, "Chilean espino Chardonnay dry white" Maipo Valley Chardonnay, aged in oak barrels. At first I thought it was a bit thick as the first wine, but later I found that it still needed some body to go with the welcome snacks, soup, and vegetables. The "welcome snack trio" includes rice cakes, puffs, and shrimp meat. The shrimp meat is sweet and has some oil-soaked aroma. "Summer welcome snacks" peach, tomato and basil sauce, I like it! "Pumpkin soup" is a combination of pumpkin broth, pumpkin puree and pumpkin shreds. I don't think it should be called pumpkin broth or pumpkin soup. It has a particularly strong and concentrated pumpkin aroma, very fine and not thick. It is the best pumpkin soup I have tasted in recent months. The name of the restaurant, Morilles, means morel in French, which shows that morel is its signature and can also represent some of the chef's cooking concepts. Morels need to be carefully cleaned, and the quality of the ingredients themselves is very important. Without the blessing of good cooking skills, morels are easy to appear tough and bland. This dish of "Morel Green Asparagus with New Zealand Sweet Pea Puree" perfectly reflects the sweetness of the ingredients. The mushroom meat is thick and fragrant, without any sand or dust.
The second wine is the German "Vackenberg Winery Riesling Dry White". I originally thought that it would be a bit light with foie gras, but after pairing it, I found that the citrus fruit flavor of this Riesling is quite distinct, which can complement the fruit flavor of the crispy skin of foie gras.
The third wine "cote mas winery dry white" is a regional table wine in Languedoc, a blend of Roussanne and Marsanne, simple and light.
The seafood main course "Atlantic Squid" is elastic and slightly less tender.
The fourth wine is the more passionate and full "Yalambago Winery Shiraz Dry Red".
The meat main course "Australian Pureblood Angus Beef Fillet" wanted to eat it tenderer, so I asked for it medium rare, and I felt that the texture was well controlled. The main course also includes a portion of foie gras and oxtail in port sauce, which is rich and tasty.
The fifth wine is "Tokaji Noble Rot Wine 3P"
The dessert "French Traditional Thousand-Layer Puff Pastry" is hand-made, crispy and rich in buttery aroma, delicious, but it does have some psychological burden. The "Lychee Mousse" chosen by my companion made people relax a lot. The lychee meat and the light cream like fluffy yarn are very summery.
I tasted the "Oil Confit Duck, 20-year-old preserved radish, Xinlimei" ordered by my companion, and the fried flounder was also very good.