Monday, June 11, 2012

In Pictures - Robuchon au Dôme, Macau

We visited Macau earlier this year for a weekend treat with a couple of friends, SO MUCH FUN! I was going through my photos during a rainy, lazy Sunday at home, and apart from being alarmed at how many more photos of food I have than of people (!!!), I loved the memories conjured up by these photos from our weekend, and our Sunday lunch at Robuchon au Dôme.

The rather odd looking Grand Lisboa Hotel in Macau, where Robuchon is located at the very top

I go to so many restaurants, take so many photos, and can't share them all because the idea of writing a blog post every day of the week is a bit too daunting. 

So, instead of writing about every dish we had, I invite you to look at the photos that I took of the experience, so you can create your own impression of the restaurant (I hope it's an amazing one!), then call them to make the first available booking you can. Invite some friends, go to Macau, and go HUNGRY.

Make a meal of it, so to speak! :-)

Downstairs, the walls of the lift entrance are lined with fabulous wines and champagnes..
 
The lift opens up to an opulent mirrored foyer, with a pianist playing on a beautifully hand-carved and inlaid piano...

The epic tome of a wine list, the largest I have ever seen. There are also some really nice options by the glass

The Butter Trolley - salted or unsalted
A perfect wheel of butter
The bread basket - ask for extra bacon sticks!


 THE AMUSE BOUCHES

The Amuse bouche: Cauliflower panna cotta with uni
The vegetarian amuse bouche: Cauliflower panna cotta with a sweet corn velouté
My friend AB is a vegetarian, and we had no doubt that such an establishment would be able to cater to her tastes very well. We were excited to see what they came up with, and the amuse bouche was a good start!

Crispbread with truffle butter and sea salt - yum

THE STARTERS

Duo of crab and mozzarella with heart of palm in romaine leaves seasoned with sweet and sour dressing. All the plates are hand decorated as well! See the red to the top left of the plate
Gratinated Roseval potatoes with medley of pork and black truffle served with preserved mushroom
The vegetarian starter - mixed salad with black truffle. Although the coloures were beautiful, it was competely lacking flair and ingenuity if you ask me! Surely the chef is faced with the challenge of a vegetarian meal quite regularly, and this was very boring.
The wine pairing for the starters, a nice crisp riesling, which everyone loved!

SOUP

Hot Jelly of Shellfish Bouillon with Scallop Royale and Spiced Shredded Lobster - what an amazing, amazing dish! Quite simply, the best soup dish that I've ever tasted!
Jerusalem artichoke veloute served with foie gras emulsion and black truffle





POISSON / FISH COURSE


Pan-fried skate wing "Grenobloise" style with lemon caviar

The vegetarian "fish" course - potatoes, mushrooms, crispbreads
Slow cooked Black Cod in virgin oil topped with salmon roes served in a watercress broth and shiso flower
The wine pairing for the fish course

We visited Robuchon au Dôme for lunch, and ordering wine by the bottle would have been too much. We wanted to savour the meal as well as have some variety with the wines. The Somelier's selection is surprisingly great value, at MOP 220 for two glasses or MOP 320 for 3 glasses. This way, we were able to taste some very nice wines, and each complemented the cuisine well.

VIANDE / MEAT COURSE

Caramelised quail stuffed with foie gras and mashed potatoes
Decadence is - quail stuffed with foie gras, with extra mash
Pan fried Iberian Pork fillet, fricassee of artichoke and capers with peanuts and verjuiced jus (jus verjuté?)
The Vegetarian Main - truffle everywhere!
Oxtail with pearl pasta, asparagus and wild mushroom emulsion

Served piping hot and with flair!

The service at Robuchon is of course, outstanding! They were particularly kind and generous when it came to the cheese and dessert selections. Our waiter was AMAZING, but it has been so long and I'm quite upset that I've now forgotten his name :-(










DESSERT & CANDY TROLLEY

It was fantastical, and beautifully presented, like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory on wheels!
My dessert selection


The Confectionery Trolley


Heart-shaped macaroons - need to learn how to make those!!
 
CHEESE TROLLEY

A nice and varied selection of French cow, sheep and goat cheeses
Robuchon is the only 3 Michelin Starred restaurant in Macau, and where else in the world can you have a 5 course Michelin lunch at such a wonderfully delicious price (MOP688)? Why, if there was no food to waist size ratio, I'd be on that jetfoil to Macau every weekend! In fact, I plan on  going again soon before they wake up and smell the truffles, and raise the prices.

The level of service was superb, and although we were almost the last table there, and it got a bit quiet towards the end of the meal (we were there from 1-4.30pm, after all!), we benefitted from having a free choice of what we wanted from the cheese and dessert trolleys! :-) Or at least we thought we benefitted! Let's just say that these restaurants know what they're doing when they limit you to 3 choices. While it may be disappointing at first, they are really saving you from a stomachache! As tempting and delectable as they all look, these desserts are not made for generous consumption!

The food, the whole experience, is not one to be missed. It is an insight into the wonderful world of haute cuisine, and it is open to most! Even though the view is somewhat obscured by the grey clouds of pollution, you still feel like you're on top of the world.

Dinner, of course, is considerably more expensive, but if I've had a good day at the tables, I would be there in a blink of an eyelid. Otherwise, lunch works just as well for me!

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