Le Terroir

Le Terroir is a world-class place, no doubt about it . . .
If only for their armagnac & cognac selections, which are out of my price range . . . 8^D

The first amuse bouche was this foam with seafood and potato.

We had skipped lunch to make room for this dinner . . . Which we squandered on the wonderful breads . . . With our apertif' champagnes . . . 8^D

Another amuse bouche with salmon & sea-bass in a briny foam.

We were having the degustation menu, with suggested wine pairings -- the only way to go . . .

Goose Foie gras and pheasant with pistachio oil and pears . . .along with a 2006 Reisling from the Mosel River valley

Scallops, langoustines and pasta negra with baked garil and sauce of olive oil, with a 2008 meursault "Clos du Cromin", from Burgogne

Grilled fish with a ragout of white beans and zucchini, anchovies sauce . . . We both could've sworn the waiter said cray fish, but . . . .with a 2008 chateaneuf du pape, Cotes du Rhone . . . Never had a white chateaneuf before . . .didn't like it as much as the amazing reds we've had before . . . The fish in-and-of-itself was unassaillable . . .

Irsih lamb chop and sweetbread roasted in thyme butter, ravioloi stuffed with leek, with 2006 Bandol, from Provence . . . I love seafood, but this was my favorite for the evening . . . Prima gusto!

Valhona chocolate cake with cherries and crème fraiche . . . And there is obviously more going on than just that . . . With a little spanish sherry, of course . . .

Then coals-to-newcastle-wise, they brought some extra chocolate out . . . We had no shame by this point, ate it all . . .