Dinner at Nicolas Le Restaurant - 15 Jan 2010

We had a wonderful evening at Nicolas Le Restaurant.  The wines were all from Maison Roche De Bellene and Nicolas excellently paired each course with the wines.

crumbled menu - cos i kept it in my back pocket;-0

The best dish was the Tasmanian field rack of lamb which was so nicely done even though it was a thick piece. However, I felt that Nicolas was a bit off with the black truffle and steamed egg cocotte in that the flavour of the black truffle was not fully infused into the egg.  It would have been perfect. 

black truffle and steamed egg cocotte

I was also a bit disappointed with the small portion of pigeon meat in the pigeon bolognese even though it was tasty with a little game flavour.  No complaints about the rest of the food ;-).

langoustine bouillon

The wines were all very good.  I love the two old Meursaults (1993 and 1995) the best.

The dinner and the wines were good, but what made the dinner so enjoyable and successful was my guests.  Even though they do not really know one another, everyone enjoyed talking and engaging one another.  We found out a couple of new things about ourselves that night when we indulged into more wines. Yes, we had a truly great evening!