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Booked our table way in advance. We were fortunate enough to be seated at the upstairs table around the show kitchen. We have shared the u shape table with other fellow diners, altogether 11 of us. First the international culinary team one by one introduced themselves. The crazy food journey started afterwards. 25 courses, each and every one of them blew us away. Absolutely stunning and unusual combination of indian, thai, japanese etc. flavours. Every bite was beautifully presented and made of the finest ingredients. Chili and chocolate bonbon, Gobi caviar, akami tartar, tomato matcha, were all our favourites. The desserts and coffee were served downstairs where we carried on chatting with the other diners. Waiting staff was friendly but could have been a little more efficient with refilling the drinks. But this did not spoil our brilliant evening at all. Any time we are back in the area we will make sure to go back.
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Last evening of our unforgatable holiday we were fortunate enough to sample the creations of Chef Arnaud Lallement. Perfect culinary experince from start to finish along the Saveur menu. Wonderful personalised service, with great attention to all details. John Dry, milk fed lamb, just to name few of the plates. The cheese selection of Philippe Olivier was amazing. We have to mention the soft goat cheese with shalot onions the best we have ever tasted and we have tasted a lot. Amazing bread, butter, amuse bouche, petit 4, all the highest quality. Our chosen welcome drink was a small serie of Francis Boulard rose champagne and our dinner was accompanied with a bottle of Chateauneuf Du Pape rouge 2008. Very heavy on the bank card but well worth every cent. Less

Booked our table way in advance. We were fortunate enough to be seated at the upstairs table around the show kitchen. We have shared the u shape table with other fellow diners, altogether 11 of us. First the international culinary team one by one introduced themselves. The crazy food journey started afterwards. 25 courses, each and every one of them blew us away. Absolutely stunning and unusual combination of indian, thai, japanese etc. flavours. Every bite was beautifully presented and made of the finest ingredients. Chili and chocolate bonbon, Gobi caviar, akami tartar, tomato matcha, were all our favourites. The desserts and coffee were served downstairs where we carried on chatting with the other diners. Waiting staff was friendly but could have been a little more efficient with refilling the drinks. But this did not spoil our brilliant evening at all. Any time we are back in the area we will make sure to go back.
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One of the best street foods we have had during our stay in Vietnam. No frills, not a pair of matching cutlery, no tablecloth, but real Vietnamese food at it`s best. Pho soup was big enough to feed us both, marinated meat you cook yourself on a hot stone. Vegetables we couldn`t even identify, but everything was full of flavours and served with a smile. Less

We have ordered the tasting menu. One of us had the wine pairing. The menu was uneven, some dishes were very good, some were not to the standard of 2 Michelin star restaurant. Exceptionally good was the cold cherry soup with hering caviar, the quail egg and truffle cupcake. Generally the starters and the amouse bouche were good standard. The mains for us were blend without much creativity. But the biggest problem was the rhythm of the service. All dishes were following eachother within minutes. It was impossible to finish the matching wine with each course or to be able to enjoy the food and the drink together.
The wine pairing itself was excellent, carefully selected. It`s a pity we were so rushed with each plate. Desserts were not memorable, petit four and coffee was nice. Less