Thanks to Laurant, Gastros on Tour on-site here’s a happy comment from Lau Richter, Restaurant Manager at noma:
Monthly Archive for April, 2010
I got the news by a text message. Despite the rumor during the day I could hardly believe it: NOMA is first on the 50 best restaurants in the world? It is true, though, and very well deserved. Congrats to René, Lau, Pontus and all of you brave guys! That’s an achievement, and I’m so proud to present it.
Congratulations!!!
To wrap up our restaurant crawl of Copenhagen here’s some thoughts I had during and after the evening of what worked well and not so well.
First of all, if we had arranged with the restaurants what exactly to eat each place, then the whole menu would have been more balanced and better structured with light and raw dishes first followed by more comprehensive courses towards to the end and before the desserts. However, not knowing what would be served made a surprise each time and that was so amusing about it. You know foodies love surprises. Well, I least I do.
I liked the fact that we we moving ourselves for about every third serving. It provided a pause in the feast, fresh air and gave room for more food, I believe, and kept me awake. We moved seats every time we seated our selves at each restaurant which was nice and sort of boosted more energy into the party, also.
Of course, the need for transportation at (almost) each shift added an extra cost – I guess it’s the price you pay for having 6 different chefs cook dinner for you. Probably I would hire a minibus for the entire evening next time, so we could all go together and while driving from one place to the next, all talk to each other about the food, the experience etc.
In search of the perfect dinner, and explore the restaurant in another way. I cannot say that it was the perfect dinner, mostly because of the order of the food. But I found it exciting to visit so many restaurants in one evening.
Would I do it again? Yes, but there would have to be a new twist to the crawl. A special theme of something, new restaurants, perhaps. Anyhow, I’m most certainly happy that I took part in this event, and I really had a fabulous evening.
So, thank you all for food, wine, patience, company – everything!
So, Søllerød Kro was our last stop on the CPH Crawl. Before jumping into the van and drive up north I rang the inn to inform that we would be fine without a meat course. According to our plan we would only have been eating vegetables, fish and shellfish by now and had thus asked Søllerød Kro for a meat dish, main course if you will, as well as the dessert(s). But because of the late hour and the fact that we had eaten so much already, I felt bad about keeping the chefs in the kitchen all night just to cook for us.
It felt so good to see Jan Restorff again. Jan is the essence of the perfect host or maitre d’. He simply has the ability to make me feel good, comfortable, he is kind and friendly but never lose his sense of professionalism. And he remembers everything which is rather amazing. What I ate and drank when etc.
Jêrôme Prévost, La Closerie, Les Béguines Champagne – awesome
Sorry, I need to refer to an old post to show you the first course we were served of Jerusalem artichoke with celeriac, pear, and Macadamia nuts to start off with.
I guess I was too distracted and forgot to snap the dish. Anyway, I loved the freshness and deliciousness of the cleanser. The artichoke ice-cream matched with the fresh and crunchy celeriac combined with the sweet pear and the slightly salty Macadamia nuts.
Pigeon, celery, onions and black truffles
Then followed the most marvelous pigeon, one of the best I’ve eaten lately, full of taste, not too gamy, fine quality without tendons. I was glad they hadn’t listen to my request and even though I really wasn’t hungry I enjoyed it.
2007 Philippe Pacalet Gevrey-Chambertin
The wine that accompanied the bird was served blind. I was amazed that one of the guys was able to guess exactly what we were drinking and this only by sniffing the wine. This was his first visit to Søllerød Kro. I should have guessed that it was a Pacalet Gevrey-Chambertin for I’ve been served exactly this wine at Søllerød at least once before.
After the sea buck-thorn and carrot cleanser it was finally time for the delectable desserts we were waiting for.
Apples, crumble, cream
Each dessert was so good in its own way. I loved the first one which was a new interpretation of a Danish classic of apples, crumble and cream. It’s a perfect balanced taste with sweetness and acidity from the apples with the crunchy crumble and then the cream to round the flavours. Yummy!
Cocoa, caramel, apricot?…
Chocolate, caramel, orange sorbet
The yellow ball here is the most fantastic orange sorbet I have ever eaten. It was bitter but not too much, it tickled my gums, and it was an excellent match to the rich chocolate.
There was one more dessert to go, but at this point I was way too full and too exhausted. I had to head it back to town and get some sleep before work the next morning.
That was the end of a wonderful evening. Conclusion will follow this post.
Warmest thoughts and thanks to all of you!
Thrilled to be back home again, I’d just like to make a little list of the posts I’ll be working on in the weeks to come. I had done my homework well. No meal in New York was disappointing.
I managed to eat at the following places:
Momofuko Ssäm Bar x2
Momofuko Noodle Bar
Momofuko Ma Peche
Burger Joint
Katz Delicatessen
WD~50 *
Sushi Yasuda
Per Se ***
Corton **
The weather in New York was fine, lovely spring with bright green and pure leaves on the trees, cherry trees in beautiful bloom.
Not knowing when I could get back home and being (almost) alone in the city wasn’t nice. I feared a new volcano eruption and the fact of not being able to return home for months. This seems ridiculous now, of course and now I feel grateful that I got to spend a whole week in New York and experienced such fantastic food.
Uuuuh New York, Uuuuh New York… 
Whether this burger is the best in Manhattan I cannot really say as it is my first burger here. But I do agree with Luxeat that it’s one of the best burgers I have ever eaten. The place is Burger Joint in the Le Parker Meridien hotel in a dark corner of the hotel lobby.
Be prepare for a bit of waiting. Maybe I chose the wrong time, Saturday at 1:30pm, because the cue was long. However it was definitely worth waiting 30 mins. for!
The place is small, loud and looks kinda trashy, but has such a vibrant and friendly ambient, especially coming from the staff working there.
The burnt, roasted flavour with the full meat taste is just perfect with the crunchy, fresh lettuce, the pickled, acidic cucumber and the sweet soft bun. I simply loved it! The fries are good too, but not outstanding the way the burger is.
Have any of you tried their shakes?
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