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Skriven 2015-10-20 15:44:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
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-=> Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 10-16-15  01:11 <=-

 > Stay dry...  ;)   Hopefully Les Trois Soleils de Montal won't
 > disappoint... :)   Did you have good findings on the mushrooms
 > earlier...?  Maybe by then the storms will have passed by, and the
 > weather be decent for forays...  :)
 ML> It was slick enough that I was glad Swisher was driving,
 ML> so we were at or below speed limit most of the time.

As opposed to Lilli's driving, eh...?

 ML> My Three Suns in general didn't disappoint, but two of my
 ML> five courses were rather overelaborate in the way that
 ML> Muchelin-starred places often are these days, especially
 ML> when they are reaching for that next level. I mean, this
 ML> meal cost us $75 a head inclusive of alcohol; if the place
 ML> got two, it could charge that with wine extra; and the
 ML> three-star places charge three digits and up, pretty much
 ML> whatever they feel like. 

Too bad the stars are only a (presumed) measure of quality, not of value
for the money as well...  ;)

 ML> Anyhow, the full report will 
 ML> eventually happen (at least once) if I live so long and
 ML> the computer stays functional.

One hopes for the best... :)

 ML> The short report: my two appetizers, a mushroom timbale
 ML> tasted pretty much like something Ian would make, therefore
 ML> quite good; a soup of scallop and oyster (one each) was
 ML> like something I would make, therefore pretty good.

Apparently both well made, and nicely presented...

 ML> They all had the veal, very good, but there were only two
 ML> main courses, so I had the other one - john dory (excellent)
 ML> with 5 brussels sprout leaves filled with 5 different citrus
 ML> preserves (interesting) and a sauce of pomelo and passion
 ML> fruit (intrusive, saying to me with each bite, look at
 ML> me, I'm interesting, without being interesting).

What exactly is john dory...?  The side does sound interesting... too
bad about the intrusive sauce... 

 ML> Cheeses were excellent, and at Rhys's urging I had a Fourme
 ML> d'Ambert, the first blue cheese I've ever had that I could
 ML> tolerate.

What was different about it...?

 ML> Dessert was a riot - it came inside a dunce
 ML> cap tuile flavored with dehydrated strawberries, and we
 ML> were instructed to break it to make a shower of pastry
 ML> over the inside; I ignored the mandate and lifted it off
 ML> and set it aside. Underneath a composed thing of, let's
 ML> see, meringues about 3 mm in diameter; cubes of transparent
 ML> strawberry jelly about the same size; a broken shortbread
 ML> cookie; strawberries four ways - puree, frozen, fresh
 ML> normal ones, and fresh fraises de bois, which look like
 ML> little tumors but taste great; one perfect raspberry;
 ML> and whipped cream. Also a pile of chiffonade spearmint,
 ML> which was unsightly and untasty.

I'm sure the chef thought that the spearmint was a lovely finishing
touch, though... (G)  But that sounds like a fun dessert... :)

 ML> That was a wet day; yesterday was a very wet day; and
 ML> I'd think tomorrow the mushrooms would start to come
 ML> out, except that there have been a couple nights of
 ML> frost, which might have a chilling effect.

Had you harvested mushrooms earlier in your stay...?   And were there in
fact any that arrived from the wetness, or did the frost deter them...?
When I was up to the Pond earlier this month, there were plenty of
mushrooms on the ground up near the trailer... despite some frosts
earlier, I think the week before... 

ttyl        neb

... Just bring me my chocolate, and s-l-o-w-l-y back away.

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