So Nikki, Isioma and I went to Extreme Dinners by Kjartan Kjetland and we went for the Meny Arrabiata...a 16 course spoon menu (I'll get back to that :-) We had to wait for 1/2 hour as the previous bunch of people were not done yet but at about 9.30 we were ready to go to our table.
We first of all got a glass of champagne (Champagne Brut Carte d´or, Gaidoz-Forget) and were seated in the tent that acts as a temporary restaurant during the Gladmat festival.
And then we got started on the menu...16 different courses...each course served on a single spoon. It doesn't sound like much but when you get 16 dishes with lots of wine on the side it is enough to fill you up :-)
I have attached the menu here but this is a short summary what we went through: caviar, Terrine of Foie Gras, Tartar of smoked salmon, Prawn cocktail, Poached langoustine, fried scallops, fresh mussels, Bollinos med aioli and sun dried tomatoes, Fried monkfish, Confit of chicken,Breast of duck,Braised shoulder of lamb,Steak Mosimann etc
We had a very nice selection of wine and I was very impressed by the Domaine de Pajot 2007, Cotes Du Gascogne that we had to start with. I'm not a great fan of white win but this was excellent.
In the end we also talked to the chef Kjartan Kjetland and we asked him were the kitchen was in this temporary restaurant-tent and he just pointed over to a small corner of the tent and said "That's it"...very impressive indeed. So when are you coming to Stavanger to establish a restaurant here Kjartan?? Anyway, thanks for a lovely evening with good food and good wine :-)
Check out the Extreme Dinners homepage on http://www.paulandk.com/htm/extreme_dinners.asp
2 comments:
That's an amazing dinner. I saw the menu...so much of good food! I see you've put your DSLR into good use already. :-)
Yes, I have to test out the camera :-) So far the only problem is that I'm taking too many pictures :-) It takes forever to look through them to find out which photo is the best one :-)
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