The Michelin Club

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

3 star Michelin Restaurant in Mayfair, London

Head Chef: Jean-Philippe Blondet

Food: Modern French

Date visited: 23/04-2016

Total Bill:  £1104.75 (including service charge)

Menu:

The woman in the Michelin Club went for the Tasting Menu, whereas the guys went for 4 dishes from the A la Carte menu (+ the cheese). The following dishes were served:

Tasting Menu:

Dorset CRAB, Celeriac and caviar

GUINEA FOWL and DUCK FOIE GRAS layers, pickled condiment

‘Sauté gourmand’ of LOBSTER and truffled chicken quenelles

Fillet of JOHN DORY, green asparagus from Provence

DUCK from Burgaud house, chickpeas and morels

Assortment of four FRENCH CHEESES

1 x BABA like in Monte-Carlo/1 x CHOCOLATE from our Manufacture in Paris and pine nuts

A la Carte Menu:

2 x GUINEA FOWL and DUCK FOIE GRAS layers, pickled condiment

2 x Native LOBSTER, peas ‘à la Parisienne’

2 x Fillet of BEEF Rossini crunchy cos lettuce, Périgueux jus

2 x Assortment of four FRENCH CHEESES

1 x BABA like in Monte-Carlo/1 x CHOCOLATE from our Manufacture in Paris and pine nuts

Wine:

The Wine was picked with help from the Sommelier, where we had the following:

White: Saumur Domaine Guibertau 2014 (France).

Red: Blaufränkisch Reserve Moric 2012 (Austria).

Port: 4 gl. of LBV Nieport.

Dessert: 1/2 bottle of Clare Valley Risling Cordon Cut Mount Horrocks 2014 (Australia).

Extras:

The restaurant served some nice small bread snacks before dinner and the guys who went for the A la Carte menu also got a small mushroom dish to clean the palette in the beginning. After dinner we got chocolates and macarones and the ladies got a small box with some nice Chamonix cakes when we left the restaurant.

Ingrid, Annette and Carlos had a great tour of the kitchen, where we met the Executive Chef, who showed us the very busy kitchen with 25 staff members.

Further pictures from our evening can be seen here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154207427441383.1073742195.786091382&type=1&l=b604048f8d

Link to the restaurant:

http://www.alainducasse-dorchester.com/

To read about our whole experience in this restaurant, please refer to our blog where we will also like to hear your comments and view if you have visited the restaurant yourself.