Hotel Thoumieux, Invalides, 75007 Paris
Sunday night in Paris and we all decided to meet up and come and have meal in this brasserie before the big night tomorrow. The service throughout the meal was immaculate with the ball gown strewn waitresses being followed around by minions of waiters from table to table. We were given a very pleasant glass of pink champagne on arrival as we decided what to order and admired the top of the range art deco stylings of the place. Whilst we mulled over the menu we noticed the great wok-worker that is Ken Hom take a seat which caused a bit of a stir with the English folk at least.
Pizza Souffle
The chef's signature dish so somebody in our party needed to try, it was basically a big blown up cracker with rocket salad on top and inside it! The cheese on top was nicely oily and this mixed with the rocket to actually make something more akin to a salad that a pizza. Putting your fork into it the first time produced and very satisfying deflating tyre noise. A very impressively presented dish.
Goujonnetes De Sole
After seeing the others Brill come out of the kitchen I could have kicked myself for not ordering that, it looked so succulent and mouthwatering. The goujons were very nice but just bit boring, it reminded me of a child friendly option on the menu. Again presentation was very good but you'd expect that when paying over 25 euros for posh fish and chips.
Tarte Maison
All the deserts looked and tasted superb and we were lucky enough to get a chance to try them all, the Vacherin Glacee was excellent and all three of the tartes which made up the Tarte Maison were a brilliant example in french pastry with short crust and rich fillings, the chocolate was velvety and the custard just sweet enough.
Double espresso's and a tour of the kitchen followed the dessert which was interesting see the chefs swapping ideas and catching up. A very good brasserie restaurant serving good quality food but very expensive what you get, without the generous discount we got it would have probably been more of an issue. But I left here having a great evening and no regrets except not having the Brill.
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