Les Orfèvres

The day in Amiens was wonderful, and for the evening we had chosen a restaurant where Brian and I had eaten before, and had enjoyed an equally wonderful meal, in fact, it had been an all round great experience. It’s always a bit tricky when you return to a restaurant, as you never quite know what it will be like, and we were also bringing friends, so the stakes were higher.

Things started well though, with a delicious array of amuse bouche.

We had plumped for the largest of the menu choices, along with a wine flight. The big question on all our minds though was whether we were going to make it to the end, knowing we had eight courses ahead of us.

The meal got started proper with a scallop served in a rich jus, which was super tasty. Then we had a smoked haddock ravioli, followed by a prawn mousse, and a piece of cod in a luscious white wine sauce.

Halfway in we then enjoyed a tartelette of leeks and truffle, with a Beaufort cheese sauce. A little more challenging for me was the pigeon, however it was cooked perfectly in a deep, rich, red wine jus.

Pre-dessert was a dark chocolate mousse, which was so light. This was followed by a prune compote with a herb ice-cream and a shard of lovage. Which was a very refreshing light palette cleanser to finish off our evening.

It was a very tasty and well presented meal, that lived up to our expectations, and was all the better for being shared with friends.