A Michelin Starred Affair

The week before last I treated my boyfriend to a very fancy schmancy dinner in the Michelin starred restaurant L'Ecrivain in Dublin to celebrate his birthday. Coming from a foodie background, and being a chef, I suppose I was really quite very excited to visit this lovely place, and also to sample the finest food one of Dublin's best restaurants has to offer. I have dined in Michelin star restaurants before, but have never visited L'Ecrivain, so we donned our sunday best and off we went.

We opted for the tasting menu, which offered us a set menu of 9 amazing courses, each one different and more captivating than the last. I have to say the food was amazing, and I do have some pros and cons and somewhat slight negative opinions of the meal, being the annoying critique that I am, but overall it was a lovely experience, and I'm surely glad we went. And so to the dinner!

Gladrags on | Olives and Breadsticks | Lashes and Lipstick | The Wine Cellar | Teeny Breadrolls | Table Setting | Cod Amuse Bouche | Champagne Cocktail | Cured Monkfish, Asparagus, Passionfruit | Lobster, Peat smoked Leek, Chorizo, Leek gel | Apple and Elderflower Sorbet | Foie Gras, Vanilla, Meringue, Pineapple | Rabbit and Sweetcorn Beignet | Beef, Ox Tongue, Pickled Vegetables, Celeriac Purée | Parmesan Panna Cotta, Pickled Walnuts | Assiette of Lemon | Petit Fours

Overall it was a lovely evening, topped off by more Champagne Cocktails in the Shelbourne Hotel. Although meals like this aren't for every day, they certainly make a memorable special occasion.
:)