"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well,
if one has not dined well"
Virginia Woolf
This post is slightly different from my previous ones, as this place is really expensive. So, I suggest you to go dining there either for an important occasion (like birthday) or once you've got an unexpected "fat" bonus.
Budget: The sky is the limit. So, don't forget to bring your big wallet or just a rich partner :)
Decor: The style is pompous and eclectic (pillars versus a modern-style fountain, commodes vs avant-Gard lighting). One corner of the restaurant is covered with Pushkin's well-known handwriting. There is also the VIP space, which can be separated from the rest of the restaurant.
Ambience: Music is some sort of calming piano and saxophone improvisation.
Recommended Menu: Tasting menu (6 courses, 2 of them are desserts): 300 NIS. My suggestion is to share this menu between two people. If you are very hungry or just a fan of big portions then order an extra dish from the regular menu (which is even more expensive).
Audience: Well-based couples at their 30th-40th, ladies - in dresses, gentelmen - in polo or formal shirts.
Service: Waiters give very good explanation about dishes. When I asked complicated questions they would check with the chef and came back to me with the detailed answers. Please be aware, if you order the tasting menu, the service is going to be super slow (the estimated time for serving the full menu is 2.5 up to 3 hours).
Food: I've opened my dinner with the Gazpacho soup (garnished with a cherry tomato) poured over some type of the basil olive oil (this dish was from the house) and a mini/micro toast with black olives tapenade aside.
Next course was a fish carpaccio covered with slices of 24k gold, passion fruit spots, super-thin grapefruit slices and some eatable flowers. The dish had a beautiful presentation.
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| Scallops, corn puree over lobster bisk |
Next course was an orange-green-inspired plate that included three scallops, a quail egg. broccoli, corn pure, perfectly chopped zucchini, some home-made black pasta, grapes (yes, the chef is really into fusion) and all this was served on top of lobster's bisque.
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| My Favourite Dish |
Then came my new favourite dish: white roots risotto with green peas and slices of smoked duck breast. On top of this rissotto you'd find some kind of "forest" with snails, green asparagus and other vegetables. I higly recommend this dish!
Afterwards, I received a course of the beef fillet placed on top of the home-made cofee-flavoured spagetti (it is not a mistake, cofee had been added to the dough), egg yolk, white roots pure, asparagus and, again, some tenderly cooked vegetables.
When I was not able breathing anymore, my first dessert dish arrived to my table. It was a "sexy" three-layered shot of the passion fruit, chocolate mousse and whipped, very tender cream. The passion fruit crispy twill ended this mini-dessert.
The second dessert was panacotta, covered with a thin layer of white chocolate, cubes of mango, raspberry sorbet, hibiscus' twill and, again, a few slices of gold. Twills were a delight and the gold was eatable.. This dish and some others brought me back in time to the 19th century (to Pushkin's time) when some people had thought that eating of the pure gold has a healing effect. I hasn't refused to try it myself :)
Summary: This place is only for those brave people who are mentally prepared for the revolution in their plates and are ready to pay well enough for an enjoyable long-lasting dinner full of fusion, gold and other adventures.
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| Perfect Happy End |
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