Me Lee
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What a superb meal I had at Drexlers. I now wish I had the 6 courses instead of just 4!
A really unusual amuse bouche of broccoli and kiwi fruit. I know, I’m still not convinced either, but the broccoli elements were great, I just wasn’t sure what the kiwi fruit interloper was doing there.
The first proper dish was the pumpkin, lentils, salad, prosciutto & beets. There were lots of lovely flavours of this plate. The lentils had a nice earthy savoury taste offset by the sweet pumpkin puree, cutting through the fatty prosciutto. The element that let it down was the sliced pumpkin pieces, which really tasted of not very much. Might have been better to have a larger chunk of pumpkin on the plate.
The fish course was the star of this show. The piece of pikeperch was perfectly cooked and the light and herby bouillon of vegetables complimented it perfectly. Add in a little horseradish kick and uh um yummy.
A palate cleanser midway through of gin & tonic granita with lemon zest and mint.
Duck with cabbage & shiitake with a side of extra confit duck under some parsley foam (side dish not pictured). That duck breast was cooked to perfection, and was matched in its magnificence by that sticky deep jus. I feel the side dish part was not quite hitting the same heights, not that it stopped me from wolfing it down.
A cheese course that is not pictured. And then onto the dessert. Chocolate tart with poached pear and whipped cream ice cream with a berry sorbet on top. Nice chocolate filling in the tart, and the poached peach was excellent. The whipped cream ice cream was a bit weak in flavour, but the sorbet did punch through. Overall it was a thumbs up.
Some petit fours of cantucci and tower cake were both deliciously nutty. One crisp & crunchy, one soft & velvety. Definitely a wunderbar meal
