Marilyn T.
Yelp
Prague isn't exactly known for super fancy restaurants. For a nicer meal, we were trying to decide between Field, Alcron, and La degustation and thought the menu and photos looked best at Field. The interior feels modern and clean, and they have a field/farming theme with various farming tools. The ceiling inside is really cool and is supposed to tell a story if you go across the room.
For drinks, there were 2 wine pairing options and also a non alcoholic pairing, which was creative. The wine list itself was on the more expensive side, but we had a super interesting 2007 Cabernet - Barbera blend, which the sommelier recommended, and I loved this wine.
Their 10 course tasting was 3200 CZK/person. Looking at the a la carte menu, I was tempted to get one of everything in the cold and warm smaller dishes section plus some mains, but I think portion sizes are not meant to work out that way, so we went with the tasting.
You start with a house made potato fennel bread and a "palate of flavors," which includes a root vegetable + truffle spread (my favorite), a fresh cheese, smoked butter, and various salts.
1. Amuse Bouche:
(a) Hazelnut crisp with a frozen ganache of asparagus and hollandaise
(b) Non alcoholic drink: ginger, grapes, hazelnut - intense, kind of Asian flavored
(c) Fried nettle (lightly breaded) with fermented lentil, seaweed dust, and razor clam
(d) Duck rillete in cherry: good flavor combination
2. Trout: trout filet and saddle of rabbit. The trout was a bit out of place, but the rabbit was great, especially with the tomato gelee. The highlight was the tomato and turmeric sauce - super intense, topped with a baked tomato oil. I loved the tomato sauce.
3. Turnip confit: with kohlrabi, goat quark, spiced butter - this was an all vegetarian dish, which was surprising. The broth had tons of flavor, and it was a great dish
4. Sturgeon: poached, covered in fermented pear, smoked tea butter, smoked jelly, caviar, and plankton
5. Lamb (I substituted beef for mine): super cool presentation in a dish of pine leaves, topped off with an essence of pine that created a cool smoke. The meat was fried with gouda, raisin, rhubarb, topped with shredded beef or lamb heart.
6. Goose liver: served in an egg - it had liver ganache, peanut ice, jelly, lingonberries, marion berries, tonka bean. On the side was a cracker that looked like a tree - like a cheese shortbread with lemon, thyme, and dandelion. This was one of my favorite courses.
7. 45 day aged beef: the beef was super gamey, which is apparently how people like their beef here (TIL). It came with a fried veal head croquette. The beef sauce was great, as were the brown butter cauliflower puree and chokeberry. However, I'm just not a fan of the super gamey beef.
8. Cheese course: served in a cool wooden box with various layers of drawers, with a wooden spoon and fork in a denim cloth:
(a) Fried cheese with pickled mulberry (my favorite part)
(b) Whipped mountain cheese with red currant caviar
(c) A red liqueur, house made, served in a glass flask
(d) A warm pretzel like mini baguette
9. Rowanberry granita: with goat cheese; on the side were a meringue and a marshmallow
10. Rhubarb, yoghurt foam, caramel cream: lots of textures
To finish:
- Chocolate truffle
- Caramel that tasted like straight up BBQ in edible rice paper - cool flavor
- Cacao sticks: like chocolate shortbread
- Chestnut truffle
A few service issues:
- no one refilled my water
- my napkin was left on my chair when I went to the bathroom
Overall, it was a really fun meal, well executed, with lots of thoughtful details.