Our perfect waiter. If you are Not a serious foodie, this is the end of the trip and you can now be done. If you Are a serious foodie and have some intellectual interest in The Temple, read on.
What follows is the Chef’s Tasting Menu on May 28. Before the first course comes this ‘traditional greeting’ of a four inch cookie folded into a cone. Inside is slightly thickened and sweetened cream and on the top is salmon tartar formed into a ball, like a little ice cream cone. As a first offering it rather set off the tone of the whole meal. You’ll see why.
Also notice how each dish is surrounded by an intensly rich sauce. Concoctions of local ingredients in richly flavored sauces is the signature of The French Laundry. And all the sweet? I have no idea.