| Rating: | ★★★★ |
| Category: | Restaurants |
| Cuisine: | International |
| Location: | Jakarta |
The setting:
Cassis Restaurant at Pavilion Apartments on a wet Jakarta night. So wet it shined!
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The scene:
A dozen lovely people dining their heart out in a crème de la crème restaurant.
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The director aka chef:
Chris Jansen, previously of the Dharmawangsa.
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The cast:
Jeff Cabernet, Tatyo Merlot, Henry Burgundy, Erni Mondavi, Yohan Hermitage, Fathia Vintage, Achmad Grand Cru, Don Decanter, Indra Vintner, Tiur Bordeaux, Lenny Pinot Noir and Ian Chianti.
(Scan table shot and zoom in on individual dishes)
The menu:
- Burgundy snail ravioli, with garlic mushrooms, red wine coulis and mesclun lettuce. Homemade ravioli lightly sautéed, brimming with yummy snails, fused with earthy shrooms and fresh greens. The champion of the night!
- Mushroom cream soup, with parmesan cheese crescent. Heady flavour, with light shroom chunks topped with delicate cream topping. The cheese croissant gave the contrast to the palate. Fantastic with the fume blanc.
- Slow roasted striploin, black-pepper crust, XO sauce and crisp potato gallette. High quality, grain fed, air-dried beef, pinkishly done and lightly encrusted with pepper, hosted by a melange of roasted vegetables such as squash, zucchini, asparagus and garlic. Goes well with any of the red wine.
- Six-hour baked apple tart, vanilla ice cream and sabayon sauce. Need I say more? The garden of Eden must be missing some apples!
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The wine:
- Selection W. Klug Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2002 France
- Chateau Yon Lavallade St. Emilion 1999 France
- Wyndham Bin 888 Cabernet Merlot 1999 Australia
- Errazuriz Estate Merlot 2003 Chile
- Castello D’Albola Chianti Classico 2001 Italy
- Burchino Chianti Superiore 2001 Italy
- Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc 2002 USA
- Baron de Rothschild Pauilliac 2002 France
(all vino are BYO, courtesy of J. Cabernet, H. Burgundy, A. Grand Cru, T. Merlot, and I. Vintner )
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The plot:
It’s all about wine lovers taking the piss out of food lovers and vice versa. Wine lovers say the food must match the wine. Food lovers say it’s the other way around. I say tomato, you say potato. They both might be vegetables, but totally different breed of animal. And the plot thickens when the chef came to the table…
The damage:
350 K per person
You get:
Utter gastronomic bliss. And fun, fun, fun.
(Lights dimmed)
Cut! It’s a wrap up!!!!
By Vintage
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