a little bite of everything: November 2010

A meal around a glass of wine

Here's the concept: choose your wine and the chef will create a meal around it. I ordered a glass of somptuous Chateau Pape Clement - Pessac Leognan 1995 and the chef surprised me with this delicate roast lamb shoulder. Needless to say, the pairing was absolutely sensational. The best world sommelier 2004’s concept works! Il Vino is a great place to go to for a special occasion, like, say, when you want to treat someone (a wine-lover!) who’s made your life really, really easier when you least expected it.

Il Vino by Enrico Bernardo

Paris, France

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A pumpkin soup

La Regalade is one of the last places in Paris where you can get the good old stuff, the French food of Ratatouille movie, a selection of dishes so unpretentious, so out of fashion –and in an environment untouched by time. Since the appointment of the brilliant, (not-so-) new Chef, it has not lost its magic, despite its well-deserved popularity among locals and tourists. The pumpkin soup, should you choose it, is exquisite. It speaks volumes that my Florentine gourmet friends, who know a great deal about good food and whose restaurants have nothing to envy Paris for, still mention it everytime we meet!