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Thailand A Plug for One of my Favorite Places in the World
Bangkok, February 2012 It’s more than 40 years ago; I’m driving an old friend back to London from his usual spring holiday in Cannes in his Rolls Royce Silver Cloud. It’s a heavy car and it’s a long drive on Route Nationale 7. I was tired and looking forward to a big scotch and a decent dinner. Gil suggested we pull into the next town. Hardly a village, it consisted of a railroad station and a teeny inn across the street. He looked at me and said, “Never mind, they have a couple of clean bedrooms and a pleasant dining room.” We checked in at a diminutive desk overshadowed by a huge, grinning man wearing a chef’s toque. He winked and said he’d seen us coming through town and was sure we were heading for his place. “There aren’t that many Rolls Royces around here.” Showered and changed, I met Gil at the top of the stairs…couldn’t wait for that scotch. The check-in desk was now the bar; I asked for a double Dewars on-the-rocks. The man’s grin vanished, “Not if you’re dining here tonight, but you can have a dry sherry.” Gil kicked me on the shin before I could say anything, and introduced me to Jean somethingorother (I didn’t get his last name). We dined in a plain white room with sparkling crystal, shining silver, and stiff linens. Dinner was sublime but at less than ten dollars a head including wine, I wondered how they could ever have a future. Strolling in the summer air after dinner, I picked out the sign on the train station...Roanne. I’d just dined at Troisgros!
And now... César Troisgros, son of Michel, is staging his culinary debut at Le Normandie, Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, from Monday 6– Saturday, 11 February, 2012 inclusive (lunch and dinner)! Prices for this exclusive culinary promotion at Le Normandie are: Baht 5,065.- net for 5-course lunch (US$170+-); Baht 9,420.- net for 7-course dinner (US$315+-); and Baht 12,830.- net (US$430+-) for a special Wine Dinner with Domaine Ponsot from Morey Saint Denis in Burgundy on Saturday 11, February 2012. For more information and reservations, please contact 02 659 9000 ext. Le Normandie. Early table reservations are highly recommended. Here follow the menus. Have fun! All the best, Uncle Ted Lunch Menu Couteaux en gelée de pomme et basilic Bain-marie de foie gras à la clémentine Rouget laqué à la truffe, persillé Carré d’agneau brûlé aux épices Tarte sublime au chocolat et à la pistache
Maquereau en gelée, tout rose Bain-marie de foie gras à la clémentine Fleur d’endive au caviar Sole à la ciboulette Canette de Challans aux épices Plateau de fromages frais et affinés de France Panna cotta de basilic à la fraise
Maquereau en gelée, tout rose Fleur d’endive au caviar Bain-marie de foie gras à la clémentine Rouget laqué à la truffe, persillé Côte de bœuf « Black Angus », au vin de Morey St Denis Plateau de fromages frais et affinés de France Dim sum au chocolat et à la pistache
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