You may have heard that I got told to fix up my shabby appearance at Le Chantecler as mentioned in "Dark side of the force not welcomed". We were left hungry and had to find an alternative restaurant where policies are not so strict. So we head down to another restaurant which we had read much about in at least 2 publications that we had confidence in.
We settle on another fine dining restaurant named Keisuke Matsushima found on 22 Rue de France in Nice. Yes, that is indeed a Japanese name because it is also the name of the head chef at the establishment. As a matter of fact, the majority of the staff at this restaurant were Japanese. However we were there for a French dining experience and that's what we got. I usually wouldn't trust a westerner cooking eastern food and vice versa but if the Iron Chefs are anything to go by, I know we were in good hands. Besides there isn't too many countries in the world as obsessed with food as France and Japan.
As with all fine dining places, the waiters were dressed better than we were. Everything was very proper which in turn causes one to leave one's elbow off the table and to sit with correct posture.
We chose the 3 courses lunch time specials. Our confidence in the chefs was raised when we noticed that we were the only tourists in this place. Also the presence of some 'ladies who lunch' that just bought up half the clothes in the same store we were at. They looked like they knew what they were doing, one of them waved and I waved back. The natives weren't as unfriendly as I had imagined.
It was mushroom season, our entrees were full of different mushrooms. Mine in a risotto and M's were in a ravioli. Both were completed with the ingredient of the moment.............. foam! We also encounter this concentrated taste sensation in Bilbao and San Sebastian.
Coming back to our ravioli and risotto. We had a sample of each others' entrees and the fact that we didn't swap half way was a sign of how delicious our food were. I think that we both made funny noises during each mouthfuls.
I then chose a fish encased in pastry for mains while M had a lamb dish. M thought that her mains were the best lamb that she had ever tasted, I thought that everything on her plate were complimentary to each other. I ordered fish with pastry. The taste of the fish was very evident despite the presence of deep frying, very skillfully prepared!
My dessert was a bit disappointing though, it said canolli but it was like fruit rollups without all the artificial flavours. Well, what I imagined to taste like anyway. M didn’t want to share her pumpkin pie which made me wish that I had ordered something else….
Overall, quite a special place. Although I wished they had been more liberal with the wine though. We ordered the wine package which included wine with each course but they weren’t as generous as the other joint with the dress code.
The bill came to just over 100 Euros with tip included; I thought it was about right. Then I found out that Keisuke is a Michelin starred chef and wondered how wonderful the dinner menu must be…………. Maybe the next time we find ourselves
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