this french place in town does a fortnightly 6 course tasting menu called soiree gastronomique for £23

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Borneo Tue Oct 13 17:39:08 2015 No.6970931 [Reply] [Original]

this french place in town does a fortnightly 6 course tasting menu called soiree gastronomique for £23

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 17:41:50 2015 No.6970939 >>6970931 That's cool. Making art for a living sounds awful, but having creative freedom during your regular job sounds about perfect

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 17:42:06 2015 No.6970942 File: 108 KB, 540x492, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] oh! once a fortnight. i thought you were describing it of or like a fortnight. like wtf does that have to do with anything? if it's a french place why do they charge pounds???

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 17:49:24 2015 No.6970970 >>6970931 Whats it called? Which town? Bath?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 17:51:30 2015 No.6970975 >>6970942 why is that cat apprehensive about those hash browns?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 17:57:10 2015 No.6971000 >6 course tasting menu for £23 >restaurant is empty This ought to be good.

Borneo Tue Oct 13 18:17:57 2015 No.6971076
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French onion soup with gruyere

>>6970942
because the euro is weaker i guess?
>tfw no fortnight-long feast

>>6970970
Le Bistrot Pierre in Bath

>>6971000
we arrived at 5.30 so it was pretty empty, it filled up really quickly around 7 though

>>	Borneo Tue Oct 13 18:20:11 2015 No.6971080 File: 1.43 MB, 3264x1836, 20151013_181531.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Noix de St. Jacques: Pan fried scallops with Alsace bacon and hazelnut butter The scallops were incredible, i came a little

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:20:57 2015 No.6971083 >>6971076 This is a joke, right?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:25:14 2015 No.6971089 >>6971083 I don't think so.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:27:36 2015 No.6971095 File: 2.68 MB, 3120x4160, borneo alinea.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6971080 >i came a little

Borneo Tue Oct 13 18:27:51 2015 No.6971097
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Filet de loup de mer: Baked fillet of sea bass with crayfish tails, steamed mussels, ratatouille, olive oil and lemon

nice crisp skin on the bass but crayfish tails were a bit overcooked, feels like the average UK restaurant doesn't really know how to do seafood well

>>6971083
doesnt look brilliant but was tasty i promise

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:29:28 2015 No.6971106 >>6971097 can't argue for £20

Borneo Tue Oct 13 18:29:29 2015 No.6971107
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the fish came with some really well done sides, new potatoes, zucchini, carrots and broccoli

broccoli was overcooked but the zucchini and carrots were sweet and flavourful

Borneo Tue Oct 13 18:32:26 2015 No.6971118
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Tarte tatin: warm caramelised apple tart with vanilla ice cream

sweet soft apples, creamy vanilla ice cream and crisp pastry, can't go wrong really

>>6971106
was a good night out, 8/10 would do again

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:34:24 2015 No.6971128 >>6971118 Might check this out. Looks decent for £26. Worth the drive from Bristol?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:34:57 2015 No.6971133 >>6971097 bonsoir Borneo... 27£ thats sound a bit cheap i had to check the € vs £ conversion rate

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:36:37 2015 No.6971138 >>6971076 >we ?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:38:41 2015 No.6971148 >>6970931 >6 course - soup - scallop - fish - tatin ???

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:39:23 2015 No.6971151 >>6971138 >The concept of dining with friends is alien Sorry anon. I feel bad for you.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:39:26 2015 No.6971152 >>6971148 cut to the cheese.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:42:21 2015 No.6971163 >>6971151 normaly she goes alone in restaurants ...like " l' enclume"...

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 18:43:29 2015 No.6971167 >>6971151 and I had dinner with 5 friends tonight, thanks for the concern but not needed...

Borneo Tue Oct 13 18:46:41 2015 No.6971175
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Plateau de fromages: cheese board and crackers and celery

i left to use the restroom before they brought out the course and my friend who had never tried blue cheese before took a stonking great bite of it, she said, 'its a bit salty'

>>6971128
Not worth driving here for, i think its a bit hit and miss but if you're in the vicinity its worth dropping in.

its actually £22.95, and they change the menu every time, you can see it here http://lebistrotpierre.co.uk/assets/lbp/cms/raw/be30a44d412b694d50c8d5df528e2f58.pdf

>>6971133
Gotta say i expected a lot less for the price!

>>6971138
>>6971163
was actually gonna go alone but a coursemate was interested so i invited her
got another place booked on thursday, gonna do that one solo

>>6971152
CALLED IT

Borneo Tue Oct 13 18:52:37 2015 No.6971193
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last course was supposed to be coffee and chocolate but we asked for hot tea served at the beginning instead because it was cold outside

lots of nice soft bread with sweet butter, i shouldnt have filled up on it

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 19:12:54 2015 No.6971245 >>6971175 >gonna do that one solo C-can I come?

>>	Borneo Tue Oct 13 19:19:35 2015 No.6971273 >>6971245 yeah if you want, it's this thurday evening

Anonymous Tue Oct 13 19:29:02 2015 No.6971297

It's a crime against nature that you eat like this, and you don't touch alcohol.

I'm asian, and I get the asian flush as well. The solution is to just drink more. And more and more. It eventually goes away.

Sure, throat cancer, but whatevs.

Also pls be my gf ;_;

>>	Borneo Wed Oct 14 01:40:11 2015 No.6972198 >>6971297 but theres no point in alcohol since i dont like the taste, id rather spend my money on food sry no

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 01:51:18 2015 No.6972232 >>6971095 I'm sorry borneo. I always thought of you asexually, but now I can't help but picture you achieving orgasm. Did your internet bf get the job done?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 02:02:47 2015 No.6972258 >>6971076 Calling a dish "French Onion Soup with Gruyere" is like calling a dish "Cookies and Cream with Oreos!"

>>	Borneo Wed Oct 14 02:08:01 2015 No.6972269 >>6972258 I thought the bread and cheese were optional

Anonymous Wed Oct 14 02:13:19 2015 No.6972278

>>6972258
>>6972269

I was honestly more offended by the tea and "soft bread".

If you're going to go to a French restaurant you should at least be served a decent baguette.

Still looked like a decent meal, and I always love your threads, borneo.

>sorry for posting your aliniea o-face pic

Borneo Wed Oct 14 02:37:18 2015 No.6972336

>>6972278
>I was honestly more offended by the tea and "soft bread".
why wahts wrong with tea

the baguette was tasty, the crust chewy although not crispy and the inside soft and fluffy
im no bread expert tho

that face is one of despair that the meal is over tbh

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 02:41:45 2015 No.6972344 looks like some cafe rouge bullshit >>6972278 >If you're going to go to a French restaurant you should at least be served a decent baguette. why you know they have other breads

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 02:45:16 2015 No.6972350 >>6971076 WHERE ARE THE FUCKING ONIONS

Anonymous Wed Oct 14 02:49:12 2015 No.6972357

>>6972336

There's nothing wrong with tea; although I am in the camp that finds it a little off putting that you go out to nice restaurants as often as you do and have never even tried a wine pairing.

I've traveled around Europe a bit, and spent nearly a year living in France ('murrican, btw; lived in Dijon), and a real French baguette is pretty much the most amazing bread in the world. Particularly because you really can't find them here, or almost anywhere outside of France.

I'm not a huge bread person, and only occasionally bake, but I hit up every boulangerie in town when I lived in France, eating 1-2 baguettes a day. I look at baguettes in places that call themselves French the same way I look at tuna in sushi restaurants; it's basically how I judge them on the first impression.

>that face is one of despair that the meal is over tbh

Saying you came a little made me picture it, which made me look through my /ck/ pics... It was inappropriate of both of us.

>>	Borneo Wed Oct 14 03:02:31 2015 No.6972375 >>6972357 >never even tried a wine pairing. lies and slander I usually ask for a sip from my dining partners' glasses, that's how I know I don't like wine. Croissants and creme brulees were what I gorged on when I visited France.

Anonymous Wed Oct 14 03:19:50 2015 No.6972398
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>>6972375

>lies and slander
>implying you live off anything other than grapes and macaroons, aside from your occasional restaurant outings

Don't you have Easy Jet and Ryan Air? Last time I was in your part of the world you could get anywhere in Europe for the price of your 6 course French meal.

Why not take a trip to France for a day or two and do a baguette tour?

It's honestly the best bread in the world.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 03:26:05 2015 No.6972413 >>6971095 She's pretty repulsive

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 03:30:20 2015 No.6972416 >>6972413 Fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 03:43:43 2015 No.6972438 >>6970975 >bliny >hash browns

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 03:46:27 2015 No.6972443 >>6972398 >>6972357 will you shut the fuck up about baguettes. france has like 12 million different breads.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 03:46:47 2015 No.6972445 >>6972416 No

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 03:49:03 2015 No.6972449 >>6972443 >france has like 12 million different breads Well that's just blatantly untrue, and almost as offensive as quoting posts out of order. Don't do that, asshole.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 04:23:14 2015 No.6972491 >>6972449 Shut up about baguettes

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 04:40:22 2015 No.6972515 >>6972398 We get it, she's a female and she eats food Stop posting pictures of this whore every time she makes a thread

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 04:47:38 2015 No.6972532 >>6972515 You're one of the only good name/trips left, borneo. No reason to remove your name to get mad at an anon for reposting pics you yourself posted. It's all in good food and fun.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 04:47:42 2015 No.6972533 >>6971076 > This shit looks nothing like a fresh baguette. 1/10 would only buy at walmart Also, onion soup is like the opposite of fancy. It's just a way to cook something edible with pretty much nothing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 04:51:45 2015 No.6972540 >>6972344 There are other types of breads in France but baguette is the most typical, and the one people eat most. But a industrial processed baguette ? Sorry no, that's not a baguette.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 04:53:07 2015 No.6972542 >>6972443 Daniel ?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 05:10:40 2015 No.6972556 >>6972491 http://www.videobash.com/video_show/late-night-bread-expert-professor-steven-kaplan-661947

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 05:51:50 2015 No.6972579 >>6972556 thanks

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 05:59:57 2015 No.6972592 >>6972556 Best interview ever. >look up folding bread knife >nothing but shitty chinese knock-off on amazon >look up book >thousand page boring scholarly dissertation

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 08:21:13 2015 No.6972727 >>6972357 Daniel ?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 08:23:49 2015 No.6972729 >>6971107 That's a nice looking broccoli, all the broccoli where I'm from are a silvery green.

Anonymous Wed Oct 14 08:29:31 2015 No.6972734

>>6972198
No one likes the taste of pure ethanol, but you only think you don't like the taste of alcoholic beverages

Either you have taste buds (same reason you enjoy food) or you are just pretending to enjoy food (entirely possible)

Also fine, go back to your chad, nice guys always finish last reee

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 08:40:29 2015 No.6972746 >>6972734 >chad Have you seen her boyfriend? He's some jew nerd lol.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 08:52:19 2015 No.6972757 >>6970931 >that ugly pink cap british people are the worst

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 08:54:16 2015 No.6972761 >>6972416 he's not wrong. do you have a fetish for people with absent chromosomes?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 08:55:23 2015 No.6972764 >>6972761 >he wouldn't fuck anything with breasts and a vagina as long as not morbidly overweight Someone's been using too much internet porn

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 08:57:16 2015 No.6972767 >>6972764 >vagina >Borneo uh huh

>>	Borneo Wed Oct 14 14:05:06 2015 No.6973411 >>6972734 >No one likes the taste of pure ethanol, but you only think you don't like the taste of alcoholic beverages >Either you have taste buds (same reason you enjoy food) or you are just pretending to enjoy food (entirely possible) yes

Anonymous Wed Oct 14 14:45:15 2015 No.6973529

dear lord no
>>6971076
the onions should be caramelized as all fuck. I can tell they're still white, and I'm sitting all the way over here!
>>6971080
the fucking sauce is fucking separated and curdled at the same fucking time. the scallops are overcooked, what the actual fuck. is that bacon?
>>6971097
again, the sauce is runny shit. the fish is overcooked as well
>>6971107
no fucking comment. time/temps are all over the fucking place
>>6971118
how to fail at not trying. the pastry is under-baked and saggy as opposed to puffed up, there is not enough caramel cream, the vanilla ice cream (vanilla? really?) has been kept too cold for too long - it has ice crystals in it

for 28 pounds, I'd stay at home and make myself a sandwich

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 16:28:37 2015 No.6973858 Always love a good co/ck/tease tasting menu threat. Great thread as always Borneo. One thing I never asked you though Borneo, on sushi are you an assorted or one type of sushi kind of person?

>>	Borneo Wed Oct 14 16:58:36 2015 No.6973944 >>6973858 >assorted or one type of sushi kind of person What do you mean? I'm doing another one tomorrow and this saturday so stay tuned!

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 17:32:19 2015 No.6974020 >>6972734 I like the taste of pure ethanol

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 17:40:12 2015 No.6974043 >>6971097 >feels like the average UK restaurant doesn't really know how to do seafood well how does an island fail at seafood? sad.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 18:34:51 2015 No.6974212 >>6971080 What's the role of the lemon?

>>	Borneo Wed Oct 14 19:07:36 2015 No.6974320 >>6974212 squeeze it over the dish if you like the zing >>6974043 they're ok at white fish, but they tend to overcook other types of seafood

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 23:41:32 2015 No.6975254 >>6973944 You prefer assorted sushi or just two types of sushi when you order sushi? I have been preferring assorted vs just getting salmon and rolls and calling it a day.

>>	Borneo Thu Oct 15 02:42:42 2015 No.6975650 >>6975254 Definitely an assortment. I like to get salmon, inari and hokkigai at my usual place. Variety is the spice of life and all that

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