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Foodie Treats
Every year comes that special day when you hear for the first time the magical sentence that changes everything. "We could almost have dinner on a terrace..." When that day comes, we’ll know where to find you.
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Why they always ask you to taste the wine, you have no idea. Every single guest at the table is staring at you, waiting for you to take a sip. Can’t they tell that you are completely clueless when it comes to wine? You take a shot : “it’s perfect, thank you”. And then you pray to Dionysus, the god of wine, that it is indeed at least drinkable.
Today, we Parisiennes will let you in on our most secret food fantasy. Nutella. Nothing compares to plunging a spoon into a pot of Nutella. It’s very naughty but still, it’s pure heaven. Everything should taste and feel as good as Nutella.
Enter a world where tomatoes aren’t round, but cubic; the tarte Tatin has been “destructured”; the meringues have been frosted in a cloud of nitrogen. You’ve landed in a molecular food laboratory, so don’t expect to find food as we know it. You won’t be eating here…you’ll be experimenting culinary art.
The truffle : It’s a precious black diamond that all too rarely delights our tastebuds. It’s the almost invisible, yet unmistakable star of any dish it is part of, whether it’s pasta, omelet or now even pizza.
Fruity, feminine, supple, fragrant, powerful, complex…are we talking about a wine? No, but tasting this can evoke similar heights of infinite pleasure and once you start, there’s no stopping.
It’s Bellota Bellota. It’s simply the best ham in the world.
