Restaurant Session (in Aachen): Plaisir

On Friday, we went for dinner in Aachen at restaurant Plaisir from chef Hamid Heidarzadeh.

 

From our table, a view to the bar.

 

Cool...

 

 ...cutlery set :-)

 

Aperitif time! A drink made of Blend nr 5 white porto from Graham"s and Thomas Henri tonic water. Very refreshing!

 

 With the aperitif, a brioche topped with shallot onions confit, beef pastrami and truffle.

 

As second amuse bouche, salmon and cucumber.

 The bread basket.

 

 As first course, foie gras with apricot and almonds. Delicious! 

[Foie Gras | Aprikose | Mandel]

With my dish, a glass of 2014 Chateau Haut-Mayne Sauternes from Roumazeilles. Very nice pairing!

 

One thing that was a bit weird is that the wine was served at the bar and the glass was brought over to the table already served. Not sure why they did it on that way.

 

Roger's choice as first course: scallops, beetroot and beure blanc sauce. Very nice!

[Jakobsmuschel | Rote Beete | Beure Blanc]

 

With the scallops, Roger got a glass of 2019 Weisser Burgunder from Weingut Bischel.

 

As second dish, raviolo with trueffles and potato.

[Raviolo | Trüffel | Kartoffel]

 

Pairing with the raviolo, a glass of 2019 Chardonnay from Weingut Gabelmann. 

Before the main dish, a wasabi sorbet and foam. Hot in a cold way :-) Very nice (and tasty) idea.

 

For the sorbet, a golden spoon :-)

As main dish, beef from the Eifel with shallot, parmesan and sumac.

[Eifelrind | Schalotte | Parmesan | Sumach]

With the main dish, a glass of 2019 Guarrigue Languedoc from Chateau de Lascaux.

 

Sweet time! Starting with a pre-dessert

The dessert: chocolate, pear and tea. Not too sweet, very nice combination of ingredients.

[Schokolade | Birne | Tee]

 

To finish a nice dinner, espresso macchiato and...

...gourmandises, including a mini Sacher cake (that, actually, was not really a Sacher cake at all).

 

We put a lot of importance in a good pace, and the time between main dish and dessert was long. Some people actually prefer it this way, but it is always nicer if, that's the case, that the service checks with the table first.

Aug 20th, 2021.