Restaurant Session (in Düsseldorf): Berens am Kai

For dinner, we went walking from our hotel to restaurant Berens am Kai✨ from chef Holger Berens.

With the apperitif, the amuse bouche.

Bread and butter.

For the dinner, we asked a bottle of 2006 Chateau Haut-Marbuzet from Henri Duboscq.

My starter: spaghetti gragnano, lobster ragout, chilli and coriander.

[Spaghetti Gragnano | Hummerragout | Chili | Koriander] 

Roger had the creamy and crispy artichoke, creamy yolk, Faridehs herbs, and...

[Creme and Knusper von Artischocken | cremiges Eigelb Walnuss | Faridehs Kräuter | Toast mit Olivenpaste und Cecina]

... toast with olives and Cecina.

 

As main dish, Spanish Angus filet, sauce Bearnaise pepper with...

[Spanishes Angusfilet | Pfeffer béarnaise | gebackene Kartoffeln | Kräutersalat]

...herb salad and...

 

...backed potato - those were great!

As dessert, pistachio gateau, lemon cream and olive oil with fermented blueberries. For me, this was the best dish of our dinner: creative and full of taste.

 

To finish dinner, espresso macchiato and...

...madeleines.

We were a bit disappointed with dinner - as a one Michelin star restaurant, we expected more. It was a good dinner, but nothing exceptional. Also the restaurant had more a lounge atmosphere (including the music) than a restaurant per se. Researching the restaurant now, I just saw that the chef sold the restaurant in 2023 to his sous chef, and it is now named 'am Kai', following a brasserie concept. I think it fits much better to the kitchen style.

Dec 23rd, 2021.