Restaurant Session (in Spa, Belgium): Manoir de Lébioles

For the evening, we wanted to have dinner at the gourmet restaurant from chef Loic Jambon - but it was a Monday and the restaurant was closed. As an alternative, the hotel offered a three course menu.

 

Before dinner, we went...

...to the gardens to enjoy the view and...

 

...have our aperitifs. I had a Kir Royal.

 

The manoir is so beautiful!

The restaurant is at the left side, the breakfast room is at the right tower. 

 

After the aperitif, we went inside for dinner. The view...

...from our table.

 

I like the big windows, but not really the wall paper (or is it painted?). 

 

Butter and...

 

...bread. 

 

As starter, tomato - tomato on shortcrust pastry, poultry garum and goat cheese sorbet.

[Tomate - sablé tomate | garum volaille | sorbet tomate chèvre]

 

As main dish, Ibérico Bellota pluma, radish tsukemono, Ibérico chorizo and bell pepper. It felt a bit like a stew - was not really my taste.

[Pluma Ibérico Bellota | tsukemono de radis | chorizo Ibérico | Poivron]

 

 

As part of the main dish.

 

As dessert, raspberry éclair - almond, lemon cream, raspberry kombucha.

[Éclair de framboise - amande | créme de citron | kombucha framboise]

 

The entire meal was very disappointing. It felt like something that was left ready and just warmed up. I would not go again on a day that the gourmet restaurant is not available.

Aug 14th, 2023.