Restaurant Session (in Wittem, Netherlands): Julemont

By end of April, we went for a Saturday lunch at restaurant Julemont✨✨from chef Guido Braeken at Chateau Wittem. Great dishes, beautiful wine pairing, very friendly and competent service: always a joy to be back!

 

Starting at the lounge, with a glass of champagne Jacquesson 746 and some appetizers.

 

 

Oyster.

 

View from our table. Love this dinning room!

 

Beautiful flower!

 

The amuse bouche, prepared at the table.

 

Bread, butter and the delicious brioche to share.

 

The first dish: Japanese Hamachi, sesame, ponzu, radish and Imperial Heritage Caviar.

 

Beautiful plating!

 

Pairing with the hamachi, a glass of 2020 Riesling Goldberg from Château Pauqué. Very nice!

 

Kagoshima wagyu, unagi, black garlic, onion and Hollandaice sauce. Excellent!

 

Breton turbot - eel, dashi, fermented white asparagus and shiro kombu.

 

With the turbot, a glass of 2020 Ozyetra from Weingut Von Winning.

 

Sea bass, Eastern scheldt lobster, mala coconut and tandoori masala. Great dish!

With the sea bass, a glass of 2019 Marsannier from Weingut Knipser. Perfect pairing!

Roger enjoyed the non-alcoholic pairing.

 

As main dish, lamb with green curry, morels, tarragon and lime.

 

Sweet time! Raspberry with goat yogurt, shiso, basil and caramelised white chocolate.

 

We went back to the lounge for coffee and gourmandises. Macarons, tartlets...

 

...white chocolate twix and...

 

...jelly (that Roger enjoys, I don't 😊).

 

Apr 29th, 2023.