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Tonight is a good night to die.
'Tis the season for game meats, and one of my favorite dishes from this genre is
lièvre à la royale - which I've been lucky to have at a few top restaurants in Europe as well as here in Hong Kong. The dish is pretty heavy, so it's not something I have every year. In fact, the last time I had this was actually 4 years ago!
So once again, I organized a boys' night out at
Caprice.
Hairy Legs Cookie Monster always serves up a great version of the dish, and while I have tasted other dishes served with hare more recently, I still can't believe it's been so long since I last tasted this classic.
I was grateful that Cookie Monster put us at the Chef's Table, which was
where some of us last had this dish together with a huge game menu. We would be having a slightly lighter menu tonight... or so we thought.
I gotta say... I've had these three bites from the
boîte à bijoux multiple times by now, and tonight each of them were the best versions I can remember.
Mushroom tartlet - tonight the mushroom flavors were pretty intense... porcini,
par hasard? There was the usual Parmesan cookie at the bottom, and a small disc of Comté on top with a bit of tarragon. This was more salty than I had remembered, but the flavors were very, very good.
