Pavillon by the renown 「master of sauce」,three-star chef Yannick Alleno, only opened two months ago, I’d say this is a younger version of his three-star Ledoyen!
Upstairs had the look of the grandeur of an classic three-star restaurant, it’d have been a challenge to make changes or be creative, while the downstairs had became an extension of the modern age. Its decor was modern and bright, preference of fabric, tiles, colour and cutlery that links and present their taste and style. The open kitchen and bar relaxed the dining atmosphere. Yannick spent over four months to design the menu, and achieved his concept of a luxurious bistro. The dishes were creative, with a certain level of technique level that requires refine details, but at the same time they were not a showoff, combing French and Japanese style, a fusion come naturally. The dishes were pleasant overall, serving pace is compact, the dinner of 8 to 9 dishes are done in is less than 2 and a half hours.
It was so suitable for someone like me, who doesn’t really want to spend 4 to 5 hours on every meal, and yawning by the end of it. This is the place to go.
久負盛名的法國醬汁之神兼三星大廚Yannick Alleno的Pavilion ,兩個月前才正式開張,我會說這是三星店Ledoyen的年輕版!樓上有百年歷史的三星餐廳瑰典華麗但老持成重,也無法輕易作任何變動及創新,樓下拓展的新餐廳正好作為時代的延續。
時尚、明亮的室內設計,選材的布料、瓷磚、色調及食器一氣呵成地呈現出品味及氣質。開放式廚房、吧枱讓用餐氣氛更輕鬆自在。Yannick 花了四個多月設計菜單,是高級化bistro的概念也成功做到了。菜式有創意、新穎、有一定技術含量、刻度精準但同時不做作,法意日的融合皆有之,縫合自然的fusion菜。菜美味、上菜節奏明快,8、9道菜的晚餐兩個半小時內搞定,太適合我這種再不想每次花四五個小時吃飯吃得打睏的人!
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反差真的很大。上次去是剛開業時在我的台北五大鐡板燒系列中從後排第一。 這次的表現卻完全可跟我最喜歡的大葉並列第一。
兩間風格完全不一樣,只可説各有各好,不能比較.
關鍵是指定師傅真的有差,這次指定這位是UKAI日本系統中一百個只有一位的Maestro等級師傅,由Ukai創始八王子店先到高雄開店,再來到台北坐陣,功力可想而知。
這次每一道菜都很好吃,最驚艷的其中一道是用新鮮番茄當埸做醬汁配龍蝦,酸度適中並提高了龍蝦的鮮味。
另一道是主菜而師傅是説在台北第一次做。原因很簡單,因為我本人不喜歡和牛 (由其要像牛排三到五分熟的吃法因為太油更是吃不消),所以要求換味道更重的美牛。在價錢沒有減少的情況下,有誰會主動要求不要和牛這麽笨?再加上和牛是一般台灣饕客的心頭好,所以要改其他牛(做法交給師傅決定) 算是意外中的驚喜。跟番茄醬汁一樣,這道配美國菲力的醬汁也是師傅當場烹調,味道濃郁,加上夠肉味的菲力,相得益彰。需要的功夫遠比和牛煎熟複雜很多(照片中也有當天朋友吃的和牛照)!
整晚就好像在吃法國菜一樣,每一道的醬汁都很出色!師傅的廚藝表露無疑! 非常期待下一季菜單和再試師傅的廚藝!
Review of UKAI last time / 上一次UKAI 評論:
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Compare to the last visit when the restaurant first opened which I ranked this place last of the top five teppanyaki restaurants In Taipei, this time is a complete opposite. Though style is very different hence can’t have direct comparison, my experience this time is as good as my favourite Da Yeh.
A critical factor for this is definitely the chef. Learning from experience of last visit, this time we designated the head chef to cook for us. This chef is ranked Maestro and in Japan’s Ukai system, only one out of a hundred is entitled to this recognition. Moreover, this chef was sent from the group’s founding store in Ukai Hachioji to set up Ukai Kaohsiung City and now Ukai Taipei, so it’s not hard to tell how skilful this chef is.
All courses this time were good and one of the two amazing dishes has to be the lobster. It’s not how fresh the lobster is which is expected, it’s the fresh tomato sauce that was made from scratch by chef that is amazing. The sour taste of the sauce was well balanced and able to bring out the freshness of the lobster.
The main course (beef course) I had was the first time prepared by the chef in Taipei. Reason for that is that as I didn’t like Japanese wagyu that much (especially when eating as a medium rare steak which I find too fatty), I requested to change to US beef. Under the circumstances that pricing is the same, who would be silly enough not to choose Japanese wagyu right? It’s also the case that local Taiwanese consumers love wagyu, so requesting to switch beef (how it was done was up to the chef) was a pleasant surprise. Similar to the tomato sauce, the sauce for this dish also started from scratch. The sauce was heavy but matches well with the strong flavoured fillet complementing each other.
It’s also obvious that the skill needed to prepare this dish is much more complicated and challenging than the wagyu steak (one of the photos also show the wagyu that my friends had).
The whole night was like having refine French cuisine with the sauce for dishes were all well executed. And it was like watching a show done by the chef.
Really look forward to next season’s menu and chef’s showcase next time.
味道人生級別 / TastesInLife (TIL) Index:
😍: 非常好 - 必須再去 / Excellent - Must revisit regularly
😋: 滿意 - 應該再去 / Satisfactory - Should revisit regularly
☺️: 不錯 - 可以再去 / Not bad - Can revisit once a while
😌: 一般 - 去一次便夠 / Average - Once is enough
🤐: 不行 - 不值得去 / Bad - Not worth the visit
😭: 災難 - 噩夢一場 / Disaster - A nightmare
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