Lunch at Le Montrachet, 30th October

No visit to Burgundy is complete without a visit to Le Montrachet and on Friday a table had been booked for lunch. I was very much looking forward to it!

We'll be taking a left then...

To start, we had this mushroom vol-au-vent, but to call it that doesn't do it justice - there was bacon and chicken liver in there too.

Salmon with potatoes.

Cheeses from the state-of-the-art cheese trolley (this was quite amazing - made of wood, it unfolded to reveal a wonderful selection), including some seriously good Epoisses.

This was a sort of praline concoction with different flavoured fillings, "comme un eclair" - they do like their visual jokes at Le M!

To drink, we had some Chablis 1er cru Montee de Tonnere 2011 from Raveneau, which I seem to recall cost less than it would have done retail in the UK.

As always, the service was impeccable and the atmosphere in the dining room very calm and content. I'd love to stay there some time and go for dinner!