The Hotel Cambon was a super place to stay, the location was perfect and it had a modern design to the furnishing and friendly staff. We had a room up near the top of the building with an elegant bathroom which was really comfy. John asked them to recommend somewhere really special for my birthday dinner and they came up with an amazing place with two Michelin stars (plus food and prices to match)!
It was only a short walk from the hotel on the Rue Castiglione and achingly cool with a real reverence for fine food. It soon filled up, including obligatory old French couple complete with small dog (who just had a box of water to drink, even French dogs don’t get dinner at these prices!) I can’t imagine Heston Blumenthal allowing dogs into his restaurants!
We had a glass of champagne and a pre starter of poached fish with celery and red pepper pate. My starter of a huge prawn came with tiny melon balls encased in jelly and was followed by quail with Lyonnais potatoes with slices of foie gras. We didn’t have cheese which was just a well as the puddings which followed were many and sumptuous – never mind two puddings Perkins, in this instance we had five separate sweet treats! I’d ordered poached figs but before this we were given a small chocolate ‘bombe’ which they poured green tea over to melt the chocolate casing. Then we a special birthday cake as the hotel had told them it was my birthday – luckily it was the kind of place where the waiter just brought it quietly and waited till I’d discreetly blown out the candle (thankfully no singing or tambourines!) The cake was a speciality of the house made with chocolate and pistachio and we were given a leaflet explaining its history. We also had some fruit jellies on the side and chocolates with the coffee so it was with some difficulty that we waddled back to the hotel. However it was all very light and delicate so it didn’t feel too overwhelming.
We drank a bottle of very special Chablis which was enough to make anyone rekindle their love for white wine, being rounded and tasty but very smooth.
All in all it was one of the most amazing meals I’ve ever eaten and a fabulous end to a really lovely birthday.
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