La Table du Gourmet
5 Rue de la 1E Armée
68340 Riquewihr, France
Tel. +33 3 89 49 09 09
BY IAN D’AGATA |
The food:
My garden scenery: green bean, eel, mustard flower, watermelon, and grated egg (Paysage de Mon Jardin: Haricot sur la Braise, Anguille, Fleur de Moutarde, Pastèque, Œuf rapé)
The “impossibile barbecue” of meagre: pops, bell pepper confit, lemon aïoli, pickled onion (Maigre “le barbecue impossibile”: Pops & Confit de Poivron, Aïoli Citron, Pickles d’Oignon)
Chanterelles and foie gras: wood sorrel, apricot, flower, sorrel (Girolles & Foie gras Alsace: Givre Oxalis, Abricot, Fleur, Petite Oseille)
Lobster cooked blue: Iberian pork, melon, stock jus, garlic leaves (Homard Bleu: Jambon Ibérique, Melon, Jus de Carcasse, Feuilles d’Aïl)
Rack of veal on braised aromatic herbs (Carré de Veau Fermier élevé sous la mère sur Braise d’Aromates)
There are places that you realize should have more recognition the minute you walk in or sit down. Jean-Luc Brendel’s outstanding La Table du Gourmet is one of these. The restaurant is nestled on a quiet side street of the postcard pretty Alsatian town of Riquewihr, an open air museum of very well kept 16th and 17th century houses and cobblestone streets it’s impossible to tire of.
