Pied a Terre review by Loving Annie
The restaurant is very modern in appearance, with gray leather banquettes and a dark wood trim.
Being early, I am lucky, and they seat me up front, next to the windows of red, gray & clear shattered glass.
There are fashionable recessed halogen lights, but not enough of them to make reading the menu easy.
The serving plate is of speckled clear glass with a wide, curved up silver edge and a handpainted red sunflower on it. Ther are have glass water tumblers, and white linen tablecloths.
Very little English is spoken by the waiters, they mainly speak French.
A small plate of green olives is brought.
There will be an eight course meal tonight, and the menu has a notice that one pound (Two dollars at today's currency translation rates) is added to every bill and given to charity for Action Against Hunger.
There is stamped unsalted butter accompanying a bread basket of 5 choices. I have both the plain and the tomato, both freshly baked, delicous and light.
The amuse bouche consists of 4 bites of ??? I can't understand what the waiter says. They are also presented on a shattered glass plate in the shape of a small, raised rectangle.
a ragout of chick peas begins the meal, followed by avacado carpaccio, carmelized endive salad with watercress gelee, parpadelle pasta with camembert sauce & cucumber balls, and a puff pastry with mushroom & black truffle.
A cheese course is next.
The first dessert is a walnut passion fruit mousse. It is superb, creamy, just sweet enough, lovely. I wanted another...
Then comes a chocolate tart with macadmia nut mousse.
I end the meal with a delicious hot mint tea, and the waiter brings the final treat. 6 tiny bite desserts on a curved shattered glass tray.
The presentation at Pied a Terre is lovely, but on the whole, the food was tasteless - I would not eat here again, despite its Michelin 2 star rating.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Overall rating 
Food 5 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 5
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