Dinner at Lameloise, Chagny - Day 4 of Visit to Burgundy 2010

20 November 2010: What I love most about Lameloise (a hotel and restaurant) may not be its cuisine, but the warmth of the charming dining room, the ambiance, the very personal and professional service of the waiters, many of whom have become very familiar with us over the years, the perfectly-sized bedrooms and bathrooms! 

Steamed foie gras wrapped
with potato slices,
in a rich truffle sauce

For dinner I just went for a simple green salad, followed by a piece of very fresh turbot, with a sauce vierge and some razor clams.  Richard had a langoustine and crab salad, which was not very convincing and a beautifully cooked first service of poulet de bresse.  The second service was a rather redundant dish, a little clumsy in the presentation……The best part was actually the amuse bouche of steamed foie gras wrapped with potato slices, served  with a rich truffle sauce.  It went perfectly well with our half bottle of 2006 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets Fontaine Gagnard.  The 2007 Charmes Chambertin David Duband unfortunately did not live up to the expectation of our sommelier who recommended it to us over our other choices.  The wine had a metallic taste to it which only became more prominent with time in the glass.  Probably slightly embarrassed, the sommelier offered us a half bottle of 2005 Nuits Saint Georges Les Saint Georges de l’Arlot.  Tannin still a little astringent, this showed a modern approachable style wine, with lots of ripe fruit, spicy character, balsamic and wet leaves.  Perhaps a little too fruit-forward for me….but nonetheless an improvement on the David Duband.  No cheese this time, just two scoops of vanilla ice cream, for Richard!