Area: Midland Square 42F ミッドランドスクエア
Restaurant: L'Auberge de L'ill オーベルジュドリル
Website and Map: http://www.haeberlin.jp/eng/aubergedelill-nagoya/access.html
Hours: Lunch 11am-3:30pm (LO 1:30pm), Dinner 5:30-11pm (LO 10pm)
This is an expensive fine dining restuarant but I decided to try the reasonably priced \2000 weekday lunch (plus tax and service charge).
First, the little amuse bouche; the madeleine seemed a bit stale and dry. The flaky pastry was a savory bacon and onion flavour.
The bread came warmed, had a nice and chewy crust and the flavour reminded me of soba. The butter was plain and unsalted but its presentation on a marble slab and an emblem stamped on top, gave a fine dining feel.
The appetizer was eggplant mousse with a sanma (sardine) puree. It had a peppery finish, but was mainly salty, so it was good to eat with the bread. Unfortunately the eggplant flavour was overpowered by the strong natural flavour of the sardine.
The main was a ground beef and foie gras pie. I think they burnt the crust a bit too much. The ground beef absorbed the always wonderful flavour of foie gras on top. The crust could have used something more, perhaps a more buttery aroma. I found the pastry didn't add much to this dish, as it was airy. The carrot cumin purée and a sweet aroma. The berry red wine sauce had a bit of sourness to it, but somewhat matched with the dish (berry flavors are often combined with foie gras).
The dessert jelly cube was a very concentrated raspberry. The macaron was interesting with a slight mintiness to it. The chocolate cookie was probably the best part of this plate, as it had a nice chewiness and the nuts gave it a toasty finish. Unfortunately the coffee was sour.
Just by looking at the photos you could probably hear the piano music playing, again giving this place an upscale feel.
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