[TAIPEI - ⭐️⭐️RAW ☺️]
#hardest to book western restaurant in Taiwan
#1 star to 2 star
#台灣最難訂西餐廳
#1星變2星
2019台北有兩間一星變兩星餐廳。其中一間泰芮已剛試過也評過。而另外的這一間從開店時不太喜歡，到剛結束不久去年的冬季菜單覺得不錯, 這兩三年間已吃過好幾次。
這次試的是共十五道菜的春季菜單。個人比較喜歡有鱒魚兩吃，生蠔蔬菜和鮭魚卵三道， 其他就不太對我口味。我還是比較喜歡上一次菜單。
當然我的喜好不能代表全部人，可能有人會喜歡跟我不一樣的幾道。所以我是看每一道菜的融合度，完成度和整體性。而從過去兩套菜單而言，我覺得這餐廳進步了不少，看到有能進級兩星的條件。
另外有一小插曲：菜單上小牛胸缐改成猴頭菇的一道，菇是硬而且帶苦，相信是食材出現問題，所以我們出於好意的馬上反映。
我想提出的是菜式出錯或發生問題肯定會有機率出現，而重點是當客人反映時餐廳的態度和處理手法。我曾碰到過一些餐廳（也是有星）只會推托説這是他們故意的只是吃的人不懂，根本不接納任何意見。餐廳這次的處理方式夠專業，有兩星餐廳應有的水平。
恭喜餐廳升級二星，亦期待七月新菜單！
Two restaurants got promoted to two stars from one in the 2019 Taipei Michelin rating.
One of them is Tairrior which I’ve just tasted and commented not long ago. For the other one, from not liking the food when it first opened, to feeling not bad with the winter menu last year, I have visited a number of time in the past 2-3 years.
This time 15 courses were tasted in this year’s spring/summer menu and the three dishes I like are the two Trout dishes, gillardeau oysters with greens and the salmon roe, while others dishes don’t quite fit my palate. Overall I still prefer the previous menu.
Of course my likings can’t represent everyone and others would prefer some dishes different from mine. So what is focused on is the harmony of flavours, execution and completeness in each dish which I find the restaurant has improved.
A side observation worth mentioning: For the course which they replaced the sweetbread by Lion’s Mane mushroom, the mushroom was bitter and very hard to chew. Obviously the mushrooms used has gone bad so we immediately reflected to the restaurant. What I want to highlight is that there’s always chances that dishes are not up to standard, what’s important is how the restaurant tackle the situation when customers give their feedback. I’ve encountered that some restaurant (even with Michelin star) defends and claim that this is what they intended, and it’s the customers ignorance for not understanding the dish, completely refuse to listen to feedbacks. And how I see this restaurant addressed this incident is professional enough equivalent to what is expected from a two star restaurant.
Congrats the restaurant in obtaining two stars and look forward to the new menu in July!
味道人生級別 / TastesInLife (TIL) Index：
😍: 非常好 - 必須再去 / Excellent - Must revisit regularly
😋: 滿意 - 應該再去 / Satisfactory - Should revisit regularly
☺️: 不錯 - 可以再去 / Not bad - Can revisit once a while
😌: 一般 - 去一次便夠 / Average - Once is enough
🤐: 不行 - 不值得去 / Bad - Not worth the visit
😭: 災難 - 噩夢一場 / Disaster - A nightmare
#tastesinlife #味道人生
