Valentine Dinner

Brian and I went out on Valentine's Day to Bellevue, a restaurant in the Old Town district. We really enjoy what I call 'Frou Frou' food thanks to Matt going to Culinary school and introducing us to gourmet food. We like to use V-day as an excuse to go out and splurge at a fancy pants restaurant once a year. It was a great meal while overlooking the Charles Bridge.

I chose the V-day special menu (Brian got a different menu, but his didn't come with a take-home printout and since I took so long to post we can't remember what he got other than foie gras, fish, and veal):

1st course: Amuse Bouche - Wonton pastry pocket filled with coriander shrimps, avocado espuma (shrimp wonton)
2nd course: Pan seared beef carpaccio with tasmanian pepper reduction, sundried tomato and frisse salad (rare thin sliced beef with a sundried tomato salad)
3rd course: Grilled denver sole with saint jacques scallops jus, wheat pearl pasta softened with mascarpone cheese (fish and scallop pasta)
4th course: vension fillet with black elder and foie gras sauce, topinambur puree (deer with mashed potatoes)


Dessert: Milk chocolate and tonka beans mousse with strawberry heart candy and raspberry sorbet. It was so pretty I had to take a picture.