I travel the world Part 47: FACIL (2-Star Michelin Restaurant) Part 2
The Mandala Hotel's Restaurant FACIL is directly located at Potsdamer Platz in the heart of up trending foodies town Berlin.
The lunch menu is incredible at 50 Euro for a 3-course Menu (You can find Part 1 of my Restaurant Post here)
It has been awarded with 2-Michelin Stars and MICHAEL KEMPF and his team are doing a tremendous job.
"The FACIL restaurant (2 Michelin stars), located in the heart of Berlin, has been serving elegantly light fare accented by purist luxury and modern avant-garde since July 2001. The FACIL is the perfect place for unconventional gourmets seeking a culinary experience. Our chef de cuisine is MICHAEL KEMPF. His style of cooking is modern and creative. He uses exclusively fresh and mostly local products. His dishes are subtle and straightforward. The flavours are fine and distinctive. Maître Pâtissier THOMAS YOSHIDA was awarded Pâtissier of the year 2016 by Gault&Millau. He convinced with his filigree and artful style and fantastic dessert creations." FACIL WEBSITE
This time we ordered the 3-course lunch menu with a Caviar, Duck and a Dessert. I can already tell you this meal was even better than the other one
Beautiful Decoration
Amuse-Gueule
FILET AND CAVIAR OF BIRNBAUM'S SALMON TROUT - RAPINI
DUCK BREAST - JUNIPER WOOD, CELERY AND CHESTNUT
ABRICOT, YASMIN TEA AND SANCHO FLOWER
The Caviar Entree, I have not eaten something like this before. It was not real caviar but a vegan "fake" caviar. The taste is incredible and it felt like real caviar in your mouth. I wonder how they are producing the fake caviar, very interesting.
The duck was incredible, super tasty and a perfect sauce!!! But I liked the beef better.
The dessert was mind-blowing. It looked like two Rocks on your plate, so I had to ask the waitress if this was indeed eatable. It looked so real (can you see the shiny stone), I slowly tried to break the "Stone" but it was so easy to open up, incredible!
Please leave a comment if you like this restaurant. Have you been here?
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Absolutely everything about this post is a feast for the senses!
thank you onetree ! please check out part 1 too ;)
the dessert did surprise me.. it was really special !
Michelin restaurants are something else. Have you ever heard of Chris Young? Highly recommend listening to his podcast with Tim Ferriss.
Former chef at The Fat Duck, a 3 star Michelin restaurant and former #1 rated restaurant in the world. I don't have discerning taste, but was great listening to his story and how he applied a background in science to cooking. Talked about a bunch of dishes they made at The Fat Duck. I listened to it on a 2 hour bike ride and my mouth was watering the whole time haha.
http://www.thefatduck.co.uk/
In regards to your meal.....everything looks amazing. It's 4 am, now I'm hungry :/
wow why are you still awake ;) steemit junkie like me?
I live not too far from Berlin, and next time i go there, i will surely check out this restaurant. Really delicious
hello, great to hear! please try and make a post of your own. I don't know any other 2 star michelin having such a reasonable priced lunch.
@knozaki2015 im craving for some foie gras, do you know where I can find tasty foie gras in Berlin?
Btw it is a great post, as usual ;)
hello,
there is not place for foie-gras per se, the best foie gras place is in budapest. I will post that one for you soon.
anyway, at Belmondo they always have a foie-gras starter.
Foie gras poêlé avec brioche, jus au porto et petite salade
Gebratene Gänsestopfleber mit Brioche an Honig-Riesling-Äpfeln und kleinem Salat
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