Bouchon Beverly Hills

Another dining experience at one of Thomas Keller's establishments. This time it is the recently opened Bouchon Beverly Hills in, you guessed it, Beverly Hills. The space was beautiful, the service was great, and the food and wine were at the top as well.

We started with a 1/2 dozen oysters (Hama Hama from Washington and Shiny Sea from Maine) and the Soupe a l'Oignon (French Onion soup). Delicious. The onions in the soup were so finely sliced that they practically dissolved in your mouth. Wonderful stuff. For the main course, I had the Gigot d'Agneau (roasted leg of lamb) and Lauren had the Thon Confit a la Nicoise (tuna confit). The lamb was cooked perfectly and was probably the best lamb dish I've ever had. The tuna was also really good, but I only had one or two bites so hard to judge. Although the pickled radishes on the side were pretty damn tasty.

We had a bottle of 2007 Failla Syrah, Phoenix Ranch throughout the meal and it was great. I had heard of the winery before, but never had any of their wine, or knew anything about them besides the name. It was very fruit forward and needed a bit of time in the glass to really come into balance with its tannins, but when it did it was great. I believe it was $98 on the list, so I'd be curious to see what it retails for. All in all, a great meal, and I definitely look forward to our next Keller experience.

Almost forgot about the Profiteroles we had for dessert. Wonderful. Rich chocolate sauce, great pastry, and tasty vanilla ice cream in the middle. Can not go wrong w/ this dessert.