When we arrived we were taken to a table near the window throughout the evening we were serenaded by a wonderful pianist playing right in the middle of the room. The room itself was beautiful, all the classic, traditional style that The Manor has to offer. We were greeted by extremely polite and professional wait staff. Of course you know the way to my heart is with bread. Now this was not your standard dinner roll selection. The waiter came over with an entire platter of bread selections to choose from. The options ranged from olive bread, to garlic rolls, to garlic toast, to cheese "sticks" to baguettes, to even more. And trust me I sampled several of them and they were all delicious. My personal favorite was the onion roll, which had the same pieces of onion inside - and this was only the bread selection!
After we placed our order (I'll get into that next) we were brought out one of the many chef's complimentary meals. They brought out a small rectangular plate that had what looked like a small espresso cup on the left and the right side of the plate held an egg. In the espresso cup was a squash soup, which was so sweet, I've never tasted anything like it before. On the right in the egg was some type of mushroom truffle which was also delicious.
For my meal I ordered from a special fixed course chef's menu so my next course to arrive was a "provencal vegetable and goat cheese parfait" with aged balsamic vinegar. The presentation itself was beautiful, the parfait was in a perfect circle with the goat cheese on top and the vegetables below it. It was delicious! At the same time Mike's first course arrived as well. He had ordered the "lobster bisque" soup which he said was the best he'd ever had. His dish arrived with just the pieces (big pieces) of lobster on the bottom, then as part of the presentation they come and pour the bisque part of the soup in right in front of you.
Following this my next course arrived - my FAVORITE of the evening! It was "wild mushroom ravioli" in a cognac sauce. Words cannot describe how delicious they were. It was was a touch of cream sauce the wild mushrooms in the homemade pasta - FANTASTIC!!!!
After this it was on to our main entrees. For me it was "olive-oil poached salmon" served with wilted baby spinach, hen of the woods mushrooms, lemon grass emulsion. The salmon was absolutely delicious, it seemed to melt in your mouth and was cooked to absolute perfection. So much flavor, it was savory and delicious, certainly one of the best pieces of salmon I've ever had. For Mike, who's clearly a steak man, he had the classic "filet mignon" with truffled mashed potatoes, haricot verts, baby carrots. Although I did not get to taste the filet I can tell you that there was none left, I did taste the mashed potatoes which were delicious.
And just when we didn't think we could eat anymore we were brought along another chef's complementary course. The time it was some type of cheese sorbet (in the shape of an egg) but underneath it was TOASTED COCONUT, a favorite of mine, and a few pieces of pineapple. Also quite delicious.
On to dessert next. I convinced my wonderful fiancee to take one for the team and eat my chocolate mouse that came with my entree so that I could order the "strawberry mille-feuille" vanilla cake, strawberries, vanilla cookie, frozen yogurt souffle, champagne sabayon. What more can I say, it lived up to all my expectations that's for sure. Along with this we were served coffee and a box of the chef's complementary chocolates of which we couldn't even eat we were so stuffed by this point.
All I can say is that it was one of the most delicious meals we have ever been to and I cannot wait for our wedding there and of course to go back on all of our future anniversary's so that I can have even more of the delicious food!
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