The Restaurant
RTÉ One, Sunday, 8.30pm
Leo's Menu
STARTERS
Amuse Bouche
Courgette flower tempura fried
Angel hair lemon pasta with asparagus
Spinach & parmesan soup
Grilled cod with baby beet salad
MAIN
Crubeens with a selection of potatoes & brussels sproutsRoast quail with Madeira sauce & rocket salad
DESSERTS
Chocolate meridianiApple tarte tatin
Elderflower & champagne sorbet
Wines
White wine:Mâcon-Lugny Caves des Lugny 2002
Red wine:
Primitivo Salento Pasqua 2002
**also available as vegetarian main course
Champagne
The Champagne we have selected for The Restaurant is Veuve Clicquot.
From France's Champagne region to the Marlborough region of New Zealand, to the Pacific Northwest, Clicquot, Inc. has travelled the globe to bring you the finest wines made today.
The founder of the historic Champagne House of Veuve Clicquot, the dynamic Madame Clicquot had as her motto: "Only one quality...the finest." That same principle is the foundation upon which Clicquot, Inc. is built and as such, is particularly suited to the requirements of The Restaurant.
For more information see www.veuve-clicquot.com
Water
The water selected for The Restaurant is S.Pellegrino. An Italian spring water imported from San Pellegrino, 70 KM northeast of Milan. www.sanpellegrino.it
The Still water used is called Acqua Panna.
Acqua Panna is a still mineral water originating in Tuscany, Italy. Appreciated in about 50 countries around the world, it is found in the world best restaurants.