The culinary event of the summer took place on Tuesday July 30 under a radiant sun: chefs Cyril Molard and René Mathieu delighted the eyes and taste buds of those who were lucky enough to take part.
On Tuesday July 30, 2024, Cyril Molard and René Mathieu presented an exceptional 4-hands menu for lunch and dinner.
One is a 2-star chef since 2018 in Luxembourg at the Ma Langue Sourit restaurant in Moutfort. Invited to the most prestigious international kitchens, he is an outstanding ambassador for Luxembourg gastronomy.
The other, also a Michelin-starred chef, is at the head of La Distillerie, in the Château de Bourglinster, a restaurant voted Best Vegetable Table in the World in 2020 and 2021, and the only green Michelin star in the Grand Duchy.
Creativity and discovery
Creativity was the main theme of this sensitive gastronomic day, to which Kachen was invited.
Plant-based Chef René Mathieu surprised with his fresh and colorful compositions, mixing cucumber, peach and sakura flowers, fennel, onion and morello cherries, or hemp, basil and spruce buds.
In terms of terroir and produce, Chef Molard has worked brilliantly with the sea, with lacquered mackerel, buckwheat and lemon verbena, confit langoustine, tarragon and lemon, or a remarkable turbot, whipped butter and fennel. A touch of duck and a nice bit of pigeon later, the desserts managed to further raise the level of this 4-hander.
Teams to the millimeter
Avant-dessert with the famous Ma Langue Sourit touch and spruce sorbet, complementing a radish and raspberry garden tart. And dessert with honey, mallow flower, melilot and meadowsweet from La Distillerie.
All in all, a meal worthy of the reputation of these two great Luxembourg chefs.
In the kitchen, swarming with white coats, blue or brown aprons according to their Restaurant, the cooks bustle about under the watchful eye of the chefs, also working, here and there for a dressing, a reminder, a touch-up.
No-show & co…
And if some clients have been indelicate enough not to honor their reservations, much to the chagrin of enthusiasts who were still hoping for a table that very morning, Anne-Sophie Molard still can’t bring herself to ask for a guarantee when booking. “We don’t want to scare people.” However, what could be more normal than to penalize those who penalize others? Don’t we pay for our hotel room once it’s booked, even if we don’t sleep there? Unfortunately, the no-show is a very topical issue for restaurant owners, who are increasingly demanding understandable guarantees. What could be more normal? Especially during exceptional events, such as last Tuesday’s.
Photos: © KACHEN/Marc Dostert
