Last night in our weekly dinner out, we tried a French restaurant called La Cigale Montmartre, in Itaewon near the Hamilton Hotel. They have an outdoor patio area that was protected with heavy duty plastic and had a couple of industrial strength heaters. There was also an indoor area, but there were lots of smokers inside. We opted for the outdoor area, which might not have been the smartest choice, since there were smokers out there, too. But at least the draft from the door could blow the smoke away. It was also rather dark in the outside seating area. The restaurant also provided blankets on each of the chairs (see the red blanket on the chair in the background of the Coca-Cola photo.) We ended up eating while wearing our full winter gear -- heavy wool coat, hat, scarf. No gloves though -- it gets a little messy trying to eat while wearing gloves.
Look! A glass bottle of Coca-Cola:
I wasn't feeling too well, so I opted for a Coke instead of a glass of wine.
This is the salmon served on a cake of green onion polenta, with some sort of relish, and what appears to be creme fraiche on top. The salmon was cooked just right.
This is the beef tenderloin, served with a red wine reduction sauce, sauteed mushrooms with a touch of shallot, and two potato pancakes cooked in butter.
This is the chocolate and caramel pyramid. The raspberries were frozen, however. And not because they came that way, but because it was so cold.
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