Robuchon au Dome , Macau (*)

The Robuchon brand is somewhat on the wane these days particularly with the Paris outpost falling out of favour with Michelin .

This is my 7-8 th visit to Robuchon Macau ( have also been to Paris and Vegas ) and at least in Macau the quality remains extremely high .
The seasonal tasting menu starts with the iconic Imperial caviar dish – lobster jelly, cauliflower cream, parsley puree, king crab meat and caviar are a truly harmonious mouthful.
The plating is stunning and for nerds like me who wondered there is 62-68 dots ( margin of error ) of the cauliflower and parsley sauces .

Salade nicoise is my childhood family salad.
It's certainly the salad I have had the most in my life, and in fact I had it at another restaurant earlier in the week. But I absolutely fell in love with the Salade Nicoise fine dining take at Robuchon au Dome .
The egg is perfectly soft boiled, the tuna belly and tomato concasee are a delicious combination, there is a vegetable driven sauce, and spikes of acidity and spice.
It is a terrific fresh and vibrant cacophony.

I don't have frog legs often but the quote that they taste like chicken is a little misleading, I think they are closer to a mild white fish flavour. Here they were served with the classic garlic and parsley duo along with some girolles mushrooms.

A whole scampi was the filling of a proud raviolo, with some savoy cabbage and black truffle, what's not to like.

Brittany lobster with a light lobster bisque, saffron rouillle, peas and squid ink tuile is a regular feature on Robuchon menus. It's not usually my favourite preparation but today it almost made me change my mind. The bisque was nice and light and the interplay with the peas seemed to hit different.

Challans duck breast and foie gras were given the Rossini treatment, cherries were scattered in different forms including a cherry beer reduction, alongside almonds and the signature mashed potato.

Dessert was the usual choose your own adventure affair, whether it's gorging on the cheese trolley or escaping with the dessert trolley, or both, it's hard not to be satisfied .

The 17,000 label wine list is a treasure trove and it only takes a few minutes of searching your favourite varietals to find many wines that sell well below retail price .
The 2008 Louis Jadot Chassagne Montrachet Grandes Ruchottes is nearing the end of its drinking window but still had plenty of life .