tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post6684844120312792488..comments2024-03-27T11:45:40.393+00:00Comments on Cheese and Biscuits: l'Ortolan, ReadingChris Poplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02668565800857295023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-38281401582846796402019-07-27T22:13:30.082+00:002019-07-27T22:13:30.082+00:00I would have tried the pea risotto too.I would have tried the pea risotto too.Janinehttp://naturaldiureticfordogs.blogspot.com/2015/08/natural-diuretic-for-dogs-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588051831069283523.post-13778338140383708612019-07-11T17:05:03.587+00:002019-07-11T17:05:03.587+00:00I was taken to L'Ortolan as a very special tre...I was taken to L'Ortolan as a very special treat in approx 1990 in celebration of a religious confirmation (rescinded a matter of weeks later...)<br />I remember the food being wonderful and very similar to what you describe, with lovely sticky reductions. I also remember the dining room being quite shockingly pink - with a bit of luck they've toned it down since then. <br /><br />I also remember discovering that a L'Ortolan was a little bird that had been drowned in Calvados and then roasted. Now illegal due to the barbaric death. The idea was to eat the whole thing in one bones and all with your napkin over your head so you didn't offend other diners with what must have been a pretty horrible thing to witness. I gather it's still legal to serve in France but you're not allowed to sell it. <br /><br />What a happy plast from the past - thanks.<br />Alex Cnoreply@blogger.com