Atelier Amaro – Warsaw

Posted on February 25, 2014

Last updated on February 26, 2014

Atelier Amaro is the first ever restaurant in Poland to receive a Michelin star – naturally, as I’m Polish, I had to go check it out. The conclusion is that while the food is good, I believe there are some other restaurants in Warsaw that are better yet are unstarred. The issue might be with the chef making up a new menu every single week – that’s 52 different eight-course menus throughout the whole year – a large feat indeed, but unfortunately in that kind of rush there is simply to way to fully and carefully develop a dish. For comparison, at The Fat Duck it takes anywhere from 6 to 12 months from the idea of a dish to when it appears on the table in front of the guests.

The restaurant is small, having only around eight to ten tables. You have a choice of of either three, five, or eight moments. We went for the eight moments together with the wine pairing – that’s 8 different wines and 8 different dishes.

The menu for the night:

Menu for the night

Menu for the night

Red Wine Jelly with Popcorn

Red Wine Jelly with Popcorn

Herring in sweet onion sauce

Herring in sweet onion sauce

Deer tongue in tempura, beef foam, deep fried smelt fish

Deer tongue in tempura, beef foam, deep fried smelt fish

Deer tongue in tempura, beef foam, deep fried smelt fish

Deer tongue in tempura, beef foam, deep fried smelt fish

Bread selection

Bread selection

Very delicious mushroom flavoured butter

Very delicious mushroom flavoured butter

Wild salmon covered in beeswax, beetroot and fragaria powder, ginger and verbena stock

Wild salmon covered in beeswax, beetroot and fragaria powder, ginger and verbena stock

Ginger and Verbena stock

Ginger and Verbena stock

Venison slice, mustart powder, pear

Venison slice, mustart powder, pear

Cabbage soup, foie gras foam, eel

Cabbage soup, foie gras foam, eel

Goat's cheese, bison gras, hazelnut

Goat’s cheese, bison gras, hazelnut

Apium, 'goat's beard', topinambur

Apium, ‘goat’s beard’, topinambur

Apium, 'goat's beard', topinambur

Apium, ‘goat’s beard’, topinambur

Kale soaked and softened in hot red wine

Kale soaked and softened in hot red wine

Cod, wild rose, kale soaked in heated red wine

Cod, wild rose, kale soaked in heated red wine

Cod, wild rose, kale soaked in heated red wine

Cod, wild rose, kale soaked in heated red wine

Spare rib, apple reduction, hay

Spare rib, apple reduction, hay

Spare rib, apple reduction, hay

Spare rib, apple reduction, hay

Spare rib, apple reduction, hay

Spare rib, apple reduction, hay

Pumpkin Sorbet

Pumpkin Sorbet

Mango hedgehog

Mango hedgehog

Mango hedgehog

Mango hedgehog

Chocolate truffles

Chocolate truffles

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