Atelier Crenn

gave the restaurant and excellent rating because the food was so overwhelmingly well prepared, spectacularly delicious, flawless I presentation and proportion, however I was less impressed with the service which felt theatrical during parts of the meal, a distraction to the food, too much talk around Chef Crenn’s background while growing up in Normandy, and dizzying levels of waitstaff circulation in the dining room. That said, if you are a foodie, it is definitely worth a try, if only once. Been there, loved the food, will unlikely repeat a visit for reasons noted above.

The high cost of French cuisine is definitely a theme, but their price-performance ratio is still very high. Compared with their exquisite and delicious dishes and the prices of similar restaurants, it is really not expensive.

One of the few Michelin two-star restaurants with female chefs. The whole meal, including drinks and tips, cost more than 300 US dollars per person. It took about three hours in total. I felt it was worth it after eating. The price-performance ratio is very high. I made a reservation a week in advance. After entering the restaurant, I was attracted by the decoration. The lighting was dim and the waiter was very friendly. The menu was presented in the form of a poem. More than a dozen dishes were hidden in this poem. It was very interesting to guess what dish the next line of the poem represented while eating. Occasionally there were some small surprises ✺◟(∗❛ัᴗ❛ั∗)◞✺I won’t introduce each dish one by one. None of them disappointed me. The menu is different every month, and I guarantee that there will be different surprises every time I go.

Atelier Crenn is a very creative restaurant, where every dish is full of surprises. The chef, French Dominique Crenn, is a world-famous female chef. It is said that the female chef Colette Tatou in the cartoon Ratatouille was changed based on her prototype. When you come here to dine, the first thing you see is a poem. Every sentence of this poem corresponds to a dish tonight. Just reading the poem, you have no idea what you will eat. Every dish is a surprise. In the very beautiful plating full of natural elements, guests seem to have traveled to the countryside in southern France. The restaurant focuses more on desserts, so 40% of the dishes are desserts. The previous savory dishes were a bit lacking in taste, and there were not many surprises. Among them, the private bread and butter taste great. The bread is soft and fragrant, and the special beef cream feels like eating a piece of meat. The abalone dish tastes just right, with a strong ocean flavor, smooth and elastic meat, and is delicious with oyster soup. The A5 wagyu beef and trout roe from Japan are very fresh. Because the proportion of desserts is too large, it may not be particularly suitable for the taste of most Chinese people. The speed of serving dishes is a bit too slow, sometimes you need to wait 10-15 minutes between dishes. It feels more suitable for diners looking for creative restaurants, because every dish here is really a work of art. I give full marks for creativity and plating, but the taste is probably only 6-70 points.

The overall feeling given by this restaurant is very average. It may also be that I was not feeling well on the day of the meal. Every dish I ate felt tasteless and bland. The sea urchin was still very fresh, but the portion was too small. If you usually have a heavy taste, I don’t recommend it.