Mirazur 20
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Visited Mitazur for their 20 year anniversary a couple of nights ago. u/tofuimspeckmantel already did an amazing job describing the various dishes and flow of the experience so I'll just add my thoughts.
This was definitely high concept and I appreciate Mirazur stepping out of their comfort zone to create something exciting. The result when it came to the courses were quite uneven with some hitting high notes in unexpected ways such as the asparagus salad, the squab and the artichoke dish as well as the oyster course. The cottoncandy yuzu pre-dessert was also fun. as well as the beetroot which is such a classic.
Some low lights for me were the white caviar snack which ended up too sweet, slimy and fishy and the foie gras which was too salty and still had a big vein running through it. In general some dishes felt a bit incomplete and could have done with another element to bring it together. Others lacked proper explanation as to inspiration such as the citrus sorbet seafood platter.
Unfortunately the service was a bit of a let down and I will say, not on the level for a 3 star.
Language barrier was much more of an issue than I expected which I feel might have contributed in us English speakers only getting a fraction of the story.
The service seemed to spend a lot more time with french speaking tables and framed the dishes a lot more comprehensively.
Then there were a number of service blunders in the 2nd half of the evening that were a bit disappointing.
Water was spilled by pouring from a ridiculous height by our somm, then not cleaned up. Dishes and wine were served while parts of the party were in the restroom and with the comment from the server that "it's cold, it doesn't matter". Dropped napkin was picked up but not replaced until us asking repeatedly.
Wine was served often much later than the dishes, leading you to sit and wait until you can enjoy together. Wines were barely introduced or not at all.
The biggest disappointment though was the attitude and lack of care and attention by our somm. Definitely a bit of a turnoff. You can do the laissez faire thing and rip jokes but if you do, you better make sure the basics of good service are covered.
In conclusion, I am very happy we went and there was an energy and risk taking about the evening and the dishes which can be hard to find in today's hyper refined 3 star restaurants.
But given how frazzled and stretched the service was and how Mirazur seemed to struggle with this to them new format of 30 courses, I do think they bit off just a little too much.
But I applaud them for swing for the fences.