: a stew of light meat or seafood in a white sauce
blanquette of veal
blanquette of lobster
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Ratatouille, veal blanquette, guinea fowl wrapped in cabbage, boeuf bourguignon and fondue weren’t fancy company cooking.
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Jamie Schler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The risotto in the dining room can't be missed, but the exclusive menu items only available via room service, like the blanquette de veau, are just as exceptional.
—Deanne Kaczerski, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2021
How could a veal blanquette or an entrecôte with morels and cream hold a candle to white bean foam with sea urchins or spherical melon caviar?
—New York Times, 27 Nov. 2021
At a glance, the food might seem a little safe, but there's real skill in cooking a faultless blanquette de veau or steak frites with béarnaise sauce.
—Sophie Dening, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2021
Choose from traditional dinners such as steamed mussels in white wine, roast duck a l’orange, blanquette de veau, trout almondine and chicken marsala alongside the chef’s nightly specials.
—Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Aug. 2019
Traditionally a blanquette is thickened with egg yolks and has pearl onions and often button mushrooms in the mix.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 3 May 2018
The dish for which the restaurant is named—suprême de volaille—is a breast of that same precious bird, napped in a blanquette and served next to an amber tuile that looks like a roasted onion but reveals itself as a roulade of potato and leek.
—Brett Martin, GQ, 12 Mar. 2018
The menu changes often but runs to dishes like a starter of quinoa-sweet-potato-and-red-cabbage rolls, blanquette of seitan (chewy wheat protein) in sesame cream and rose-and-pistachio cake.
—Alexander Lobrano, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
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Jamie Schler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
The risotto in the dining room can't be missed, but the exclusive menu items only available via room service, like the blanquette de veau, are just as exceptional.
—Deanne Kaczerski, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2021
How could a veal blanquette or an entrecôte with morels and cream hold a candle to white bean foam with sea urchins or spherical melon caviar?
—New York Times, 27 Nov. 2021
At a glance, the food might seem a little safe, but there's real skill in cooking a faultless blanquette de veau or steak frites with béarnaise sauce.
—Sophie Dening, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2021
Choose from traditional dinners such as steamed mussels in white wine, roast duck a l’orange, blanquette de veau, trout almondine and chicken marsala alongside the chef’s nightly specials.
—Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Aug. 2019
Traditionally a blanquette is thickened with egg yolks and has pearl onions and often button mushrooms in the mix.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 3 May 2018
The dish for which the restaurant is named—suprême de volaille—is a breast of that same precious bird, napped in a blanquette and served next to an amber tuile that looks like a roasted onion but reveals itself as a roulade of potato and leek.
—Brett Martin, GQ, 12 Mar. 2018
The menu changes often but runs to dishes like a starter of quinoa-sweet-potato-and-red-cabbage rolls, blanquette of seitan (chewy wheat protein) in sesame cream and rose-and-pistachio cake.
—Alexander Lobrano, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
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