Hamburg · Germany
The Fontenay
Perfect egg, very good hollandaise, perfectly balanced. Just not much to look at.
Notebook
The Eggs Benedict
Perfect egg, very good hollandaise. Perfectly balanced. Poor presentation.
Translated from my German notes.
The Fontenay sits right on the Outer Alster lake and opened in 2018. It was built by entrepreneur Klaus-Michael Kühne. A house that is all about design, from its curving architecture down to the details.
On the plate
In terms of taste there is little to criticise: the egg is perfectly poached, the hollandaise very good, and the whole is perfectly balanced.
Compared with the day before, that is clear progress: this time nothing gets lost, and sauce, egg and ham are in balance.
All the more surprising is the presentation. Under a generous blanket of sauce, hardly anything of the Benedict is visible, with a heap of spinach and parsley beside it. In a hotel that puts so much emphasis on aesthetics, that costs points.
Go
If taste is what counts for you, you’ll be well served here. If you eat with your eyes too, less so.
Guide text written with AI assistance, based on my notes.
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