La Fontaine: A Fine Alternative In Wolfburg


Today, as an alternative the best restaurant of the city

La Fontaine: A Fine Alternative In Wolfburg

Wolfsburg is one of the rare places on earth where the car enthusiasts can feel like a child again.

However, when you make a list of which countries and places to visit; although it might be much below the other European cities, but again with its attractions in automotive industry, Wolfsburg doesn’t fall out of the list and remains an appealing choice for most of the people.

Located in between Berlin and Hannover, Wolfburg not only houses the main headquarters and the historical factory of Volkswagen but also Autostadt museum which was opened in 2000. For this reason, you can see both the men in suits running around with their documents in their hands and the car enthusiasts drawn to the city thanks to the museum at the same time.

After a pleasant trip around the skyscrapers made of glass, which are also referred to as “the library of cars” where your car is directly delivered to you, and taking a look at the first Volkswagen beetle to have been produced and dazzling “Bugatti”s that cost millions of dollars, if you want to do a favor for your palate, of course the first restaurant that comes to mind is Aqua Restaurant.

As I featured Aqua in my blog before, it is located in Ritz-Carlton Hotel, and has been awarded with 3 stars and 19 Gault Millau toques following 15 years of a successful collaboration with Chef Sven Elverfeld.

Today, as an alternative the best restaurant of the city, I’d like to introduce La Fontaine to you.

 

Classical French Style

Ludwig im Park is a fine boutique hotel in Wolfsburg where it is popular for its breakfasts and dinners as well as the immaculate hygiene and the high quality of the atmosphere and the services.

Chef Hartmut Leimeister who enters the kitchen for the preparation of dinner menus has been working for La Fontaine for about 20 years. Even 15 years ago, the restaurant won a Michelin star thanks to the chef and it has been holding it to date.

Again, besides it has been awarded with a nice amount of Gault Millau toques (16/20), it may also be regarded as a perfect place for “fine-dining” concept since both Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe and Chaîne de Rôtisseurs arrange their dinner meetings at La Fontaine.

The restaurant has a capacity of 7-8 tables only but the tables are immaculate and carefully laid out, and in such a cozy atmosphere the diners are offered fine choices from the classical French cuisine.

We started our dinner with caridean shrimps swimming in a pool of gel and a large cup of sunchokes soup. The shrimps and the soup were followed by carpaccio, a raw meat dish named after an Italian painter.

Although the Angus beef and the greenery were in a good harmony, I would personally boost its taste with some thinly sliced old parmesan cheese.

A kind of freshwater crustaceans and also known as “kerevit” in Turkey, baked langostinos can be said to be the best dish of La Fontaine. Since they were duly deep-fried the Japanese way, crispy langostinos contained as little oil as possible and you could still smell the sea in their texture. Besides, it was accompanied by fennel-orange salad.

When we moved on to the meat dishes, although fine from rabbit and foies gras with red lentils, apple and pine nuts was not the kind of superior taste that we’d expected, steamed codfish compensated such a decline in the overall graphics of the night, with a perfect Far Eastern touch of Thai vegetables and curry.

As a lamb meat lover, baked saddle of lamb absolutely enchanted me. Although it was cooked a bit more than enough, still with its taste and fine presentation it was an unforgettable dish for me. While in meantime, a fan of Istanbul, Chef Leimeister visited the table and we promised to each other for a get-together in Istanbul in summer.

For dessert session, slices from white chocolate and rhubarb as well as two kinds from almond with port wine fig (a sort of cake) were the two choices that we had that night. Those two delicious desserts were followed by a cheese plate with a variety of cheeses made from cow milk.

Plus, if you want to end your dinner with a fine digestive, popular German fruit brandies and a rich variety of grappas would definitely satisfy you.

Besides all of that, if you visit La Fontaine in hunting season, game dishes are another thing that you should have a shot at.

As I find the price/quality ratio perfect, La Fontaine could be a good alternative to Aqua for those who’d like to pay a visit to Wolfsburg, a secret city within 1 hour driving distance of Berlin. I recommend you to give it a go.

 

Bon appétit and enjoy the taste of life…

 

La Fontaine

www.ludwig-im-park.de

Hotel Ludwig im Park

Gifhorner Strasse 25, 38442

Wolfsburg/Fallersleben Germany

+49 53 62 / 94 00


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