Although Graves has an A La Carte menu we all opted for the 4 courses for E40 with the wine arrangement whereby you get to try a different wine chosen by the sommelier with each course.
The service is great. With a smiley, knowledgeble waitress and a true guru of wine in the sommelier.
On arrival we were immediately given an aperitif of sparkling wine from the Languedoc accompanied by a cold cucumber, dill and salmon soup to cleanse the tasting palette.
Then onto the first course of scallops with sesame seeds. The scallops were really small, albeit yummy and were devoured quickly. Then it was onto the lobster bisque. It really was deliciously light but sadly not enough of it. The 'main' I use that word lightly as there was nothing 'main' about it as it was more like a starter of rack of lamb with lentils. Again it tasted amazing, but just not enough of it.
Dessert was 3 small dishes of creme caramel, amaretto cream with biscuit plus one other. A great ending to a lovely meal.
With the large glasses of wine, we were having some of the funniest conversations but I was to discover the next day that maybe I should of taken the 6 course menu.
On this Friday night the restaurant was half full, bearing in mind it is holiday time in Amsterdam so the locals are away but you would expect it to busier with visitors. It felt a shame that the restaurant was half empty it definitely deserves more custom but my only criticism was the size of the portions. On the other hand the food tasted great, not too complicated but still unusually seasoned or dressed. A recommend, although I think the restaurant is now closed over the Summer holidays.
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