We arrived in Strasbourg and tucked into a Choucroute which is a giant mound of cabbage covered in meat and sausage at Les Tanneurs (5/5 if you like that sort of thing).
Dinner was at the world reknowned Crocodile where someone brought a CROC back from a war and hung it in a pub which is now this 2 star restaurant (lost a star recently). The owner Emile Jung is absolutely charming and despite some lousy bread served a great dinner. Maria had an epic smoked steak while I had a meatloaf made from pig foot and ear that surely shaved 3 years off of my life. On to Illehausen where the famous 3 star restauarant has been in the family for 100 years. The setting on the side of the river was really unbelievable. It started by cheating with a black truffle covered in foie gras and fried and then covered in truffle sauce. Anyone can do that and make it taste good! The chicken for two was dull and covered in the same sauce as the truffle ball which is a no-no (2/5).
Colmar was beautiful and we had typical alsacean cooking at Hansi who's restaurant is decorated by Hansi art who is an alsacian Norman Rockwell. Up the valley we went stopping at Table de Gourmet in Riqwhir for a very creative one star lunch (3/5) before going on to Le Clos de St Vincent which is one of the most beautiful vineyard hotels in the world. We could have stayed a week.
The last night's dnner in Obernai was the best at 1 star Saveurs (5/5) which served the most creative cooking possible from vegetarian to rack of goat to fresh baked bread from the next town over (Roshheim). This deserves 3 Michelin stars and should not be missed.
In general the food was pretty good but we learned that while Asacian vineyards are beautiful, the wine is just average. Also Ascace has Munster but the rest of the cheeses are just not that great.
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