La Cuisine Lyonnaise is pretty heavy on the cream and pork fat. After several days we were in need of a soy sauce fix. We found a Chinese restaurant on the east side of the Rhône called Engimono. It’s a small place with more tables on the outside than inside. We ordered the menu for two.
The menu started off with the house cocktail, plum wine with a lychee on the bottom. The first course was a spinach and cellophane noodle salad with a sesame dressing. Then came two types of steamed dumplings. The main courses were a steamed bass with lots of ginger and Peking duck. The duck arrived sliced and deboned, with the pancakes, hoisin sauce, and shredded leeks and cucumber. Everything was well prepared, and came out at the appropriate temperatures. The buns were right off the boiling water in their bamboo steamers.
The restaurant was quite busy, as most establishments close on Sundays. Perhaps later this week we’ll satisfy my fish sauce fix. It’s hard on the waistline (and liver) to eat Lyonnaise food alone. This week we head into Provence, where I hope to eat lots of veggies and fruit as an antidote of sorts to our conspicuous overconsumption.
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Sounds delicious!