. By the time he did, I was exuding bonhomie."} 60:{"position":4,"content":"My husband chose his favorite starter of grilled chicken livers on toast, in this case served with banana and vanilla caramel (NIS 46). I that I should sample something more adventurous, and my eye was caught by the intriguing green asparagus on popcorn cream with a soft-boiled egg and bitter chocolate (NIS 52). The kindest thing I can say about this dish is that it is not easy to peel a soft-boiled egg, but they did it without a trace of shell. The asparagus was crispy, but after making inroads into the dish, the overall result was so unaesthetic that one could not proceed. The grated chocolate was just a powder that soon dissipated, and the egg was, well, an egg. The less said about the popcorn cream the better."} 61:{"position":5,"content":"Luckily, my husband shared his absolutely delicious livers with me."} 62:{"position":6,"content":"They were perfectly grilled, not too much and not too little, and the sweet base accompanying the dish enhanced the flavor."} 64:T415,

We also sampled another starter, mushroom ravioli with asparagus fumet (NIS 54). The filling of the ravioli was a mushroom puree, which was fine, but a chunky filling would hav

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