Chef André Rickert is a Juan Amador disciple, who is currently cooking in Vienna, Austria, where he is the chef/ owner of at Amador, the first restaurant in Austria to be awared 3 stars by Michelin. Currently Amador is one of the 2 restaurants in Austria that got 100/ 100 points by Falstaff. Juan Amador was based in the Frankfurt area before moving to Vienna/ Austria. In 2008, his restaurant Amador in Langen near Frankfurt was awarded 3 Michelin stars.
... Mr. Rickert has a modernist’s skill set and a modernist’s talent for combining the serious and the playful. Look what he does to ratatouille. Even its fans have to admit that the dish, a lump of stewed vegetables mired in a tar pit of olive oil, is usually no great beauty. Mr. Rickert’s version is a colorful, bright, edible garden, a field of couscous across which he plants black olives, shards of feta, a bright green mound of basil ice cream and warm cherry tomatoes that dissolved into sweet pulp on my tongue like berries in a pie.
The ingredients were strewn all across the plate, but the flavors were firmly rooted. That was the case, too, with a dessert of late-summer damson plums that appeared in three guises: stuffed into a tender dumpling, frozen into sorbet and poached with cinnamon syrup.
Weinsinn is compact, with only 35 seats in two small dining rooms. So is Mr. Rickert’s menu of three appetizers, three main courses and three desserts. The wine list, on the other hand, goes on for page after page, although there is a simpler way. We asked the sommelier, Jens Gabelmann, to choose for us. He sized up our table at a glance and brought us just the wine we might have asked for if we had been able to put our wishes into words.
Located in the heart of the
city – albeit somewhat tucked away – this appealing bistro is a lively
place with really good food. André Rickert (known from the "Weinsinn")
forms the dual leadership in the kitchen together with chef Patrick
Löhl. Their culinary style is pleasingly down to earth yet sophisticated
in terms of craftsmanship. Vegetarians are also well catered for. The
service comes courtesy of a laid-back yet highly competent
front-of-house-team who provide astute wine recommendations for the set
menu. Tip: book early to avoid disappointment!
Michelin Guide Deutschland 2021: This extremely pleasant little bistro is a tucked away in the heart of the city, just around the corner from the shopping street Fressgass. The owner and the chef are experts through and through, as can be seen not least from the tasty, ambitious market cuisine, e. g. the char, pumpkin, green apple and watercress. Very fairly priced lunch menu.
In the Michelin Guide Deutschland
2021, bidlabu is listed with a Michelin plate. In the Gault Millau Guide
Deutschland 2021, it has 15/ 20 stars.
Pictures: Dinner at Bidlabu, 15 Points Gault Millau, in Frankfurt, with GM/ Sommelier Dietmar Fritz and Chef André Rickert, Germany
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