We went to Formel B to celebrate our anniversary
We went to Formel B to celebrate our anniversary and was utterly disappointed. We had the 7 course menu with the matching wine menu and spent 4600 DKK (about 620 USD/EUR for two).
Course 1 was three snacks - tasty, but really only snacks. And nothing else on the table apart from water. No bread, no wine. We were told that wine would only arrive with the real courses, so we could only open our Michelin experience by cheering in water.
The following servings of miniscule tastings that were Course 2-7 were an accumulating frustration. Not only were courses presented by an unengaged waiter rambling the ingredients followed by an 'enjoy', but it was entirely impossible to recognize what had actually gone into the dishes. One containing crab. Well if you say so. Servings were so small that we were building up an expectation that the two final quail dishes - quail leg and quail breast - would then be the grand finale. No such luck. Although the one leg was tender and tasty, it came with one small glazed carrot and a tee spoon of compote. We felt like reliving the parody of finer French cuisine that would leave you wanting to visit the local diner on the way home. Last course, the quail breast, was served with something we never managed to figure out. It might have been tofu. I was in doubt which of the two small pieces on the plate was actually the one piece of breast, because it was entirely covered by green spices like the Santa Maria spices we oftentimes use for our grill - it came out as the art of turning a fine piece of quail into a grill sausage. With it a dark brown sauce that made the plate look very unappealing and nowhere near a grand finale. At this final course, a waiter asked not if we were happy, but 'if the food was as intended'. How were we to know, but we certainly didn't hope so. After this a scoop of sherbet with crumbles of merengue. Certainly good, but not really a Michelin star desert. The wine menu, though, we couldn't fault. Well matched, even interestingly with the third dish of green, yellow and red tomatoes and shrimps paired with a very sweet Mosel.
Needless to say, we found no reason to tip. Maybe for that reason we were left to ourselves to leave the restaurant. No one at the wardrobe and no one to see us out of the door, underscoring the tepidity of the service.
Formel B may be at the cheaper end of the Michelin options in Copenhagen, but still nowhere near worth the money, nor the star.
