{"id":2279,"date":"2020-10-11T23:22:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T03:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2020-10-12T15:44:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T19:44:06","slug":"rsvp-only-if-youre-a-mensch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/?p=2279","title":{"rendered":"RSVP Only If You\u2019re a Mensch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2279\" class=\"elementor elementor-2279\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c57c1ed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c57c1ed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1f8b43\" data-id=\"d1f8b43\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6432e0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6432e0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>RSVP, a French restaurant in West Cornwall, isn\u2019t for everyone, but it\u2019s an absolute gift to those who are right for it. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if its owners\u2014Guy Birster and Charles Cilona\u2014would prefer <em>not<\/em> to have media coverage of their restaurant, because its seating capacity is very limited and it has developed a loyal cadre of customers who love it, understand it and are well-suited to the dining experience it offers.<\/p><p>RSVP\u2014or \u201cr\u00e9pondez s\u2019il vous plait\u201d\u2014roughly translates \u201creply if you please,\u201d but it\u2019s actually intended by the French more as an imperative than a suggestion. I suggest you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> RSVP if you:<\/p><ul><li>can\u2019t be punctual<\/li><li>are in a rush<\/li><li>need your hand held throughout dinner<\/li><li>require cellular service<\/li><li>can\u2019t entertain yourself<\/li><li>can\u2019t approach an intriguing dining experience as an end in itself<\/li><li>don\u2019t have an open palate<\/li><li>have a lot of special dietary needs<\/li><li>can\u2019t surrender control to a talented chef<\/li><li>don\u2019t love French food<\/li><li>don\u2019t like BYOB<\/li><li>intend to bring young children<\/li><li>insist on paying with plastic<\/li><li>ever fail to show up for a reservation without giving a restaurant plenty of notice<\/li><li>are a humorless supporter of the current POTUS<\/li><\/ul><p>If you have checked off none of those boxes and are still with me, you may find dining at RSVP a unique and rewarding experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-429395e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"429395e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fc35cb\" data-id=\"7fc35cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e09167b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e09167b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_175023b-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2247\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_175023b-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_175023b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_175023b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_175023b.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f55774d\" data-id=\"f55774d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b47c2b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b47c2b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_181649a-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2256\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_181649a-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_181649a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_181649a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_181649a.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c657c30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c657c30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>RSVP is open for dinner Thursday through Sunday. Its website describes RSVP as a \u201c\u2018special concept\u2019 French restaurant\u2026 [offering a] carefully selected five-course, prix-fixe meal. Alcohol is BYOB only, with no corkage fee.\u201d<\/p><p>Except for a handsome lad washing dishes, RSVP is strictly a two-man operation. Birster, a seasoned chef hailing from near Dijon in Burgundy, handles the back of the house, his partner, Cilona, a creative person raised in Chicago, the front. They met in the late 1980s at a Pasadena restaurant where Birster was the chef and Cilona worked in the front of the house. They moved to Litchfield County in 1993, opening a full-service restaurant called Brookside Bistro. In 2001, they opened RSVP with its much more narrowly defined mission, pulling down scores as high as 29\/30 from <a href=\"https:\/\/zagat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Zagat Survey<\/em><\/a> (I was the Westchester editor for three years).<\/p><p>The five courses typically comprise an amuse course, a soup course, a fish course, a meat course and a dessert course ($110 per person all-inclusive, paid in cash). Bread is good and generous, and portions are not especially \u201cnouvelle,\u201d resulting in a fully satisfying meal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1f6bda elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1f6bda\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-51b4de6\" data-id=\"51b4de6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce22407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce22407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_184240a-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2257\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_184240a-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_184240a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_184240a-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_184240a.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-32e0ab5\" data-id=\"32e0ab5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f31f3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f31f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_194817b-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2262\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_194817b-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_194817b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_194817b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_194817b.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb5ff1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb5ff1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During our visit, there were actually six courses, counting the amuse. Our amuse course featured an incredible Kobe beef slider topped with caramelized onion and plated with gaufrette potatoes and a sumptuous sauce combining fresh mayonnaise and oyster sauce. Our second course, Cilona told us, \u201cis normally a soup, but Guy decided to make fris\u00e9e aux lardons.\u201d Birster\u2019s intriguing version, which included diced fried potato, was capped with a wonderful deep-fried, poached egg.<\/p><p>Our third course presented delicate homemade duck confit ravioli with chanterelle mushrooms and snap peas, which I noted as a candidate for my upcoming best pasta of the year award. Probably explaining why the soup course gave way to salad, our fourth course was a bouillabaisse with monkfish, littleneck clams and lobster. It was delightful and based not in a concentrated seafood stock but in a fresh vegetal mirepoix that, from our inside table, put Birster\u2019s knife skills on full display.<\/p><p>Our fifth course showcased a succulent lamb rib chop in sauce Basquaise plated with a sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke) pur\u00e9e. And finally, our dessert course\u2014the coup de gr\u00e2ce\u2014teamed up a small brownie topped with chocolate mousse and a drunken cherry with a miniature tarte Tatin topped with vanilla ice cream and fragments of spun sugar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-941a0ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"941a0ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-186e3ac\" data-id=\"186e3ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bb2354 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2bb2354\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_201947b-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2264\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_201947b-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_201947b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_201947b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_201947b.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e88f4d\" data-id=\"5e88f4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b970079 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b970079\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_205119b-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2266\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_205119b-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_205119b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_205119b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ctdish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/20200913_205119b.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce127a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce127a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A word or two about wines. You can see from my rotator photo of wines near a lamp that some pretty extreme bottles have been opened at RSVP (e.g. a 1959 Ch\u00e2teau Leoville-Las Cases \u201cGrand Vin de Leoville,\u201d Saint-Julien, France), even for a seasoned wine pro like myself. But dining at RSVP is not a competition. I brought a modest, but terrific, 2017 Brigaldara Soave, Veneto, Italy, because my companion doesn\u2019t drink red wine. If you have several wine drinkers in your party, you can do what the table outside our window did\u2014bring several bottles, starting with a sparkling wine, then proceeding to white and red. Hell, you can go all the way and finish with a good Sauternes.<\/p><p>But if you\u2019re a typical couple for whom a shared bottle is about right, especially considering a return drive from the middle of nowhere, think a modest lighter red with the flexibility to accompany all the courses. I\u2019d recommend:<\/p><ul><li>a pretty Valpolicella (Brigaldara)<\/li><li>a nice Chianti (Castello di Monsanto \u201cMonrosso\u201d)<\/li><li>a prototypical Oregon Pinot Noir (Erath)<\/li><li>an elegant Crianza (A\u00f1ares)<\/li><li>a balanced California Cab (Cabrillo)<\/li><li>a people-pleasing Cerasuola di Vittoria (Bortolone)<\/li><\/ul><p>For open-minded connoisseurs of good food, dining at RSVP is a uniquely pleasurable experience. It remains to be seen how cold weather and our ongoing health crisis will affect the restaurant\u2019s plans. 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