In Salzburg we had dinner at Ikarus which has 2 stars at guide Michelin. Ikarus has quite a special concept as the crew cooks with another guest cook. This month it was David Kinch, 3-star cook from Los Gatos.
The restaurant is situated at Hangar-7 at Salzburg airport.
You can choose from 2 different menus, one by the guest cook and on by the Ikarus Team. We choosed the David Kinch menu with 2 changes. Price was 190,00 € per person.

My Name was on the table and I found it nicely decorated.


The 3 Amuse Bouches

I found them good.
Now came the bread and butter Course. 2 kinds of bread and 5 kinds of butter (natural, salted, Yuzu, seaweed and peppers).


First course was a boiled egg with a herbal jelly around and Iranian caviar.



A great dish which was absolutely on 3-star level.
Vegetable garden

Different vegetables cooked different ways. Also a very good dish which I really liked.
Next came sea bass with white Alba truffle.

What looks so so on the picture was indeed spectacular, I would even say the best dish I had this year.
The next dish sounded unusual. It was abalone which was prepared as a "Tafelspitz".

You must of course like abalone. The way to prepare it was really special. While I found it interesting I donīt need it every week.
King crab with sweet potatoes, the first dish from the Ikarus menu.

The dish was solid, I would rate it 1 star.
Next came gilthead with pearl barley and rosehip (Ikarus menu).

The idea sounds great, the dish was again solid. Not the level of the first courses from the Kinch-menu.
First dessert: Plum sorbet with coco and cashews.

The sorbet was nice but the rolls of dough tasted only like butter.
Poached apple with caramel and buckwheat:

I liked this desser more than the one before but it was neither 2 or 3 star level for me.
Final petit fours:

A view in the Hangar-7

Ikarus is a spectacular restaurant with an interesting concept. I think the food depends strongly on the guest cook. During our dinner we had some great high level dishes, but also dishes that were "only" on a solid 1-star level. Nevertheless a nice dinner.