While I know Wes Anderson\u2019s movies rub some people the wrong way I am personally an unabashed fanboy. I remember my first glimpse of the trailer for The Royal Tenenbaums while sitting in the sticky darkness of Cinema City. I was on a first or second date with some girl whose name I can\u2019t recall. I turned to her afterwards as the last commercial for drinks in the lobby played and said something like \u201cthat looks interesting\u201d and I still remember her replying but a really, almost valley girl \u201cnah, looks dumb.\u201d Pretty much from that moment I knew things were doomed. If I remember correctly she confirmed that assumption with some pretty stupid comments during the post movie drinks. It was our last time out together.<\/p>\n
Since then I\u2019ve seen everything that he\u2019s put out (and gone back to catch Rushmore and Bottle Rocket) and I am waiting rather impatiently for The Grand Budapest hotel to debut here in Winnipeg. Unfortunately it arrives in theatres the day before I leave on holiday and may be gone by the time I have free time again two weeks later. In the meantime however I am very tempted to try the recipe for what is apparently the film\u2019s signature dessert, a \u201cCourtesan au Chocolat.\u201d A mountain of chocolate and choux pastry intricately arranged in a very Anderson manner, it\u2019s clearly a ton of work but I\u2019m dying to try one.<\/p>\n
Thankfully the recipe has been released as a video, shot as an in universe demo (perhaps it even appears in the movie as is, someone feel free to say so in the comments.<\/p>\n