These sensations manage to bolster each other instead of flying off in different directions. This kitchen also turns out consummate beef, as in medallions grilled to rosy rare tenderness and extravagant flavor, served with bleu cheese potato gratin and asparagus. For dessert, you can't go wrong with the lush and velvety coffee bean creme brulee or the homey and comforting warm blueberry tartlet with frozen vanilla custard. The wine list at Melange would put to shame many local restaurants that have had decades in which to sift and improve their selections. It's not simply a matter of having about 90 wines but of wisely choosing a variety of wines, both typical and unusual, that match the restaurant's cuisine.
Prices are fair, and many of the wines are offered by the glass.
Andrew Trippel, who filled the same office at Chez Philippe, service at Melange hums along like a well-oiled and finely tuned engine. Waiters are personable and friendly but mainly efficient and knowledgeable. Reviewers visit the restaurant unannounced, order from the menu, eat and pay the bill without being identified. The reports are not related to whether the restaurant advertises in The Commercial Appeal. A star rating is assigned according to performance in the areas of ambience, service and food.