Arnaud's
The award for the most improved Reveillon menu in 2016 goes to Arnaud's. It has moved from a very traditional assortment of dishes to an adventuresome assortment of mostly-new dishes with a feeling of winter and of the holiday season. That fits right into the concept of the Reveillon. The restaurant is rife with Christmas decorations, among the two or three grandest and most tasteful in town, with an emphasis on gold rather than red and green.
All that with the a very attractive price of $49 for the four courses.
On another note, this is the first year in which all four (six if you count Tujague's and Brennan's) of the historic Grande-Dame French-Creole restaurants have good Reveillon programs. After thirty years, it's about time.
Four courses, $49.
*Rémoulade of Poached Barataria Pass White Shrimp White rémoulade, and pickled root vegetables ~or~ *Beef Carpaccio Horseradish vinaigrette, arugula, frisée, and stilton ~~~~~ Creole Onion Soup en Croûte ~or~ *Butter Lettuce Salad With candied walnuts, bacon, watermelon radish, and dill sugarcane vinaigrette ~~~~~ *Seared Black Drum with Saffron Jus Stewed tomatoes, oysters, braised fennel, and artichoke ~or~ *Roasted Rabbit Loin Traditional French cassoulet and boudin ~or~ Seared Flank Steak Whipped goat cheese and pimento grits with heirloom carrots ~~~~~ *Chocolate Absinthe Trifle ~or~ *Crêpes Suzette Orange Creole cream cheese and warm Grand Marnier sauce French Quarter: 813 Bienville. 504-523-5433. FULL REVIEW All the Reveillon menus can be perused here. We'll feature one every day throughout the Reveillon season, which runs in most of the Reveillon restaurants until December 31.The snowflake ratings are for the Reveillon menu, not the restaurant in general. Dishes marked with the * symbol are my recommendations. [divider type=""]