Cafe Adelaide
The restaurant in the Loews Hotel downtown is managed by the Brennans of Commander's Palace, which installs the same kind of forward-looking Creole cooking found in the flagship, but in a more casual way. In fact, I think this menu exemplifies the state of the art of Creole restaurant cooking today, backing away as it does from dishes with an overemphasis on a few tiny scraps of herbs and the like. Instead, we get the likes of tournedos Rossini--one of the greatest of classical French dishes. Just reading this menu makes you hungry--which is the point of a menu, isn't it? I think this is the best prix-fixe Reveillon menu of the year.
Five courses, $48
Blue Crab and Saffron BisqueCrispy Gulf Oysters
Roasted cauliflower and bacon financier with shaved manchego, louisiana citrus, and satsuma caramel
Demi-glace Braised Basil-fed Escargot
Orecchiette pasta, sundried tomatoes, winter leeks, and St. Andre truffle butter
Black Angus Beef Rossini
Char-grilled tournedos of beef, seared foie gras, smoked tomato jam, whipped yukon gold potatoes, and foie gras ganache
Tarte à la Bouillie
Cajun sweet dough, French Market chicory coffee custard, and Rougaroux's 13 Pennies Praline Caramel
Cafe Adelaide. CBD: 300 Poydras St. 504-595-3305. Five-course Reveillon dinner $48.
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.
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