Restaurant August
The flagship of the Chef John Besh empire presents a scaled-down, yuletide version of its chef's tasting menu as its Reveillon offering. At $97, it is one of two restaurants (the other is Commander's) hovering around the century mark this year, sets this year's top Reveillon price. It has come down to five courses from seven two years ago at the same price. The lack of choices in each course also subtracts something. Nevertheless, Restaurant August will not be running short of customers this time of year. A dinner there will be grand.
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Restaurant August upstairs.[/caption]
Five courses, $97.
Daube glacé of foie gras & duckPersimmons & apples
Turtle soup
Bouille de yard egg
Winter truffles
Slow cooked wagyu beef short rib
Oxtails & bone marrow dumplings
Blonde chocolate cremeux
Cranberry, ricotta cheese & stracciatella
CBD: 301 Tchoupitoulas. 504-299-9777.
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 snowflake symbol ✽ are my recommendations.
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