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Restaurant: La Reserve

French Riviera Travel News Posted on December 3, 2008 by JeanneJune 10, 2010

And, I’m still hungry–or would be if I hadn’t filled up on bread. Nice’s trendiest and most celebrated restaurant, La Reserve (tel: 04 97 08 29 98; Palais de la Reserve),  has an unbelievable location overlooking the sea facing west. (I can just imagine the sunsets). Jouni Tormanen is the chef, justly praised for his finely executed delicacies. Although La Reserve opened last year offering two restaurants–La Reserve and Bistro La Reserve for the budget-minded–this winter there’s only one. La Crise? Lunch service offered two options: the Bistro menu for €30 which included a main course and dessert and the La Reserve Menu for €65 proposing an entrée, main course and dessert. We opted for the Bistro menu. No one could argue with the quality of the cuisine or the presentation. The amuse bouche was a double purée of chestnut and topinambour (Jerusalim artichoke) and then, for good measure there was another amuse bouche –an emulsion of leek and potato. If only there was four times the quantity! The main course was a boudin of fish in a sorrel sauce. Absolutely divine. I’ll take three, please. No not three pieces, three servings! It was really starter-sized. All the hearty, home-baked rolls were used to sop up the sauce. Dessert was equally ravishing–two delicate, flaky crusts topped with fresh rasberries and blueberries enclosed a chestnut purée. Caramel ice cream on the side created a lovely, cool bath for the concoction. Verdict: First-class cuisine, first-class view but stingy portions. See more restaurants … Continue reading →

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Restaurant: O Mai, I’m hungry

French Riviera Travel News Posted on November 30, 2008 by JeanneJune 10, 2010

O Mai restaurant (tel: 04 93 62 73 54; 5, rue Blacas) reflects the creeping popularity of sushi in Nice. (I’ve been waiting a long time for this trend to take off and now it has!) O Mai is a sleek, bright Japanese restaurant in the heart of Nice’s commercial district. There’s a no-frills dining room and a U-shaped counter–perfect for single diners, especially women. You can tell they had our needs in mind when they thoughtfully installed discreet under-the-counter hooks for hanging our handbags. The menu also seems designed to cater to the ever-slimming sex. Sushi is present and accounted for but I choose their special salad which consists of brochettes of beef, chicken or shrimp on a bed of noodles with bean sprouts, cilantro and lettuce topped with sweet Asian sauce. It was delicious. The shrimp was fresh and perfectly grilled and the rest of the ingredients worked together beautifully. But it was. . .light.  A few hours later I was again ravenous. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted. See the Best Restaurants in Nice … Continue reading →

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“Leonera”: The Lionness Roars

French Riviera Travel News Posted on May 16, 2008 by JeanneMay 16, 2008

Director Pablo Trapero scored a home run with the first of two Argentine films in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year. “Leonera” (Lion’s Den) put a believable, complex character into harrowing circumstances and made sure that the audience stayed on her side. The film opens with a blood-spattered Julia waking up in an apartment that has become a crime scene. Soon thereafter, she’s hustled off to prison where she eventually gives birth to a son. Is she guilty? We’re not sure. The film’s ambiguity avoids a simplistic “Innocents Behind Bars”  message movie. Her jailhouse life is credible without trying to be a sociological study and her ultimate redemption (through her child, of course) manages to be gently surprising. Tighter editing would have helped the film’s pace which drags at times but the performances are always compelling. … Continue reading →

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