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Want to celebrate Christmas and New Year's with the feeling of having gone to warm up at the ends of the earth? Head to Playamesa, facing the sea at the port of Saint-Laurent-du-Var, where Mediterranean cuisine meets Latin America in a caliente atmosphere that makes you forget winter.
For Christmas Eve, the menu begins with foie gras empanadas followed by scallop tartare with brown mushrooms and a champagne-infused cream sauce. This is followed by roast guinea fowl with lavender poultry jus and a corn foam, a Brillat-Savarin cheese with truffle cream, and finally the chef's Yule log.
On December 31st, the atmosphere rises a notch with Fine Saint-Clair oyster n°2 and Margarita emulsion, crab tartare in Bravas mille-feuille and Arenka cream, tournedos with pan-fried foie gras and rich meat jus, Brillat-Savarin with truffle cream, chocolate-pistachio-smoked chili mousse mille-feuille.
This generous and tasty cuisine, which revisits Mediterranean classics with a Latin twist, transforms the holidays into a gourmet getaway without leaving the French Riviera.
Playamesa
Port Saint-Laurent-du-Var 04 93 14 80 25
Christmas menu €70 excluding drinks, €90 including drinks
New Year's Menu Three options: €75 excluding drinks, €95 with half a bottle of wine per person, €110 with unlimited champagne.
Reservations recommended
