As you may be aware, dear reader, I greatly appreciate good food. We are quite lucky to live on the Cote d’Azur, which is very much blessed with plenty of good and interesting restaurants (mind you, we are also cursed with a fair number of over-priced tourist traps as well!).
One restaurant I’ve heard good things about is a place called Le Mirazur, located in Menton, just the Italian border. They were just rewarded their second Michelin star, and the place is also ranked as the 24th best restaurant in the world (on one list, anyway). We’d also noted that their lunch menu is rather reasonably priced at 39 euros for starter, main course and desert.
So, we decided to try it out on this sunny Friday – we didn’t have much trouble in convincing Aurelien and Julie to join us, either. The place is located a bit uphill from downtown Menton (the pre-Alps go almost out to the sea where Menton is built), which naturally means the views from the restaurants towards Menton and the sea are outstanding (unfortunately, our table didn’t have that view…). The décor is tastefully bright (almost entirely white).
And then for the food… Basically, the menu we were having was a surprise menu, which means you don’t get to pick any of the dishes (even for the a la carte menu, you can only pick the type of dish, so an element of surprise there as well…) – which suited me just fine (I trust these Michelin-starred chefs to know what’s good for me…).
The meal, from the first amuse-bouche to the macaroons we had with the coffee, was an absolute delight. Every dish was pretty much perfect (if I was to make any criticism at all, it would be that the desert was “unsurprising” – which isn’t to say it wasn’t delicious). The service was also top-notch.
When including the aperitif, wine and coffee, the bill did end up being close to 60 euros per person, but I would say the experience was worth every euro. Especially considering you can quite easily end up paying nearly that much money at some of the tourist trap restaurants on Place Massena in Nice as well… I recommend without reservations, then!
One restaurant I’ve heard good things about is a place called Le Mirazur, located in Menton, just the Italian border. They were just rewarded their second Michelin star, and the place is also ranked as the 24th best restaurant in the world (on one list, anyway). We’d also noted that their lunch menu is rather reasonably priced at 39 euros for starter, main course and desert.
And then for the food… Basically, the menu we were having was a surprise menu, which means you don’t get to pick any of the dishes (even for the a la carte menu, you can only pick the type of dish, so an element of surprise there as well…) – which suited me just fine (I trust these Michelin-starred chefs to know what’s good for me…).
When including the aperitif, wine and coffee, the bill did end up being close to 60 euros per person, but I would say the experience was worth every euro. Especially considering you can quite easily end up paying nearly that much money at some of the tourist trap restaurants on Place Massena in Nice as well… I recommend without reservations, then!
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