An International Culinary Experience with Chef Adrien Trouilloud at SUD

Anthony's Restaurant Rating: 80/100 X

Welcoming:8/10 Menu Choices: 7/10 Food Presentation: 9/10

Food Temperature: 9/10 Food Taste: 15/20 Service: 7/10

Ambiance/Music: 8/10 Architecture/Interior: 9/10 Air Quality: 8/10

Total: 80/100

SUD, located in the heart of Mar Mikhael, recently welcomed Adrien Trouilloud, a renowned Michelin starred chef all the way from Paris. For two exclusive nights, SUD played host to a lucky few who came to enjoy a special four course meal that included the finest seafood specialties prepared by one of Paris’s most talented chefs.

The menu:

• Fines lamelles de thon marinées. Carottes, gingembre
• Petit farcis de homard, jus de la presse infuse à la citronnelle
• Filet de rouget barbet juste saisi, courgettes, sucs safrané
• Figues rôtis au miel, noisette torréfié, sorbet cassis

Before starting this culinary journey, I couldn’t help but notice the table cloths set on all the tables at SUD. That’s a first at SUD and something I have been hoping for since day one. I am not sure whether the table clothes were placed just for the occasion or were they here to stay… Please make them stay!Back to the food…Individual plates containing a tear shaped piece of butter was distributed to every guest along with baskets of bread to share.Let’s enjoy some fine seafood:On the roof, the menu was different. One single plate was filled with a choice of six appetizers along side a dessert:

• Roll de l’obstétrique et mangue
• Roll de canard confit et fumet, figue fraîche
• Roll de calamar grillé et légumes croquants
• Verrine de bœuf mariné
• Verrine de poulpe au pistou
• Gaspacho de tomates
• Éclairs façon sud

The roof menu was fine but could have surely been better. The rolls were too heavy and too chewy and the Verrine de bœuf mariné lacked some seasoning. As for the eclair, a fine one like always, at SUD.I sat at the bar and enjoyed the bartenders action while having a panoramic view of the restaurant where everyone looked happy.The experience may not have been up to Michelin standards, but dinner was excellent served in a pleasant ambiance in a sophisticated spirit, especially for the price paid at $80/person . It was a great and simple dinner served in a casual restaurant like SUD.I only wish that more international chefs will come visit Lebanon more often, bringing with them some international spirit, good food and new ideas to quench our ongoing thirst for good food.

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