- to titillate appetites
Residents and visitors alike can now savour tasty three-course meals at some of the top and finest restaurants in the country for a set price – thanks to St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (COCI’s) first event coined: COCI Gastronomy 2016 “a unique St. Maarten dine around experience.”
The nine participating restaurants are Big Fish Seafood Grill and Hurricane Bar and Canoa in Oyster Bay; Dish D’Lish Multi Cuisine and White Swan in Simpson Bay; The Hideaway at La Vista on Billy Folly Road in Pelican; Mario’s Bistro and Temptations in Cupecoy; Pink Pearl and Sheer fine dining restaurant on Front Street.
COCI Gastronomy 2016, which began on July 17, will continue until October 30. The Chamber of Commerce said the goal of this three-month affair is to broaden the experience of fine dining amongst the local population.
Each participating restaurant will present its signature dishes and drink in the special three-course menu for the set price of US $35 per person. At Dish D’lish, for example, the three-course menu includes a welcome drink of tropical kiss martini; appetiser of sweet corn ravioli and main course of seafood pasta or steak duxelle, tomato truffle parmesan fries and dessert of passion fruit cheesecake. Yum!
Temptation will be offering a Taste of Temptation with appetisers of caramelised onion soup baked with Gruyere cheese or crab cake with tartar sauce and corn salsa; main course of spinach ricotta stuffed rigatoni pasta baked with beef short rib ragout and scampi style shrimp or Bay of Fundy Salmon fillet with eggplant caponata, mushroom risotto and pesto along with dessert of dark chocolate cobbler with vanilla ice cream and chocolate pop rocks or tempura apple with vanilla ice cream.
The other restaurants also have equally fantastic menus available for diners to savour. The Chamber says it looks forward to hopefully holding this event annually.
“This event was organised for everyone in our community. So we encourage everyone to visit participating restaurants and enjoy the fine dining experience the island has to offer,” the Chamber tells Out N About. Chamber of Commerce urges everyone to “be a tourist in your own country” and “patronise and taste the multicultural dining experience that Dutch St. Maarten offers.”
Happy dining!
