Seafood lovers, rejoice! Ginett Restaurant & Wine Bar is making a splash this summer with a seasonal menu starring the world famous bouchot mussels. For the months of July and August, diners can indulge in one of the world’s top seafood flown in straight from the pristine bay of Mont Saint-Michel, France, and served up four ways at affordable prices.
Bouchot Mussels in Creamy White Wine sauce
For those that haven’t had the chance to venture the picturesque marshes of Europe’s largest UNESCO-listed bay, seize this rare opportunity to sample a gastronomic specialty of the Normandy region. Renowned for their plump orange-yellow flesh, bouchot mussels are prized for their melt-in-your-mouth texture and sweet, creamy flavor. Often regarded as the best tasting mussels by epicures worldwide, these gastronomic gems are so highly coveted that they are regulated with an appellation d’origine protegee status, meaning you can only get them from the Mont Saint-Michel bay when they are harvested for a limited period in July. Be sure to snap them up before they’re gone!
Bouchot Mussels in Portuguese Tomato & Chorizo sauce
Catering to an array of palates, Ginett Restaurant and Wine Bar is serving up the bouchot museels in four styles – the quintessential French holiday favorite, Classsic Marinière, featuring a heady mix of white wine, garlic, shallots, and lots of butter; the bistro-style Creamy White Wine sauce, cooked in a rich concretion of white wine, onion, garlic, leek, celery and cream; Portuguese Tomato & Chorizo, a mouth-wateringly rich sauce of roma tomato, chorizo, white wine, onion, garlic, and fresh basil; and Spicy Asian Style, a wok-fried in a bold mix of Chinese aromatics.
From now until 31 August, the bouchot mussels are available in 500g and 1kg servings for $34++ and $65++ respectively.
