Where to Eat a Reveillon Dinner

Reveillon Dinners are a Creole tradation dating back to the 1700's and if you're in New Orleans in December, your trip will not be complete without one of these festive repasts. To the Creoles "Reveillion" meant breaking the fast that happened before going to midnight mass on Christmas Eve. It was a lavish affair. Now it means having a lavish meal with several courses made especially for and only during December.

Here are some of the best restaurants for your Reveillion Dinner, with menus.

Antoine's Cost $47.00

• FIRST COURSE (Choice of)Shrimp St. Pierre, Oysters 1-1-1. Alligator Soup.
• SECOND COURSE Tossed Lettuce, Red Grapes, Shaved Carrots, and Walnuts topped with Goat Cheese and Orange Vinaigrette
• THIRD COURSE (Choice of)Speckled Trout with Crawfish Stuffing and a White Wine Sauce, Braised Chicken Breast with Pecan Sweet Potatoes and a Golden Raisin Port Sauce,
• FOURTH COURSE Eggnog Bread Pudding with Praline Sauce.

Café Adelaide Cost $49.00

• FIRST COURSE; Turtle Soup, Shrimp and Okra Gumbo, or Sweet Potato and Goat Cheese Bisque
• SECOND COURSE (Choice of)Red Wine Pickled Pork Shoulder with Mustard Green Purée and Smoked Brabant Turnips, Cauliflower and Grapefruit Salad with Garrotxa Cheese, Charred Onions, Fennel, Dijon Mustard, and Dill Aioli.
• THIRD COURSE (Choice of)Crab-Poached Gulf Fish with Blue Crab, Cauliflower Gratinée, Scallion Confit, and Meyer Lemon Beurre Noisette, Sage-Smoked Pork Chop with Sweet Potato Pie Hash, Crispy Kale, and Chicory-Rum Red-eye Gravy.

• FOURTH COURSE (Choice of)Sat suma Gâteau de Sirop, Mint Chocolate Pot de Crème

The Sazerac at the Roosevelt Hotel

• FIRST COURSE (Choice of) Crispy Oyster and Spinach Salad with Shaved Fennel, Pickled Onions, Slab Bacon, and Creamy Parmesan Dressing, Red Wine Braised Veal Cheeks over Grilled Country Bread, Triple Cream Soft Rind Cheese, Onion Marmalade, and Parsley Salad
• SECOND COURSE (Choice of) Duck and Wild Mushroom Gumbo
• THIRD COURSE (Choice of) Roasted Venison Loin with Parsnip Puree, Brussels Sprout, and Black Currant-Zinfandel Reduction, Blood Orange Glazed Duck Breast with Duck Confit-Foie Gras Risotto, Swiss Chard, and Rye Whiskey Sauce, Butter Poached Maine Lobster with Winter Squash, Lardons, Savoy Cabbage, and Late Harvest Riesling Nage ($15 supplement)
• FOURTH COURSE (Choice of) Sour Cream Panna Cotta – Warm Caramel Beignets and “Red Hot” Poached Apple, Black Out Cake – Chocolate Crumb Cake with Bitter Sweet Chocolate Pudding and Raspberry Sorbet

>Commander's Palace Cost $90.00

• FIRST COURSE Reveillon Salad: Christmas Lettuce and Watercress with Honey Roasted Chestnuts, Louisiana Citrus, Grilled Sweet Onions, Triple Cream Brie, and Spiced Pecans
• SECOND COURSE Foie Gras and Ginger Snap Parfait: Foie Gras Ice Cream layered in Ginger Snap Tuilles with Chopped Nuts, Candied Fruit, Spiced Rum, and Sugarcane-cured Foie Gras
• THIRD COURSE (Choice of)Potato-Crusted Flounder with Redfish Brandade, Butter Roasted Baby Artichokes, Ponchatoula Red Beans, Pickled Pork, and a Velouté of Roasted Winter Squash, or Dry Aged Duck Breast with Black Rice, Foie Gras Financière, Sugar Plums, Foie Gras Ganache, Duck Jus Rôti, and Shaved Oregon Black Truffles
• FOURTH COURSE Dark Chocolate Flan: a reduction of California Cabernet and European Chocolate with Pecan Nougatine, Ruby Red Grapefruit, and White Chocolate
• LAGNIAPPE Tête en Glace: Cured Hog Jowl, Crispy Pork Cracklings, Cayenne Mustard, Truffled Goat Cheese Mousse, and Spicy Pickled Vegetables

Emeril's Delmonico Cost $60.00

• FIRST COURSE (Choice of) Creole Charcuterie: Beef Daube Glacé with Andouille Sausage, Housemade Mustard, and Pickled Okra, or Winter Green Salad with Savory Rice Calas, Fennel, and Satsuma Vinaigrette
• SECOND COURSE (Choice of) Crab and Mirliton Bisque or Sautéed Frog Legs with Almonds, Capers, and Lemon
• THIRD COURSE (Choice of) Rabbit Fricassee with Caramelized Root Vegetables, Leeks, and Sherry Reduction, or Pan Roasted Quail with Oyster Dressing and Mushroom Gravy
• FOURTH COURSE Café Brulot - Crème Brûlée with Chocolate Praline

Many More Choices

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