Thursday, August 2, 2012

Restaurant Review: La Sousta

CANNES, FRANCE

We only had a brief stop in Cannes on Sunday, so we weren’t quite sure what we would do. One thing was for certain, and that was to find a good restaurant. After walking around a while, we took a riding tour of the city. As we traveled up the historic part of the city, which was situated on a hill overlooking the port, we noticed some restaurants. Tucked away on a not-so-busy street on the hill, we found this restaurant called La Sousta. It stuck out on the quiet street, as the bistro/bar was overflowing into the street with locals, which is always a good sign. After we glanced at the menu written on the chalkboard out front, we sat down and asked for a menu. As it turns out, that chalkboard is the menu. There were seven items on the menu that day. We had 5 people in our group, so we ordered 5 different things and shared family style.
My favorite was the beef carpaccio and the melon and feta tartare. The beef carpaccio was so fresh, paired with a bed of lightly dressed arugala and shaved parmesan, and was just delicious. The tartare was absolutely delightful, as the melon was sweet and the feta was salty, dressed with a vinagarette and fresh mint. It was a perfect way to start(or end) a meal.


The other dishes we ordered, which were also very, very good, included osso bucco, seafood taggatelle, and beef with a peppercorn cream sauce. With this variety of top notch dishes, along with a chilled bottle of local rose, we couldn’t have asked for a better or more relaxing meal(until it started raining when we were paying).


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