Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Dining in Grand Case: La Villa, Sunset Cafe, Spiga

We continue our gastronomic tour of Grand Case, Saint Martin, with dinners at La Villa, Sunset Cafe, and Spiga.  At La Villa, we start with pan-seared duck foie gras, caesar salad, and homemade lobster bisque.  We follow these with seared wahoo medallions and roasted branzino.  And, to finish up, profiteroles!

Foie gras, lobster bisque

Wahoo, branzino

Profiteroles

The next day at Sunset Cafe, located in our hotel, the Grand Case Beach Club, we start with escargot and hummus, followed by sea bass for all.  And, to finish, more chocolate.

Escargot and hummus

Sea bass for all

Desert

Later in the week, we go for fabulous Italian fare at Spiga.  We start with paccheri ai tre pomodori (paccheri pasta with three types of tomatoes, topped with confit tomatoes and stracciatella cheese) and tartare di tonno (fresh caught tuna hand chopped and topped with capers, diced apples, pickled onions and confit cherry tomatoes).  We follow this with spaghetti alle vongole (clams, white wine sauce, garlic crumbs, and fresh parsley), ravioli di aragosta (handmade ravioli stuffed with lobster and mascarpone cheese with lobster bisque), and risotto ai frutti di mare (acquarello risotto cooked in a seafood bisque served with calamari, clams, and shrimp).

Starters

Spaghetti alle vongole

Ravioli di aragosta

Risotto ai frutti di mare

What a trio of great meals!


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