[title type="h3"]Four Courses, $48, Tomatoes Galore.[/title]
For the past eight years Muriel's has mounted a celebration of Creole tomatoes. Those big, red, juicy, local love apples form the core of a four-course, $48 dinner that runs through the end of June. It's a natural, pairing tomatoes with everything from a softshell crabs to pork tenderloin, and even turning tomatoes into a dessert ingredient. Here's Chef Erik Veney's Creole Tomato menu:Creole Tomato Gazpacho
Gulf shrimp and fried caper salad
Creole Tomato Salad
Prosciutto, shaved parmesan and pickled red onion
Blackened Black Drum
Jumbo lump crabmeat and Creole salsa, sriracha cabbage and crispy tortilla strips
Wood Grilled Pork Tenderloin
Creole tomato fried rice, grilled bok choy
and sweet and sour sauce
Creole Tomato & Strawberry-Mojito Popsicle
Rosemary shortbread and tomato jam sandwich cookies
The entire dinner is $45. The menu will run throughout June, with a few changes to keep it fresh. They also have the entire a la carte menu available, as well as their nightly table d'hote three-course repast for $32. This is the first of several summertime menus Muriel's favors us with, at prices we locals appreciate. Especially from a restaurant on Jackson Square.
Muriel's
French Quarter: 801 Chartres. 504-568-1885. www.muriels.com.
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