THE Parisian Macao’s signature restaurant Brasserie will present a celebratory four-course set menu through May 31 as part of French GourMay 2021, an annual French food and wine festival that takes place in Hong Kong and Macao throughout the month.

The theme of this year’s festival is a “food art journey with a taste of surrealism.” In addition to the usual authentic French flavors offered at Brasserie, diners can expect highly aesthetic plate presentations and a colorful feast for the senses.

Guests start the meal with an appetizer of marinated yellow-fin tuna and compressed watermelon and tomato water with beetroot coulis that produces an explosion of vivid red, like paint across a palette. The second course combines prime beef tartare with shoestring potatoes, topped with quail egg and wheat grass, to artfully convey a rustic farm scene.

The main courses of roasted barbary duck breast with fig carpaccio, poached fig, parsnip puree and port wine jus evokes a classic French country impressionist painting, while prawns with smoked arctic char, scallop and salmon incorporates sauerkraut, squid ink and white beurre blanc sauce to create a surreal black and white checkerboard. Finally a dessert comprising yogurt mousse, apricot jelly and peach sherbet suggests an intriguing still life.

A creative treat for the eyes and palate, the menu is available only for dinner.(SD News)