La Villa

I have been to the South of France as often as I’ve been to Paris (3x). It is that beautiful. With a beautiful city, almost always, comes fantastic food. La Villa features French Riviera cuisine. Two weeks ago, they featured their brand-spanking new chef, Kevin d’Andrea. He brought with him authentic creations that brings me back to many good memories that I spent in Nice, Cannes, Eze and St. Tropez.

Here’s a throwback pic from 20 pounds ago. Behind me is the City of Nice and the French Riviera

Wine list is fantastic. We got ourselves a Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
Good selections on their cheese plate
Lobster Linguine, homemade pasta, roasted whole lobster
Burgundy Black Truffle Risotto, Arborio rice cooked with fresh vegetable stock and melted Parmesan cheese
Truffle Mashed Potatoes
Poached Pear – it had some sort of caramel filling and sits on top of a very light and crispy cookie
Banoffee Pie

Overall, the food was overwhelmingly good. The service was excellent. Pricing surprisingly not French-like. I remember eating at this exact location but it was a different French restaurant then. The service was atrocious (although the food was good). I’m glad that a better restaurant took its place.

The manager mentioned that they will be expanding their wine list pretty soon, all within $88! She believes that a good wine-pairing is important for a good dining experience and did not like price to be a deterrent. I love that kind of progressive thinking. We’ll be back soon!!!

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