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Olympe
Rua Custódio Serrão 62, Jardim Botânico,
Rio De Janeiro
Southwest Brazil
(21) 2539-4542
Type: French
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Rio De Janeiro
Southwest Brazil
(21) 2539-4542
Type: French
Price Range: R$R$R$R$R$
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Claude Troisgros, the third generation of the famed French family of chefs, has been in Brazil since 1979. This newest eatery,
named for his mother, uses Brazilian ingredients prepared using French nouvelle cooking techniques. The results are mouthwatering. The corner building has an Art Deco exterior so it is a surprise to find avant-garde décor.
The white walls, ceiling, cloths and china and low-hanging globe lights make the room, with perhaps a dozen tables, look bigger than it is. If you watch the chefs work behind a glass wall, you’ll see the fresh fruits and vegetables – raisins, pears, figs, mushrooms, artichokes and spinach among others – that are used to create light sauces and dishes.
The menu changes seasonally and “with chef creativity,” but one recent menu had such starters as grilled shrimp with hearts of palm and coconut milk and crispy watercress mousse with blue cheese. Entrées include crispy snapper with eggplant confit in hot tomato sauce, roasted rock lobster with linguini and duck breast with roasted figs and caramelized endive.
The N.Y. cheesecake with ice cream is delicious, but it is hard to pass up the melted chocolate cake with roasted pistachio ice cream. Chic attire. Reservations recommended.
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