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Guests Dining at Le Touessrok have an unprecedented choice of cuisines and locations. "Guests staying at a Hotel like this are used to superb cuisine in many different countries and environments" says Corporate Chef Patrick John, "they want excellent, fresh ingredients, simple preparation, and an incredible range of styles and flavors. We've brought the Hotel right up to date with the range of food we're featuring."
Two restaurants are set on the mainland overlooking the pool and beach, but guests can also cross the connecting bridge to dine on Frangipani Island, or take a free taxi boat to the Ile aux Cerfs or Ilot Mangénie for lunch at one of the beachside restaurants. For those guests who can't face moving from their sun bed on the beach, they need not lift a finger, they can simply choose from drinks, snacks and tropical fruit - available all day until sunset - or select from a light a la carte menu on the beach (this service is available both on the main beach and on Frangipani Island). Everything from delicious sandwiches of smoked fish, salads or children's meals of fish and chips or burgers are served in handy, stylish boxes complete with cutlery and serviettes, delivered by attentive, friendly staff.
Three Nine Eight The main restaurant in the Hotel, overlooking Trou d'Eau Douce Bay, Three Nine Eight is a dynamic eating experience. Working on several levels, it resembles a marketplace with live cooking stations offering a choice of cuisines. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The main Dining room of Three Nine Eight is on three different levels, with the cuisines of nine countries presented in a 'culinary theatre' by eight show kitchens. Working on several levels, it's like a market place through which guests can meander, choosing between traditional crepes on a marble slab, a fresh green salad bar, an Asian noodle bar with rice paper and coconut detailing, and a French-style tiled rotisserie and grill. Diners can settle into one area for the evening, or mix and match their food types a Western main course and Asian dessert, for example.
The Italian/Mediterranean corner offers a huge choice of antipasti, freshly-made pastas and sauces, a pizza oven and rich desserts, while the Bakery & Patisserie fills the air with the scent of new-baked bread, croissants, pastries, pancakes and waffles, many of them accompanied by home-made ice cream. There is a traditional Rotisserie & Grill, featuring the classic French turning spits as well as the vertical grills used in the Middle est, and serving basket-roasted fish and chicken. Beside it, windows look straight into the busy main kitchen. The Asian corner is based on a Hong Kong-style noodle bar, with fabulous wok dishes sizzling with flames and every type of noodle from Japanese udon to Chinese mee. The Salad Bar features an incredible display of decorative raw ingredients red peppers, green pak choi, yellow sweetcorn - freshly-prepared salads. Guests can choose from conventional cold salads of crisp, cool vegetables or marinated warm salads, such as scallops or mushroom or chicken on a bed of greens. The Coffee and Tea Bar uses the latest coffee technology with superb varieties of coffee available as fresh ground, brewed or decaffeinated, and specialist tea varieties from Korea, China and Japan (among others) each served in the appropriate teapot with a timer to show the guest how long to wait. 398's ambience is casual and the décor reflects the cuisine on offer a rice paper canopy and dark coconut details for the noodle bar, a classic cube of Carrera marble for the crepe chef, a bakery stand of woven wood, reminiscent of a bread basket, and an underlit salad bar of crisp, green glass tiles.
Barlen's The look is thatched and the feel is relaxed. Barlen's is designed according to feng shui principles, with fiery under-lighting at the bar and a water-filled moat sealed with glass beneath the clients' feet. During the day, guests can choose from sushi and sashimi, Western char-grills, Japanese grills, salads and appetizers - perfect beachside Dining, which can be described as "Asian with a twist". Near the Givenchy Spa, on the island adjoining the main Hotel, Barlen's is open for lunch and dinner. Barlen's Bar adjoining the restaurant provides a wonderful view across Trou d'Eau Douce Bay. Sit back, relax and inquire about the special Zen and Now cocktails.
Sega Bar Light refreshments, tropical cocktails and a wide variety of whiskies are served at the Sega Bar situated in the middle of the main pool. All the bars on the islands, including the Sega Bar, the Beach Bar on the Ile aux Cerfs and Robinson's Bar on lot Mangénie, serve sandwiches and snacks.
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