Provence Marinaside Two Course Daily “Quelle Suprise”
We are fresh off testing the new delights at Provence Marinaside with their new menu, called Quelle Surprise and it is a fantastic deal full of delicious items.
From the press release:
Province Marinaside presents Quelle Suprise – Owner/Chef Jean-Francis Quaglia is sharing his native French dishes with diners in a unique format that Provence is calling ‘Quelle Surprise’ (‘What a Surprise’). This special food feature, which will be available only until April 15, 2023, is value-priced at $49 for two courses.
What exactly is ‘Quelle Surprise’? Each morning Chef Jean-Francis, and his Chef Team, will make a limited number of dishes from a rotating assortment of bistro favourites listed below. “Some days we’ll make a dozen orders of a particular Appy and Main and other days, depending on the availability of ingredients and what inspires us, we might make two dozen, or only ten,” says Chef Quaglia. ‘I won’t know until that day what we’ll make or how many. So, it could be Os à Moelle (Roasted Bone Marrow) and Canard Confit (Duck Confit) one day or Soupe aux Oignons (French Onion Soup) and Daube de Boeuf (Provençal Beef Stew) the next. There’s no set order for what dishes we will make, how often they’ll be presented or how many will be available each day. I think it’s a fun way to keep things fresh and the kitchen brigade gets to make things not normally on the menu.
There will also be a few wine ‘surprises.’ According to Wine Director Joshua Carlson, “I have a few bottles in one’s and two’s that I’ll open depending on what food surprises there are that day. There will also be a sommelier recommendation for each of the dishes available by the glass. Each glass will be value-driven, French, and limited in availability.”
Quelle Surprise will be offered in addition to Provence’s regular lunch and dinner menu. The server will inform guests at the table what the ‘Surprise’ of the day will be. Once that day’s set of dishes is gone, they’re gone.
The two-course rotating list will include such bistro favourites as:
2023 Quelle Suprise Menu
Two-course menu $49/person
APPETIZERS at Province Marinaside
Pissaladiere et sa salade
Salade Niçoise
Soupe aux Oignons
Ratatouille
Os à Moelle
Foie de Volaille à l’Ail et Persil
Huitres au Gratin
Petite Omelette aux Champignons et Fromage
Petites Sardines à L’Huile d’Olive, Salade
Moules Gratinée
Oeuf Mimosa
ENTRÉES at Province Marinaside
Blanquette de Veau aux Petits Légumes
Canard Confit
Bavette à L’Echalotte
Tartare de Boeuf
Coq au Vin
Thon aux Olives
Daube de Boeuf
Vol au Vent au Lapin
Quiche
Tartine de Boeuf
Parmentier
Province Marinaside ‘may post’ what the daily surprises are each morning on its Instagram page or a photo of the mise en place to tempt you. People are encouraged to follow them if they want to get a heads-up of what the daily ‘surprise’ will be. But then it wouldn’t be a surprise, so maybe just take a chance and drop by Provence Marinaside until April 15 to enjoy some delicious surprises.
