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17 Rue Des Braves Anse De Maldormé, Cor Président John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
13007,
Marseille
French
European
Mediterranean
Fine dining
Overlooking the sea, and looking out to the horizon, all of your senses experience the sea, bathed in the bright light of this 3-star restaurant. The streamlined decor perfectly matches Gérald Passedat’s cuisine of the South and the sea. Here, the Mediterranean reigns supreme, because everything changes in line with the seasons, the weather, and catch… A meal at Le Petit Nice is like diving underwater, gradually moving toward the ocean depths... discovering the chef’s signature dishes as you go. A fish with delicate, firm, and melt-in-the-mouth flesh, prepared with flavors of the Marseille hinterland: this is the first dish I created, a flavourful homage to my grandmother as this was her favorite fish. A slice of steamed sea bass, known as “loup” in the South of France, but “bar” elsewhere, with colorful ribbons of courgette and cucumber, in hues of dark and light green, on an intensely flavored “base”. Red and green tomato, lemon, basil, coriander, wild fennel, olive oil, and a touch of truffle, a reminder of my family’s roots in Quercy, make a delicate bed for this great steak, to enhance its delectable flesh. So tender that you eat it with a spoon, to best appreciate the ocean and land flavors sublimely mingling together.