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Reveillon
- Christmas New Orleans Style
With the Reveillon, the city's passion
for fine food becomes an obsession!
Reveillon - A French Dining Tradition
 During
the mid-1800's, New Orleans' Creole families celebrated the Reveillon
(French for "awakening") twice during the holidays.
The first Reveillon came after the Midnight Mass on Christmas
Eve, when families returned from St. Louis Cathedral to break
a daylong fast with an elaborate meal. The meal consisted of
egg dishes, sweetbreads, and Creole specialties such as daube
glace'. It often ended with a cake filled with fruit confection,
dripping with wine or rum, and topped with whipped cream.
New Year's Eve brought another Reveillon,
usually shared among several families. This more festive meal
featured eggnog, fancy pastries, meringues, sugar sculptures,
and crystallized fruits. By late afternoon, families would return
home to a light supper followed by a night of singing and dancing,
with wine and whiskey for the gentlemen and cordials and liqueurs
for the ladies.
Today's Reveillon is celebrated nightly
during the Christmas season in restaurants throughout the city.
Menus combine ageless Creole cuisine with more contemporary New
Orleans dishes, but the spirit of the past remains. So revel
in nostalgia. Join us at Pat O'Brien's for the Reveillon - the
authentic taste of Christmas New Orleans style. (neworleansonline.com)
2004 Reveillon
Menu
(December 1-29, 2004
- Closed Christmas Eve, Open Christmas Day for Dinner)
Mixed Greens - With tart Stilton cheese, rich roasted chestnuts,
sweet pears and bacon-apple cider vinaigrette
Cream of Leek and Potato
Soup
Choice of
Slow-Simmered Boneless Duck Breast - With caramelized
tasso demi-glaze route'e
Pompano New Orleans - Grilled fillet of pompano topped with shrimp,
tomato concasse' tossed in herbed piquante white wine sauce
Choice of
Buche de Noel or Pecan Pie
Coffee and Tea
Price $28
Pat O's Courtyard
accepts cash, travelers checks, Visa, MasterCard and American
Express for your convenience.
Pat O's Courtyard Restaurant
624 Bourbon Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
504-525-4823
1-800-597-4823
E-mail: chef@patobriens.com
Pat O's Courtyard Menu
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