Dubai, 29th September 2019: Mövenpick Hotel Apartments Downtown Dubai is excited to share the tastes and flavours of the Mediterranean this autumn with the launch of Mövenpick’s latest global menu – ‘Pesto and Pistou’.
The expert chefs at Mövenpick have perfected a new innovative range of pestos (Italian) and pistous (French) to create seven experimental dishes, made available at Bien Restaurant throughout the month of October 2019 which marks another gastronomic triumph for the brand, synonymous with its culinary excellence for more than 70 years,
Chef Parimal Kumar, who heads the culinary team will champion the pesto and pistou based campaign. The two classic European sauces are both based on the aromatic herb, basil, which is harvested in late summer. Savoury must try favourites will include seared Ahi tuna with olive and eggplant pesto and seafood soup with tarragon pistou. For dessert, a sweet treat with a real difference – Bundt cake with chocolate-mint pesto.
“Movenpick always know how to bring something new to each table and we are very excited to launch and introduce these basil-based sauces to guests in ways they have not likely experienced before,” said Chef Parimal, Executive Sous Chef at Mövenpick Hotel Apartments Downtown Dubai.
Eric Seso, General Manager, added: “The new pesto pistou dishes will surely excite the palates of casual and experimental foodies. Comprising of seven sumptuous dishes packed with flavours that pursues to surprise and delight each discerning tastes. This limited menu is a sure way to bid au revoir to the summer season the culinary way.
Pesto and pistou are two versions of a flavourful sauce based on basil, olive oil and cheese. Italian pesto, which originates in Genoa, the capital city of Liguria, Italy, is blended from garlic, basil, pine nuts, grated pecorino cheese (or sometimes parmesan) and olive oil while its French cousin, pistou, is a Provençal cold sauce with similar ingredients, but without the pine nuts and with or without cheese.
Mövenpick’s versions add new surprising ingredients to the blend, while preserving the essence of both Mediterranean specialty sauces to create seven pesto/pistou-inspired dishes:
For reservations at Bien Restaurant please contact us at (971) 4 518 7777 or email [email protected]
For more information on Mövenpick’s Pesto, Pistou menu, available throughout October 2019, please visit: movenpick.com/pesto.
Media contact:
Kimberly Pasco | Marketing Manager | Mövenpick Hotel Apartments Downtown Dubai
Al Ahood Street, Downtown Dubai | P.O. Box 413779
Phone +971 04 518 7777 | [email protected]
About Mövenpick
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts makes moments by doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way. Providing an upscale, relaxed and uncomplicated guest experience, Mövenpick recognises that small gestures make a big difference. Whether it is chocolate hour every afternoon, customised sleep technology to ensure a restful night or specially created fun and healthy kids’ menus, Mövenpick creates a human and warm environment for guests, business partners and employees. Committed to sustainable practices and caring for its local communities, Mövenpick is the most Green Globe certified hotel brand in the world. Founded in Switzerland in 1973, but with a heritage of food and beverage excellence stretching back to the 1940s, Mövenpick holds a growing portfolio of more than 80 hotels in 24 countries. Mövenpick is part of AccorHotels, a world-leading travel and lifestyle group which invites travellers to feel welcome at more than 4,500 hotels, resorts and residences, along with some 10,000 of the finest private homes around the globe.
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