Mandarin Oriental Paris Opens its Garden for the Summer

Mandarin Oriental, Paris has opened its courtyard garden for the summer season.

Open daily from 11am – 2am, Mandarin Oriental, Paris’s landscaped garden provides an ideal location and space to enjoy dining menus from both Bar 8, the hotel’s bar which serves an exclusive ‘Street Marx’ menu by Chef Thierry Marx, and Camélia, Mandarin Oriental, Paris’ all-day dining restaurant, with French cuisine that is influenced by Chef Marx’s love and knowledge of Asia.

Camélia’s new summer menu includes: ‘Daikon wrapped crab, shrimp and green tea gelée, pickled radish’ as well as ‘Green asparagus, poached quail’s egg, French imperial caviar’, or ‘Filet of beef, mozzarella di buffala, radicchio’. For dessert, pastries by Chef Pierre Mathieu include ‘Multi fruit pie with almond paste, raspberry jam, vanilla cream and fresh fruits’, ‘Semolina cream cake with stewed rhubarb and strawberry’, as well as a large selection of home-made ice cream and sorbets pots: exotic fruits, 62 % Venezuelan chocolate and new citrus flavours (lemon sorbet with orange sauce, blood orange and raspberry sorbet).

As well as outside seating for everyday dining, guests can reserve the beautifully designed bird-cage style ‘La Table du Jardin’, which was designed by Jouin-Manku and offers space to entertain six guests for a unique dining experience amongst the flowers and trees.

The garden also provides a perfect location for a drink with friends in the evening amongst the chicest of the Parisian set – choose from the hotel’s new wine selection of pink wines, from Côtes de Provence Rosé to the famous Bandol Rosé, Château de Pibarnon that will be served in a spectacular Jeroboam. Alternatively enjoy one of the newly created cocktails specifically designed for hot summer days, such as ‘Bellini Revisité’ which is made up of: Champagne, peach syrup and peach liqueur mousse, or the non-alcoholic cocktail, ‘Pepper Bunny’, a detox cocktail made up of: Carrot, ginger, lemon and pepper juices with Espelette pepper. A refreshing ice tea list will also be offered, including: green tea, lemon and ginger, fig and passion fruit.