Chocolate Clam Tasting Menu at Grand Velas Los Cabos
Chocolate Clam Tasting
Guests will be able to enjoy a fresh take on Baja California’s “Candy of the Sea” courtesy of a new chocolate clam tasting menu at the AAA Five Diamond Grand Velas Los Cabos.
Named for the uniform brown color of its shell rather than any chocolate flavor, the meaty Mexican chocolate clam is one of the largest West Coast bivalves, reaching up to six inches across. Each of the signature five restaurants at the “Beyond All Inclusive, Beyond All Compare” resort have prepared one version of the dish paired with a wine, including a few from Mexico’s wine region in the north of the peninsula.
Menu
Highlights of the menu include a chocolate clam with white bean, lardo and piccalilli from Cocina de Autor’s two Michelin starred chef Sidney Schutte and, from its Velas 10 steak and seafood restaurant, Clam Au Gratin made with chocolate clams, creamy baby spinach, bacon and grated Grana Padano cheese. The resort’s Italian restaurant Lucca offers a Spicy Clam Crudité made with red pepper vinaigrette and a roasted lemon chutney with fresh tomato and basil crumble and garlic bread. From Piaf, Grand Velas’ fine dining French option, the chefs have created chocolate clam tartar and Kumamoto oysters with Mediterranean lemon, refreshing pea sorbet and cauliflower vichyssoise. A stuffed Chocolate Clam with grilled ham, mushrooms, corn and Oaxaca cheese will be available from the Frida Mexican restaurant. Guests can enjoy the myriad varieties of traditional chocolate clams freshly shucked poolside at Cabrilla, the resort’s poolside cevicheria, beginning soon.
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About Grand Velas Los Cabos:
The AAA Five Diamond Grand Velas Los Cabos on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula offers the next generation of all-inclusive amenities and facilities with dramatic ocean views and unique spaces infusing every area of the resort. Located between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, the beachfront property features 304 ocean view suites, all over 1,180 sq. ft. with private terraces and some personal plunge pools.
