Flavorful Mediterranean Cuisine in Palm Beach

Flavorful Mediterranean Cuisine in Palm Beach

This weekend’s Stirring the Pot: Conversations with Chef Celebrities features Michael Symon, chef, restaurateur, television personality and author. He hosts ABC’s The Chew and is an Iron Chef winner.

Symon draws on the flavors of traditional recipes to create sophisticated dishes. His most prized plates are made based on the recipes passed down from his Greek, Italian, Eastern European and American family. Cooking what he calls “heritage” food, Symon lives by the idea that if a dish takes more than two pans to finish, he won’t make it. In his cookbooks, Symon fuses the influences of the diverse working-class neighborhood in which he grew up with Mediterranean ingredients.

If you are looking for similar mouth-watering flavors, Palm Beach restaurant Costa PB offers a Mediterranean-inspired menu focused on classic, comfortable concepts and flavors. Executive Chef David Valencia comes from the Michelin-rated, James Beard Award-winning The Modern in New York. With over 10 years of culinary experience, Valencia’s cuisine draws inspiration from fresh ingredients and vibrant spices. The elegant, but modern aesthetic of Costa PB is combined with Valencia’s passion for bringing guests century-old traditions and tastes.

Costa PB’s menu offers such entrées as Salt Baked Branzino (with arugula emulsion, grilled lemon and an olive caper tomato relish), and housemade cavatelli, with ricotta, truffle cream, wild roasted mushrooms, grape tomatoes, and herbs. Crudos and Tapas include Lobster Cocktail, served with a harissa spiced cocktail sauce, and Kefte, the traditional Persian lamb meatballs with spicy tomatoes.

Palm Beach is filled with an extensive dining scene, but Costa PB offers the best local Mediterranean food paired with a high-end wine list and cocktail menu. Following Michael Symon’s ideology that simplicity allows the flavors to speak for themselves, Costa PB’s menu does just that.

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