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lighting design, with dozens of hanging lamps that shed the kind of light that makes
virtually everyone look attractive. Amid walls sheathed with unusual modern paintings,
you can order a roster of mostly fish-based dishes that change with whatever comes in
from local fishermen on the day of your arrival. The best examples include lobster fet-
tuccine, barracuda crab cake with hazelnut sauce, or the wild Pacific salmon in a
hoisin
glaze. The most expensive and elegant item on the menu is the Kobe beef and foie gras
burger.
5 Burnaby Hill.
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441/292-1609.
www.irg.bm. Reservations recommended. Lunch main courses
$15-$40; dinner main courses $24-$55. AE, MC, V. Mon-Fri noon-2:30pm; daily 5:30-10pm. Bus: 1, 2,
10, or 11.
Bolero Brasserie
CONTINENTAL Casual but classy, this is one of the most
attractive and appealing new restaurants in Bermuda. In the heart of downtown
Hamilton, it occupies a large, woodsy-looking dining room with a long bar area, red
walls, and lots of mirrors. It does a busy, big-city lunchtime business with the local
banking and financial community, with a presentation that's a bit less stressful and
more leisurely at night. The venue is that of a typical French or British brasserie, with
flavorful menu items inspired by Olde Europe and enough buzz and theatricality to
keep virtually anyone amused. Jonny Roberts and his artist wife Fiona cook and serve,
respectively, offering a successful array of dishes which include
coq au vin;
tempura
versions of classic French frogs' legs; crepes filled with a confit of chicken with garlic;
steak au poivre;
filet mignon with Yorkshire pudding; and a startlingly varied selection
of fresh local fish. Examples include shrimp piri-piri and tuna prepared niçoise-style,
with tomatoes, peppers, and onions. During the midafternoon, there's a tapas menu,
any item of which seems to go well with cocktails.
95 Front St.
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441/292-4507.
www.bolerobrasserie.com. Reservations recommended Fri-Sat. Lunch
main courses $18-$35; dinner main courses $22-$35. AE, DC, MC, V. Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm; Mon-Sat
6-10:30pm. Bus: 1, 2, 10, or 11.
Broadway Bistro at Coquille
FRENCH The adjacent bar and lounge of this
restaurant has become a popular rendezvous spot after dark. An authentic French
cuisine is served, some of the platters evoking those served in Paris. The waterside
restaurant lies at the foot of Hamilton Harbour. The cookery is characterized by a
sound technique, as evoked by such starters as pheasant terrine with grapefruit mar-
malade or white beans and chorizo soup. Main dishes are classic bistro fare, including
steak frites, duck confit, and frog legs
provencale.
Desserts are luscious, especially the
warm and “runny” chocolate cake with crème fraîche and a passion fruit coulis.
E. Broadway, Hamilton.
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441/292-6122.
www.lacoquille.bm. Main courses $13-$33. MC, V. Mon-Sat
11:45am-2pm and 6-10pm. (Dinner also served on summer Sun.) Bus: 1, 2, or 7.
Harbourfront Restaurant & Komodaru Sushi Lounge
ASIAN/MEDI-
TERRANEAN/SEAFOOD/SUSHI This is the most talked about and most fash-
ionable restaurant in Bermuda, with combinations of Asian and European fare that
aren't easily available in most other restaurants. Set on the eastern edge of downtown
Hamilton, on the ground floor of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute
(BUEI), it is an intersecting jumble of sinuous, sun-flooded curves. There's an etched
aluminum bar near the entrance, a cozy and woodsy central dining room that evokes
a postmodern spin on a traditional British pub, and a high-ceilinged second dining
room where the light seems to leap into the room from the yacht-filled piers you'll see
through high banks of windows. Menu items are the kind of thing that food and din-
ing magazines like to feature, such as rigatoni with chicken, spinach, and cream
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