Chez Philippe

Still the most opulent dining room in Memphis (though The Peabody's palatial flagship restaurant has lost a bit of its cache in recent years), Chez Philippe still enthralls affluent gourmands who relish its Old South splendor. On the menu, Cuban-born, French-trained Chef Reinaldo Alfonso exploits Asian influences in dishes such as seaweed salad with soba noodles, cucumbers, and daikon radishes in a sugar-cane-sesame vinaigrette; and wild salmon slathered in citrus-soy barbecue sauce with a crispy, sushi-rice cake and carrot-ginger puree. Other options include the unusual veal osso buco dumplings as well as the comforting warm apple fritters with walnut-maple ice cream. Prices are the steepest in town, but expect to be pampered.

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