Luciana in Mevaseret Zion launches a summer menu with new dishes and cocktails

Luciana Mevaseret, the upscale chef-led restaurant at the Mevaseret Zion Country complex, has unveiled a new summer menu built around Italian dishes and fresh seasonal produce. The restaurant says the updated menu reinforces why many guests return again and again.

The first courses and pastas include white fish tartare with mint, scallion, celery, apple vinaigrette, bread flute and whipped ricotta, sea bass bruschetta on toasted bread with chili aioli, red onion and greens, and tomato gnocchi with butter, confit garlic, white wine and sage. Also added are crème fraîche anellotti stuffed with roasted pumpkin cream, sage and chives, plus “Luciana’s Caesar,” a distinctive take on the classic salad with Caesar boats, Caesar dressing and whole-grain mustard, focaccia crumbs and a soft egg coated in fried breadcrumbs.

The drinks list now features two summer cocktails, Green Gin, made with gin, apple, mint and fresh lemon, and Russo Grani, made with gin, pomegranate juice, strawberries and marshmallow. Dessert is tiramisu layered with truffle tiramisu, rich mascarpone cream, coffee-soaked biscotti and cocoa topping.

The restaurant overlooks the Jerusalem Mountains and Ayalon Valley, and has a contemporary warm urban design. It offers a covered parking lot with the first two hours free, 180 seats, and a setting suited to chef dinners, date nights, birthdays and family events, along with full event production services and a special menu. Luciana Mevaseret is kosher Mehadrin, Badatz Beit Yosef, and is located at 5 Harel Street in Mevaseret Zion.