Summer Dishes and Cocktails at Blanc.

Restaurant Blanc continues its summer story with seasonal updates from brand chef Andrey Lapin. The space, evoking a green oasis in the city center, now offers not just morning dishes with a French mood but a range of summer items with an emphasis on seasonal ingredients. The menu's main focus is on chanterelles, light salads, and signature cocktails made specially for hot days.

Blanc's breakfast menu has gained new dishes with a noticeable French accent and current gastronomic combinations. Breakfast now opens with a croissant sandwich with mortadella and truffle cream. Alongside it, blini are served in two versions: with braised beef cheek and mushroom duxelles, or with bacon and a poached egg. Fans of visually striking dishes can choose avocado toast with a poached egg and tomatoes — a filling item that also draws attention on social media. Among the already-loved dishes staying on the menu: shakshuka with tomato passata, mozzarella, and bell pepper.

In the main menu section, chanterelles set the season's tone. They can be tried in several combinations at once: with cacio e pepe pasta, in a warm dish with black cod and asparagus, and paired with baked potato and grated parmesan. These combinations suit both an unhurried lunch and dinner on the veranda. Those who prefer lighter dishes can choose from the salads. One, with shrimp, nectarine, and a mango dressing, suits hot days. Another is a variation on the classic niçoise, also with shrimp, but with a signature presentation.

An extra highlight of the summer season: cocktails. Blanc is running the Beluga Botanicals Garden pop-up bar, serving drinks based on Beluga's flavored infusions. Among them: the Chokeberry Mule, with black chokeberry, grapefruit, and ginger ale. The second cocktail, Nopal, is built on Beluga's cucumber variant, rounded out with mandarin, peach aperitif, and birch tonic. And the Threesome combines yuzu, passion fruit, orange liqueur, and sparkling wine. All the cocktails are the same price and aimed at those who want to cool off and try something seasonal and fragrant.

Blanc's updated menu highlights seasonality and gives reasons to stop by more than once this summer — for a late breakfast, an unhurried dinner, or a glass of a signature cocktail.