Very near Monaco, the station of Menton, brought into vogue at the beginning of the century, is a green town, enriched with eight exceptional gardens where we can look for some freshness in the midst of the luxuriant exotic vegetation. The architecture itself witnesses an ostentatious past heritage, and it is in one of its most prestigious De Luxe hotels that Charles Caruso welcomes us at the Richmond. He has made ready for us a royal Chrysophrys with Citrus fruit, the Citrus being obviously the Emblem of the town. To follow, we can enjoy the pannacotta, an Italian influence, as it was part of it until the XIVth. Century. It is by the way in Italy, between the sea and the