Late Winter Menu, March 2010

Appetizers

Roasted Vegetable & Black Mussel Soup 
    tarragon aioli, mussel beignet, toasted pepitas

 8

Boston Bib Salad
    grape tomatoes, pickled red onions, sun dried cherries, sliced 
    Bartlett pears, Vermont cheddar, buttermilk-chipolte dressing

 

 9

Pan Seared Hudson Valley Foie Gras
    house made duck prosciutto, spiced apple butter,
    sherry reduction
            

 18
Spanish Rock Octopus
    chick pea, chorizo sausage & artichoke salad,
    smoked paprika aioli, herb pistou

 12
Red & Golden Baby Beet Salad
    blue cheese, rainbow micro greens, navel orange,
    candied walnuts & blood orange vinaigrette

 10

Hand Cut Potato Gnocchi 
     sauteed rock shrimp, spicy oven roasted plum tomatoes,
     baby spinach, herbed ricotta cheese

   

 12

Sushi Grade Tuna Tartare                                                
     pickled English cucumbers, avocado, shaved botarga

 16
 
    
    Entrees  
    
  
 

Seared Diver Sea Scallops
   roasted cauliflower gratin, tomato-corriander chutney,
   French watercress, curry-shellfish emulsion

 26
 

Roasted Veal Tenderloin
  Yukon Gold potato tart, sauteed wild mushrooms,
  crispy sweetbread, mushroom-veal jus

 34
 

Roasted Organic Chicken
  potato puree, Swiss chard, baby turnips & yellow carrots,
  goat cheese strudel, star anise chicken jus


 25
 

 Berkshire Pork, Two Ways
   12 hour braisd shoulder confit ~
red wine braised cabbage
   cider brined tenderloin ~ vanilla scented yams, broccoli rabe

 26
 

  
    

 

 
 

 Crispy Skin Wild Striped Bass
   saffron-potato souffle, New Zealand cockles, spinach,
   olive oil cured black olives, roasted onion-herb jus

 27

 Grilled Australian Rack of Lamb
   braised fennel puree, ratatouille vegetables, mango chutney


 32
 

Cioppino "Style" Shellfish Stew
     lobster tail, diver scallops & prawns in a spicy tomato-fennel
     broth with sausage, parsley, fingerling potatoes

 

29

 Espresso Braised Beef Short Rib & Grilled Flat Iron
  creamy potato croquettes, tomato marmalade, 
  pea tendril salad, royal trumpet mushrooms, natural braising jus
 29
 

Corkage:  $2 / bottle

 
    
    
  
Desserts

Frozen White Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse
dark chocolate cake, Valrhona chocolate ganache

Warm Chocolate Gâteau
malted milk ice cream, raspberry coulis

Orange Scented Ricotta Cheese Cake 
blood orange curd, stew kumquat 

Almond Financier & Poached Pear
dulce de leche ice cream 

Creme Brulee Trio
classic vanilla, nutella, ginger 

 Roasted Bananna-Brown Sugar Gelato 
  
Fresh Blackberry-Butermilk Sorbet

~All Above Desserts $8. ~

 
    
    
  
Cheese Plate ~ $12.

3choices with traditional garnishes
La Tur • Piedmont, mixed milk, double crème, pungent
Finace de Pyrennees • France, triple creme goat, woodsy aroma
Stagionato • Tuscany, sheep's milk,  firm, nutty, herbal
Munster Gerome • Alsace France, cow’s milk, barnyardy
Valdeon • Spain, sheep's/cow's milk, blue, chestnut leaves
Taleggio • Lombardy Italy, cow's milk, semi firm
Brillant Savarin • Normandy France, cow, triple crème
Ballarina • Holland, goat’s milk Gouda, sharp & salty
Jasper Hills Cloth Bound Cheddar • Vermont, Cabot cream, aged, firm
Tomme de Crayeuce • France, cow's milk, semi-firm, sweet, salty
St Felicien • France, sort ripened cow's milk, gooey


Beverages

Espresso                                           3.00

Cappuccino     small     2.75    large  3.75

Café Latte       small    2.75     large   3.75

Café Americano                                2.50

Mighty Leaf Teas                             2.75

chamomile-citrus, jasmine, earl grey, vanilla bean
mint green, breakfast, orange dulce, African nectar

All coffee beverages available caffeinated and decaffeinated

 
    
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of October 10th, 2006

Appetizer

Lightly House Smoked Duck Breast
braised red cabbage, pea tops,
mustard-golden raisin emulsion 

Entree

Pan Roasted Atlantic Cod Fillet
roasted baby Brussels’s sprouts,
barley, wild mushroom broth

Dessert

Homemade Pound Cake
banana-caramel topping
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of February 13th,2007

Appetizer

Lightly House Smoked Salmon Cake
seared spinach, black bean salsa

Entree

Pan Seared Organic Chicken Breast
oven roasted fingerling potatoes, chicken liver
croquette, sage infused chicken jus 
  
Dessert

Almond Sponge Cake
lemon cream,  blackberry jam glaze
homemade cardamom ice cream
 
$35 per person
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of October 16th 2007

Appetizer

Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
locally grown tat soi, poached quail egg

Entree

Grilled Blue Marlin Fillet 
saffron scented basmati rice, sweet
& spicy eggplant, baby bok choy
 
Dessert

Cranberry-Orange Cake
served with creme anglaise   

$35 per person
no substitutions please
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of February 5, 2008

Appetizer

Tomato-Black Lentil Bisque 
 flavored lightly with  cream & chorizo sausage

Entree

Braised Lamb Shank
roasted root veggies,  star anise lamb jus,

Dessert

Valrhona Chocolate Mousse 
fresh raspberries 
 
$35 per person
no substitutions please
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of April 1
~ no substitutions please~
$35 per person

Appetizer

Caramelized Onion & Porcini Mushroom Tart
with spinach,  pancetta & gruyère cheese 

Entree

Sautéed Alaskan Halibut
over creamy white polenta with roasted Brussels’s
sprouts  and whole grain mustard-brown butter sauce

Dessert

Black Berry Cobbler
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of June 23, 2008
~ no substitutions please~
$35 per person

Appetizer

Spring Asparagus Vichyssoise
marinated feta cheese

Entree

Ivory King Salmon Fillet
black lentils, caramelized onion-cauliflower
           puree, lightly smoked tomato nage

Dessert

Valrhona Chocolate Pot de Creme
lemon-ginger biscotti
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of July 1, 2008
~ no substitutions please~
$35 per person

Appetizer

Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho
asparagus, feta cheese & poached shrimp salad

Entree

Coffee Braised Beef Short Rib
truffled potato croquettes, honey-onion marmalade,
pea top salad

Dessert

Valrhona Chocolate Pot de Creme
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of August 19, 2008
~ no substitutions please~
$35 per person

Appetizer

White Corn Soup
goat cheese-brioche crouton, 
roasted red bell peppers

Entree

Pan Seared Chicken Breast
fingerling potatoes, seared greens & olive oil
poached cherry tomato

Dessert

Chocolate-Blackberry Pot de Creme
fresh cream  
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of September 30, 2008
~ no substitutions please~
$35 per person

Appetizer

Locally Grown Heirloom Tomatoes  
baby arugula, roasted tomato vinaigrette  

Entree

Pan Seared Arctic Char Fillet
fingerling potatoes, tomato, mussel, merguez 
sausage “stew”, light mussel l broth
 
Dessert

Olive Oil-Thyme Cake
fresh cream -lemon curd, fresh peaches 
 
 
Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of October 21th 2008
~ no substitutions please~
$35 per person

Appetizer

Baby Arugula Salad
roasted shallots, honey crisp apple, grape
tomatoes & a whole grain mustard vinaigrette

Entree

Grilled North Atlantic Swordfish Fillet
crushed fingerling potatoes, black olive tapenade &
olive oile poached cherry tomatoes

Dessert

Lemon Poppy Seed  Cake
fresh black plums, Meyer lemon curd; 
 

Chef’s Prix Fixe Menu
Week of February 2, 2010

~no substitutions please~
$40 per person


PEI Mussels
merrguez sausage, roasted red bell peppers,
fresh mint, tomatoes

Grilled Organic Quail
garlic sausage, frisee, sherry vinaigrette

Braised & Roasted Pork Belly
creamy lobster studded grits, caramelized onion-chili jam

White Chocolate Rum-Raisin Bread pudding
caramel sauce

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