WINTER 2010 DINNER MENU

APPETIZERS

 
 CHARCUTERIE PLATE  17.
duck confit rillettes, pheasant terrine, torchon of foie gras

MAINE LOBSTER CARPACCIO  18.
hearts of palm, enoki mushrooms, upland cress, grapefruit, coconut and green curry sauce

SEARED HUDSON VALLEY FOIE GRAS  23.

toasted banana bread, walnuts, sesame seeds, Buddha's hand, crystallized ginger

SHRIMP & GRITS  16.

Hawaiian blue prawns, house-made chorizo, leek fondue, black truffle emulsion

GRILLED PORTUGUESE OCTOPUS  15.
chick pea salad, espelette, mint, shaved fennel, preserved lemon, celery

SOUPS

 
FRENCH LENTIL PURÉE  11.
applewood smoked bacon, chestnuts, scallion

LOBSTER BISQUE  11.
brioche crouton, fines herbes

MUSHROOM BOUILLON  16.
charred scallop, oxtail and foie gras ravioli, scallion, shiitake mushrooms, sesame

SALADS

MIXED ORGANIC BABY GREENS  11.   
house-cured olives, Pecorino de Pienza, cabernet vinaigrette

MARINATED BABY BEETS  12.
frisée, fresh goat cheese, spiced walnuts

BABY TATSOI & MUSTARD GREENS  11.
candied pine nuts, blood orange, pickled red onion, sesame and citrus vinaigrette

ENTRÉES

BRAISED VENISON OSSO BUCCO  36.
wheat berries, black currants, baby turnips, braised greens, orange and juniper reduction


LONG ISLAND DUCK  36.
chanterelle mushroom bread pudding, Swiss chard, parsnip and vanilla purée, Cointreau gastrique


GRIGGSTOWN FARM CHICKEN  28.
house-made tagliatelle gratin, melted leeks, black trumpet mushrooms, marjoram jus


RACK OF COLORADO LAMB  44.
porcini mushrooms, eggplant three-ways, pine nuts, carrot, argan oil, Ceylon cinnamon


TWENTY-EIGHT DAY DRY-AGED SIRLOIN  48.
Vidalia onion tart, roasted fingerling potatoes, grilled spinach, foie gras Bordelaise


BIG-EYE TUNA  38.
soy-glazed pork belly, baby bok choy, round carrots, pickled crosnes, sunchoke purée, yuzu confit


CRISPY ARCTIC CHAR  34.
 roasted chestnuts, Pommes Salardaise, braised red cabbage,

cipollini onion marmalade, beet gastrique


GRILLED SWORDFISH  34.
crispy polenta, bacalao fritter, black garlic, preserved lemon, olive tapenade, fennel pollen
 

MAINE LOBSTER  45.
acorn squash risotto, broccoli rabe, crispy pancetta, black truffle, parmesan emulsion