WINTER 2012

TASTING  MENU

BEEF TARTARE

watercress & frisée salad, pickled parsnips, shaved Parmesan, fried quail egg, beet chips, jalapeno vinaigrette
Zardetto Prosecco Brut NV, Conegliano Italy
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut NV, Reims France

OR

MISO BUTTER POACHED OYSTERS

yuzu tapioca, compressed cucumber, tamari reduction, white soy emulsion, micro shiso
Muscadet, Sèvre-et-Maine, Domaine Menard-Gaborit 2009
Paul Laurent Champagne Brut NV, Epernay France

GRILLED OCTOPUS
fried potato skins, saffron aioli, piquillo peppers, parsley, black olive oil, capers
Wolftrap White Blend , Franschhoek Valley, South Africa 2010
Conundrum, Wagner Family Vineyards, Rutherford CA 2009

OR

JUMBO LUMP CRAB CROQUETTE

pickled cauliflower, whole grain mustard, green apple, cabbage salad, grapes, old bay mayonnaise
Wente "Riva Ranch" Chardonnay, Arroyo Seco, Monterey CA 2009
Ramey Cellars Chardonnay, Russian River Valley CA 2009

PAN ROASTED SKATE

roasted baby beets, melted leeks, goat cheese, fingerling potatoes, horseradish crème fraiche, brown butter
Matanzas Creek Chardonnay, Sonoma Valley 2008
Chassagne Montrachet, Côte de Beaune, Joseph Drouhin 2009

OR

AMERICAN RED SNAPPER

farro & orange salad, fennel, pickled red onion, sunchoke purée, citrus & basil emulsion
Hirsch Grüner Veltliner #1, “Estate Bottled” Austria 2009
Marchesi di Barolo Gavi, Piedmont 2009

CERVENA VENISON

slow cooked legumes “cassoulet”, corn, turmeric, ginger, plantains, spinach, cotija cheese, lime zest
Zin 91 "Old Vines" Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley CA 2009
Duckhorn Vineyards "Paraduxx, Napa Valley 2005

OR

HOISIN BRAISED SHORT RIBS

tamarind glazed shrimp, root vegetable kimchi, ginger infused sweet potato purée, scallions
Alamos Malbec, Catena Family Vineyards Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina 2008
Tamarack Cellars "Firehouse Red", Columbia Valley Washington State 2009

A SELECTION OF ARTISANAL CHEESE

P’tit Basque– Sheep’s Milk, France
Coupole – Goat’s Milk, Websterville, Vermont
Bayley Hazen Blue - Cow's Milk, Greensboro, Vermont
Grahams 10 Year Tawny Port
Grahams 40 Year Tawny Port

CRANBERRY BLISS TORTE

ginger lemon cake, white chocolate cranberry studded cheesecake, poached pears, fig-balsamic reduction

Ste. Chapelle Winery Riesling Ice Wine Southwest Idaho 2007
Mylitta Irabella Tokaj Late Harvest, Dobogó 2004

Per Person: Without Wine - $95.
First Tier of Wine - $145.
Second Tier of Wine - $195.

Executive Chef: Corey W. Heyer

Wine Director: Ms. Terri A. Baldwin