Tasting Menus

Our tasting menus are an opportunity for us to order the best and rarest ingredients from all over North America and combine them for a culinary delight. Hoods canal oysters, foie gras, caviar, quail eggs and morel mushrooms are just a few of the exotic ingredients we have included in past tasting menus.

It is a chance to experience a new cuisine prepared in a way that you can appreciate and love. All of our tasting menus are also pared with our finest wines to enhance the flavor and enjoyment of each dish.

New Year's Eve and Valentine's have traditionally been our annual tasting menus. Please view our past menus for a sample of our tasting menus.

 

Valentines 2007 Menu
Appetizers
Hoods Canal Oysters
hoods canal oysters raw on the shell, blood orange gelee and celery mignonette
Foie Gras Duo
foie gras duo; yin and yang, his and hers, torchon with marmalade, seared lobe with apricot smoke
Mushroom and Goat Cheese stuffed Sweet Peppers
mushroom and goat cheese stuffed sweet peppers with crème fraiche and velvety lipstick pepper coulis. Pared Wine: Wilm Gewurztraminer, Alsace 7.50
Salads
Roasted Beet and Goat Cheese Gateau
roasted beet and goat cheese gateau, sherry shallot vinaigrette, honey drizzles, walnuts
Grilled Radicchio and Avocado Salad
grilled radicchio and avocado salad, ruby red grapefruit, vanilla bean passionfruit vinaigrette. Pared Wine: Nobilo Fall Harvest Sauvignon Blanc, New Zealand 7.00
Entrees
Paprika Perfumed Passionfish
paprika perfumed passionfish, braised endive hearts, caviar chive cream sauce. Pared Wines: Mondavi Chardonnay, Napa Valley 12.00 or Clos du Bois Pinot Noir, Sonoma 12.00
Beef Tenderloin
beef tenderloin with foie gras stuffed morels, potato galette. Pared Wines: Avignonesi Vino Nobile Sangiovese, Tuscany 12.50 or Frog’s Leap Cabernet , Napa 24.00
Dessert
Strawberrry Lemoncake Napoleon
strawberrry lemoncake napoleon with red hot heart rose petal brulee
Chocolate Pudding Martini
chocolate pudding martini, white chocolate hazelnut mocha, chocolate velvet ice cream, hot fudge. Pared Wine: 20 year graham’s Port 11.00
$65 per person

New Year's Eve 2007 Menu
First Course
ahi tuna tartare with quail egg and sesame oil
pan seared foie gras with roasted pear, brioche, and quince preserves
crab stuffed prawns with cucumber noodles and guajillo, blood orange hollandaise
Pared Wine: Wilm Gewurztraminer, Alsace 7.50
Second Course
butternut squash soup with chestnut cream and fried sage
roasted beet and endive salad with pears, blue cheese and port
tasting of three artisan cheeses with fig preserves
Pared Wine: Nobilo Fall Harvest Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand 7.00
Third Course
lobster and pistachio crusted atlantic turbot, artichoke and lemon risotto, smoked tomato mignonette
Pared Wine: Sonoma-Cutrer Chardonnay, Russian River 10.00
pepper crusted veal chop oscar, dungeoness crab, asparagus and bernaise
Pared Wine: Rosenblum Vintners Cuvee Zinfandel, California 7.50 or Avignonesi Vino Nobile, Tuscany 12.50
parma ham wrapped chicken breast “saltimbocca”, roasted fingerling potatoes, parsley brown butter olive sauce
Pared Wine: Clos du Bois Pinot Noir, Sonoma 12.00
Dessert
ginger spicecake napoleon with apples, pears, persimmon brulee and cider creme anglaise
Pared Wine: Piper Sonoma Blanc de Noir, Sonoma, N.V. 10.00
chocolate pudding martini, with white chocolate hazelnut coffee cream,chocolate velvet ice cream, and hot fudge
Pared Wine: 20 year graham’s Port 11.00
$65 per person

Valentines 2006 Menu
Appetizers
baked oysters Bienville
artichoke heart soup
Salad
hearts of palm, avocado & grapefruit salad with champagne vinaigrette & passion fruit drizzles
Entree
Cumin dusted passionfish with lobster risotto, tangerine mojo & strawberry mignonette
Desserts
chocolate banana creme brulee
lemon pound cake with rum soaked strawberries & chocolate sabayon
$65 per person
New Year's Eve 2006 Menu

Appetizers
mushroom and goat cheese stuffed piquillo peppers with chardonnay cream
oysters rockefeller
beef carpaccio with stilton, capers, red onion, and horseradish aioli
Soup
butternut squash with fried sage and crème fraiche
Salads
grilled radicchio, pears, blue cheese, balsamic reduction and a roasted shallot vinaigrette
avocado, grapefruit with mustard sherry vinaigrette and pomegranate
mixed greens, toasted walnuts, apples, blue cheese, and balsamic vinaigrette
Entrees
lobster pot pie
bacon wrapped apple stuffed duck breast with celery root puree and calvados sauce
pan roasted rack of lamb with braised endive, minted parsnips and green peppercorn sauce
beef wellington with melted leeks and marchand du vin sauce
grilled portobello napoleon with creamy polenta, spinach, asparagus and roasted peppers
Dessert
ginger crème brulee with tropical fruit compote
chocolate almond baked pear in crispy phyllo with butterscotch
gingerbread spicecake with warmed apples and cider sabayon
$65 per person

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