Amuse Bouche: Your choice of 1.) Trio of deviled eggs (topped with crisp maple glazed pork belly, salmon roe, and fresh chive) or 2.) Bruschetta with fire roasted heirloom tomatoes toasted atop French baguette with olive oil, Maldon salt, and organic sweet basil or 3.) Pan seared jumbo scallops served over sweet pea and mint purée and topped with microgreens or 4.) Shrimp tempura “martini” with chilled cocktail sauce and meyer lemon or 5.) Seared foie gras lobe with dark chocolate and strawberries brunoise
First Course: Your choice of 1.) Rainbow beet salad with whipped ricotta, aged balsamic, and crushed pistachios or 2.) Baby arugula salad with fig reduction, fresh strawberries, and marcona almonds or 3.) Caprese tower with heirloom tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, burrata, organic basil, olive oil, and Malden salt
Second Course: Your choice of 1.) Pan seared duck breast (or filet mignon cooked to each of your personal preferences) with red wine demi glace and fresh blackberry compote served over duck fat infused yukon mash and roasted tri-colored asparagus or 2.) Freshly handmade, sheeted, and cut onsite fettuccine tossed in homemade vodka sauce finished with blood orange, fresh micro greens, and butter poached lobster meat or 3.) Roast quail stuffed with sweet fennel sausage, drizzled with chicken jus and served with rosemary fingerling potatoes and crispy brussels sprouts or 4.) Halibut steamed “en papillote” in Chardonnay, butter, and fresh thyme with wild cherry tomato confit, meyer lemon, kalamata olives, and capers served with roasted garlic pearled couscous and maple brushed heirloom carrots
Third Course: Your choice of 1. Bailey’s Irish Cream creme brûlée or 2.) Godiva chocolate marble “pliable” ganache (each served with fresh seasonal berry compote, hand whipped Madagascar vanilla bean cream and locally grown edible flowers) **will happily write a little birthday message in dark chocolate on the goh’s plate if you like !
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Hello Tatiana, :)
What a wonderful idea for a birthday celebration. I’d so love to create a delicious and truly memorable evening for everyone. Above, I’ve designed a fresh and seasonally conscious menu with French and Italian influences per your preferences that I’m hoping you’ll love and consider for everyone, but please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, adjustments, or other thoughts and I will get back to you immediately! You should feel excited about your final menu. :) I tried to give you a several options for each course, so that you don’t feel limited. Thank you so much for your consideration Tatiana! I hope to hear from you!
Cheers,
Meg
Meal for 10 on 25 February 2023
Rainbow beet salad
Godiva dark chocolate ganache
Arugula salad
Quail
Shrimp tempura martini
Pan seared duck breast
Creme brûlée
Fresh pasta—pictured with pork, but dish would be pork free