SAMPLE DINNER MENU ~ spring 2008
our menu changes daily
local market tasting menu
1st course
cou rouge luna de llano goat cheese, quince paste
2nd course
spring pea soup, preserved lemon creme fraiche
3rd course
thunderheart bison bolognese, farfalle
4th course
molasses-cured jolie vue pork chop, turnips with mustard, honey & black pepper
5th course
almond cake, rhubarb-strawberry compote
five courses $45
a texas wine with each course $65

a vegetarian tasting menu, and other substitutions or changes, may be possible
seasonal plates
6. seasonal soup: scarlet runner beans & spring onion  

spring green salad, cashews, bosc pear & goat cheese

 
real ale brown ale-battered mushrooms, soy-ginger sauce  

red potatoes, bacon, maple & nutmeg

 
8.

beets, frisee, cambazola, candied walnuts, orange sauce
endive & mushroom salad, bleu cheese, spicy pecans, white balsamic-white truffle vinaigrette
medjool dates stuffed with chorizo, wrapped in bacon
cream-stuffed mozzarella (burrata), balsamic marinated peppers, white anchovy
12. artisanal cheese selection, sage & hardtack crackers  

speck: smoked prosciutto, castelvertrano olives

 
20.

gonzales portobello mushroom “steak,” texas brown rice & nut cake, coconut-chile sauce

  

chermoula halibut, red quinoa, "lemonade" sauce

  

pistachio-crusted wild fish, warm spinach, mandarin sauce

  

crisp, flat buddy's chicken, milled potatoes, salsa verde

  

balsamic caramel beef cubes, sticky rice, toasted coconut

  
PROTEINS SAUCES
$15
wild American shrimp & sausage brochette

beurre blanc

baked organic tofu with roasted protobello

blossom butter

2 texas cross quail

lime-soy mignonette

 

port wine sauce

$20

 coconut chutney

eberly organic french-cut chicken

sesame salt
  honeyed fruit compote
$30 sweet-hot mustard
yellowfin #1 tuna steak, miso marinated
bacon-wrapped b3r beef filet
buffalo ribeye, katz coffee-rubbed
 
 
6. SIDES  

pan-roasted carrots with dukkah

  
sweet & sour beets with greens  
braised greens with lemon & garlic confit  

milled kennebec potatoes

  

mac n' cheese

  

sweet potato gratin

  

 
20% service fee added to tables of 5 or more  
all of our meat, game & poultry is hormone- & antibiotic-free  
we try to purchase seafood using guidelines from the monterey bay aquarium  
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