Sample Dinner MenuFrom Friday, June 26, 2009(note: all items on this menu are subject to change daily)StartersHouse-marinated olives $4 Summer melons, Boccalone lardo, chilli & mint $9.5
Spring lettuces, soft herbs, croutons & Zinfandel $7.5 Little gem lettuce, lemon-anchovy vinaigrette & sieved egg $8.5 Pan fried duck livers, padrones & aioli $9.5 Roasted figs, dandelion greens, toasted almonds & Andante Etude $10.5 Heirloom cucumbers, baby fennel, lemon & bottarga $10 Duck hearts a la plancha, purslane, potatoes & pancetta vinaigrette $11 Trotter cake, red wine braised snails & watercress $12
Pastramied goose breast, chervil & pickled cherries $12 Antipasto platter (for two) of Boccalone artisan salumi, roasted garlic & marinated vegetables $20 PastasHandkerchief pasta & rustic pork ragù $16 Spaghettini, Sardinian cured tuna heart, egg yolk & parsley $16/$10 Paccheri al pollo, mustard greens, button mushrooms & tomato $16/$10
Lovage pappardelle, beef brasato & mint $16/$10 Potato gnocchi, sweet corn & basil $17/$11 Entrees Squash blossom & ricotta risotto $17 Local halibut, cockles, summer squash & tarragon salsa $22 Boccalone sausage, smoked escolar, potatoes & horseradish crème fraîche $20 Whole roasted local sardines, garlic, chilli, capers & parsley $20
Boccalone cotechino, pickled cabbage & mustard potatoes $18 Braised pork shoulder, radishes, grilled onion & preserved chillis $23 Veal breast, sweetbreads, multi-grain polenta & pickled green walnut salsa $25 "Leg of Beast": Beef shank, with sides, served family-style for 6-8 persons (one week's notice please) _________________________ Sides "Not your Grandma's" green bean casserole & fried onions $5 "Orbs of love": braised red torpedo onions & pangrattato $5 Plate of Frantoio Olivestri DOP Umbria extra-virgin olive oil $3 Desserts & CheesesBay leaf panna cotta, summer berries & saba $8 Flourless chocolate cake & pink peppercorn ice cream $8
Blueberry streusel bar, vanilla ice cream & lemon verbena $8 Duo of rooftop mint ice cream $7.5 Raspberry sorbetto $7.5 _________________________ Selection of Italian cheeses served with accompaniments: $7 each or plate of three for $15, listed by Cheese / Milk / Region: * Langhe Robiola due latti / Cow & Sheep / Piedmont
* Erborinato Malghesino Lodigiano / Cow / Lombardy * Giuncato / Sheep / Sardinia |