New Years Eve 2008

12.31.07

 

Amuse Bouche

(2nd seating only)

 

 PICKLED KUMAMOTO OYSTER

With cucumber mignonette

 

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Appetizer

 

CREAMY WINTER SQUASH SOUP

with lamb meatballs, spinach and white beans

 

BEET SALAD

with chevre, mandarins and toasted almonds

 

SALAD OF ENDIVE AND PEAR

With gorgonzola and champagne vinaigrette

 

SEARED DIVER SCALLOP

In potato shell and truffle sabayon

 

CONFIT OF DUCK LEG

With roasted pears and walnut gastrique

 

 

Intermezzo

(2nd seating only)

 

 CHEF’S SELECTION OF HOUSE-CURED MEATS

With mustard and olives

 

 

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Entrées

 

HOUSE-MADE POTATO GNOCCHI

with pumpkin, brussel sprouts and wild mushrooms

 

STUFFED QUAIL

with roasted apples, red rice and cranberry-ginger glaze

 

RACK OF LAMB

with rosemary and lemon potatoes and natural jus

 

SPIT ROASTED DRY AGED N.Y. SIRLOIN

with wild mushrooms and sauce bordelaise

 

BRAISED ARCTIC CHAR

with chorizo, fennel and mussels in spicy saffron broth

 

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Dessert

 

CHOCOLATE AMARETTI CAKE

with hazelnut crème anglaise

 

LEMON AND BLOOD ORANGE MOUSSE CAKE

 

TRIO OF POT DE CRÈME

featuring cinnamon, chocolate and almond flavors

 

PEAR TART TATIN

with vanilla-crème fraiche ice cream

 

BLUE CHEESE, PORT REDUCTION AND CANDIED WALNUTS

 

 

PRIX FIXE

1st seating $75, 2nd seating with champagne toast $105

(tax & tip not included; menu subject to change)

 

 430 Kipling Street, Palo Alto,  CA 94301  650.328.6722