New Desserts 5/15/2015

Goat Milk Panna Cotta

Strawberries, Angel Food Cake, Sweet Pea

Panna Cotta (cooked cream in italian) goat milk, goat cheese, buttermilk, heavy cream, honey, sugar, gelatin, xanthan gum, flavored with bay leaf.

Served with organic Harry’s Farm strawberries from Los Angeles, CA (lightly macerated with sugar, salt and pepper), angel food cake (egg whites, sugar, flour, vanilla bean) that is coated in sweet pea icing (powdered sugar, goat milk, goat cheese, peas and pea tendril that are blanched and pureed). The ends of the cake are dehydrated and used as a garnish

Allergies: Dairy, Gluten*, Egg*, Gelatin

Chocolate Mousse

Caramelized Milk Ice Cream, Urfa Chili, Peanut Ossi di Morti

Chocolate mousse is non-traditional (no cream or eggs), the chocolate is melted in a double boiler along with water and the urfa chili (a sun dried chili from turkey with a subtle smokey heat). The melted chocolate and water mixture is whipped while still warm to incorporate air bubbles into the chocolate as it cools resulting in a light and fluffy mousse. Caramelized milk ice cream (milk, sugar, baking soda, and salt is brought to a simmer and reduced to 2/3 it’s initial weight, during this process the sugars caramelize. The caramelized milk is then combined with egg yolks and this mixture is cooked on low heat to make an ice cream base. The base is then chilled overnight and spun in the ice cream maker.)  Ossi di Morti (italian for bones of the dead) are a traditional italian cookie commonly made with almonds or hazelnuts. We will be using crumbled peanuts mixed powdered sugar and egg whites to form a dough with a paste like consistency. The cookies are dusted with bitter cocoa power and baked.) Candied cocoa nibs garnish the plate. Cocoa nibs are the dried bean of the cacao tree that can be processed to make chocolate. The nibs are blanched in simple syrup and tossed in sugar to coat. Allergy: Nuts*, Dairy*

Patio Server Stations

Hi team,

Our patio service stations are even more visible than the indoor ones, so we need to be extra careful with the set up. As follows:

The green station should be for clean things only:

 In that station: 

- a box for roll ups (needs to stay there even if we are out of roll ups, as we bring roll ups back from tables after seating them and don't want the roll ups just seating on the rack.
- a box with "loosie" silverware. under the loosies: folded napkins for guests who need an extra!



- mise trays (not pictured)
- stacks of plates
- water pitchers (with the napkin folded over--not pictured)
- tray with glasses full of water. This is something we should be doing only during super rush hour. It doesn't look good, plus the water gets warm. I understand it needs to happen sometimes, but not always.

On the other hand, look what we've got!:

 Yep, that's an ice chest, full of ice (two buckets) and several water bottles with caps. The caps are re-used wine caps and should definitely not go to the tables. put them in the handy container to be re-used. Don't throw any out!

Also, there is a bucket under the ice chest to collect the melted ice. Needs to be emptied at the end of the night, and checked again in the morning.

Now for the "other station":

This is where all the less clean things go. Please make it as neat as possible, and make sure we always have:

- Trash can on the left

- Recycling on the right

- a bus bucket and space for boards

- sanitizer and a container for rillettes jars. 

- a stash of clean folded kitchen towels (on the left)

- one (or two) "in use" kitchen towels (on the right)

- one (or two) spray bottles

- a box for soiled linens

- a stack of check presenters, pens, trays

Also, one of these:

There is now one of these in every station. It should be self explanatory: it keeps signed receipts so that we don't loose so many, it also frees up more books to go to the tables. Do I even have to say this?: don't take these to tables!!

One more thing: please don't keep personal beverages in the patio server stations. A water bottle in the ice chest is fine, everything else should be in the inside station. It's hard enough to keep the space clean without a million starbucks cups. 

Happy Patio Season!

New Red Sauce Bucatini

Red Sauce Bucatini 4/26/2015

Bucatini all’Amatriciana
Pancetta, Tomato, Pecorino
Pancetta, an Italian dry cured pork belly not made in house, that is rendered. Then sliced red onions sweat until soft in the pork belly juices. Food milled tomatoes and crushed pomodorini canned tomatoes  are cooked down and tossed with Bucatini pasta (pasta flour, durum flour, semolina flour and water) and garnished with Pecorino Romano cheese.

New Spring Sandwiches 4/21/2015

New Lunch Sandwiches 4/21/2015

Chicken Salad Sandwich
Pea Tendrils, Olio Verde, Radish, Green Garlic

Whole chicken is diced and tossed with aioli (egg yolk, grape seed oil, lemon juice and honey), grilled green garlic that is first poached in milk and pea puree that is made with pea greens and peas. *Allergies Egg, Gluten & Dairy

Pork Belly Sandwich
Asparagus, Smokey Aioli, Fontina

Pan roasted pork belly with asparagus that is grilled with olive oil and salt and fontina cheese. Accompanied with a smoked egg aioli made from smoked eggs, grape seed oil, lemon juice and garlic and topped with capers. *Allergies Egg, Gluten, Dairy

Salty Pig Sandwich
Today’s Salty Pig Parts, Aged Provolone, Spring Onion-Chili Relish

Served with Today’s Salty Pig Parts, provolone cheese, bibb lettuce and charred spring onion and chili relish made from grilled spring onion that is chopped and mixed with cherry peppers, garlic, dried oregano, olive oil, vinegar, and diced pickles. *Allergies Dairy & Gluten

We will be saying goodbye to the Turkey and Roast Pork Sandwich.

New Menu Items 4/15/2015

New Menu Items 4/15/2015

Pizza Bianca

Morel Mushrooms, Asparagus, Potato, Stracchino, Sunnyside Egg

White pizza (no sauce) is topped with Taleggio and small amount of Mozzarella, thinly sliced white and green asparagus, morel mushrooms (roasted in Olive Oil & Thyme) smashed fingerling potatoes (Olive Oil and Grilled Lemons) and a sunnyside up egg.

Pizza Primavera (replacing Tart Flambee)

Prosciutto Crema, Spring Vegetables, Fontina

Prosciutto creme base (Equal parts ground prosciutto and milk pureed together with equal parts sour cream added until creamy) Topped with Fontina cheese, Spring Vegetables (artichokes, tops of ramp, smashed peas mixed with olive oil, and lemon juice and fiddlehead ferns). Garnished with mint and pea tendrils.

Squid Ink Bucatini (Replacing Gnocchi)

Cuttlefish, Parsley, Lemon, Piri Piri Chili

Bucatini pasta (eggs, egg yolks, durum flour and 00 pasta flour) with the addition of squid ink to make the pasta a black color. The sauce is olive oil, garlic and piri piri chili pepper. The piri piri is bloomed then added to the garlic and olive oil. Then cuttlefish is cooked in white wine until they become tender. Then they are mixed with a small amount of squid ink and water and tossed with the bucatini pasta. It is garnished with fresh lemon juice, torn parsley, olive oil and topped with garlic bread crumb.

Ricotta Ravioli (Replacing Angelotti)

Morels, Fava Leaf, Walnut “tocco di noci”

Ravioli pasta (egg based dough) filled with a Narragansett creamery ricotta (mixed with egg yolks, lemon zest, salt and pepper). Ravioli is then tossed in a butter sauce containing walnuts parsley, chives, and tarragon. Then it is plated with pan roasted morel mushrooms and grilled fava leaves. It is topped with a walnut and oat crumble.

Pea Green Salad (Replacing Baby Kale salad)

Speck, Mint, Preserved Lemon, SP Goat Cheese Dressing

Large pea green leaves mixed with house made goat cheese and preserved lemon dressing. Topped with house made goat cheese, thinly sliced speck, torn mint, raw snow peas and lemon zest.

Pecorino Toscano Fresco $7 (Replacing Bianco Sardo)

Pasteurized sheeps milk cheese from tuscany with DOP protection. This is a younger sheeps milk cheese (aged 30-45 days) which yields a semi soft texture however there is a touch of crystallization. Sweet, grassy, and slightly tangy.

Casatica Di Bufala $7 For Storm

Pasteurized buffalo milk cheese from Lombardy. Animal Rennet, aged 2-3 months. Made by Quattro Portoni, owned by a pair of brothers near bergamo produce traditional italian cheeses but substitute buffalo milk for a twist on tradition. This is a stracchino style cheese, rich creamy and a little nutty, with a bloomy white rind.

Point Reyes BlueP $7 For Caveman Blue

Unpasteurized Cows milk blue cheese from Point Reyes creamery in California. Made from milk from holstein cows, and cave aged. Sweet and creamy with a definitely peppery punch. Great for anyone who likes a strong blue cheese. This is a stilton style cheese and is not ok for a penicillin allergy.

New Cheeses 3/30/2015

These cheeses will be replacing the Manchego and the Blu Di Bufala

Garrotxa - Spain $6

Goat, Aged 2 Months, Sweet & Piquant

This is a pasteurized goats milk cheese from Catalonia. It is a tomme style cheese, tommes are cheeses produced using low fat milk that is left over after cream is removed. It is aged for 2 months and develops a grey mold on the outside with a woodsy aroma. The interior is semi firm with a cakey texture. The flavor is milky, and sweet, a little herbaceous.

Caveman Blue - Rogue Creamery Oregon $7

Cow, Raw, Cave Aged 9 months, Natural Rind

This is a raw cow's milk cheese from Rogue creamery in Oregon. They use only sustainably farmed milk from a single herd of swiss brown, and holstein cows. The cheese is cave aged for 9-12 months. The flavor is rich with a little bit of funk, but smooth and not too tangy.

Green Strawberries will replace the gooseberries on the Foi Gras Pate

Green Strawberries are just underripe regular strawberries. They are sliced thinly and poached in a mixture of riesling, sugar, champagne vinegar, and tarragon.

New Starters 3.9.2015

New Menu Items   Starting Monday 3.9.2015

Roasted Bone Marrow   $9

Radish, Peppercress, Meyer Lemon

Bone Marrow is seasoned with salt and pepper and roasted in the pizza oven. It is garnished with a salad of shaved easter egg radish, pickled shallots (in red wine vinegar), capers, celery leaves, with a meyer lemon vinaigrette.

Served with crostini

Allergies:

Gluten-Can be made without if no crostini is served

Glazed Pork Ribs $13

Blood Orange, Arugula, Fennel, Turnip

Description:

The pork ribs are brined overnight with sliced orange in the brining liquid. They are slow cooked for 9 hours and glazed with blood orange juice and honey. They are smoked for 2 hours. After rewarming the ribs we glaze them one last time and finish them with orange-maldon salt and parsley stems. They are served with a fresh salad of arugula, blood orange supremes, shaved fennel, and pickled white turnip.

Major Allergies: 

None