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New Year's Eve
 

New Year's Eve

Featuring Stars of the Berkeley Opera

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

 

Fried prawns and calamari with dipping sauces  18

Scallop Gallantine with nori tobiko caviar,
orange and sesame  14

Housemade Gravlax with flatbread
and dill mascarpone  12

Grilled white asparagus with a Sardinian
extra virgin olive oil zabaglione  11

Piemontese beef carpaccio with honey mustard
and a sangiovese reduction  14

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Soup of the Day  7

House Salad  7

Caesar Salad  10

Arugula salad with persimmon, pomegranate,
hazelnuts and a champagne vinaigrette  12

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 Tortelli with Maytag blue cheese, yukon potatoes
and a shiitake mushroom glaze  20

Cannelloni with sugar pumpkin, artichoke hearts
and sweet onion baked in a sage cream  21

Spinach and ricotta gnocchi with camembert
and roasted hazelnut cream  21

Maine Lobster on squid ink linguine
with smoked tomatoes, pinenuts and basil  29

Limoncello basted prawns with white polenta
and snow pea sprouts  30

Salmon glazed with brown sugar and white balsamic,
served with artichoke hearts, fingerling potatoes
and asparagus  30

Risotto stuffed duck leg with caramelized onion,
carrot and chervil on tarragon polenta  32

Roasted leg of lamb with salsa verde, roasted red peppers
and a polenta porcini mushroom gratin  32

Grilled filet mignon with a cotes-du-rhone demiglace,
truffled mashed potatoes and baby squash  38