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Planning your Valentine’s 02.03.12
Whether you’re coupled up, going solo or carousing with friends, we have dining, drinking and home-cooking ideas for you to spend this Valentine’s Day.
LIQUID LOVE
Fall under the spell of Love Potion Number 9 at Tini Bigs! Featured the entire week of Valentine’s, Tini Bigs offers their cocktail expertise for imbibing at the classic bar with a concoction of Woodford Reserve, Chambord, Champagne (of course!), and an orange twist served in a champagne flute. At just $9, make this your pre-dinner stop or sip the night away all week long.
Sing to your heart’s content at Hula Hula! Seattle’s best tiki karaoke bar invites you to belt out your favorite broken heart tune, lost in love ballad, or really put your heart on the line by serenading your date – we just can’t be responsible for any heckling you might endure!
DO IT YOURSELF
Celebrate Valentine’s Day the Argentinean way with Estancia Lucia’s delicious recipes. Grill your favorite seafood, chicken or steak and top it with their vibrant chimichurri sauce, enjoy meaty Arauco Olives for the perfect appetizer with cheese and bread, finish potatoes or vegetables with a drizzle of their Arauco Extra Virgin Olive Oil and for dessert top fresh vanilla ice cream with candied pumpkin for a sweet finish!
Find recipes and tips at Magic Road international
LEAVE IT TO THE PROS
Cafe Flora’s 20th annual Valentine’s dinner menu is a fun and flirty mix of the Seattle vegetarian landmark’s hearty and sustainable fare. Call now for reservations in Cafe Flora’s atrium, where a water feature and plants create a serene and romantic dining room. The prix fixe menu is $45.00 per person; reservations required.
First Course
Savory Embrace -Savory bok choy filling in a wonton pastry with a goat cheese crema, black bean chili sauce and candied kumquats. (available vegan & available gluten free)Second Course
Light My Fire Salad – A sweet and spicy blend of fresh cresses, carrot and grilled jicama topped with star fruit and crispy fried leeks in a minted yuzu vinaigrette. (vegan & gluten free)Third Course
Layers of Love - Macadamia nut encrusted filo stuffed with gingered shiitake mushrooms on grilled asparagus planks and a black and white sticky rice cake and a galangal butternut squash sauce. (vegan & available gluten free)Fourth Course
Chocolate Cherry Jubilee – Chocolate pate sucree, cherry cremeux, caramel filling, mini truffles, black cherry Bordeaux reduction (vegan & gluten free)
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Fluffernutter – Crustless brioche, peanut butter mousse, white chocolate peanut praline, burnt meringue, marshmallow anglaise.
Make your Valentine’s heart-healthy with sustainable and organic cuisine with award-winning flavor at Tilth! Recently selected as one of the ten most sustainable restaurants in the country, Tilth is offering a four course Valentine’s Day feast with three options under each course for $85 (exclusive of tax and gratuity).
First Course
Dakota Beef Hanger Steak Tartare – quail egg, celery root, remoulade
Taylor Shellfish Oysters – mint jelly, salmon roe, mignonette
Full Circle Farm Beets – creme fraiche, tarragon, watercressSecond Course
Fraga Farms Goat Cheese Tart – caramelized onion, niçoise olive, white anchovy
Vancouver Island Scallops – parsnip, french breakfast radish, cured olive
Sylver Fishing Co. Spot Prawns – salsify, grapefruit, coral butterThird Course
Seared Liberty Duck Breast – navel orange, sunchoke, lacinato kale
Roasted Lamb Loin – grilled leek, romesco, espelette
Carnaroli Risotto – oregon truffle, pecorino, pine nutFourth Course
Semolina Cake – fig streusel, pecan, port
Vanilla Bean Tapioca Pudding – anise shortbread, currant, fresh breeze cream
Theo Dark Chocolate Terrine - cranberry, almond praline, fluer de sel
Take your valentine to the mediterranean with Chef Maria Hines’ three-course mediterranean-inspired menu at Golden Beetle. Created with local, organic and wild ingredients, the three course menu for $37 will surely satisfy your valentine (price is per person; three options under each course; exclusive of tax and gratuity).
First Course
Baby Spinach Salad – apple, kasseri cheese, sumac vinaigrette
Grilled Halloumi Cheese – roasted beet, arugula, herb vinaigrette
Jerusalem Artichoke Soup – white truffle oilMain Course
St. Jude’s Grape Leaf wrapped Albacore Tuna - white bean, fennel, urfa pepper
Wild Boar Shank Tagine – apricot, couscous, toasted walnut
Mushroom Ravioli – yogurt sauce, ricotta, pinenutsDessert
Chocolate Truffle Torte – rose scented pistachio ice cream
Caramel Pots de Crème – orange flower water, cardamom, sesame cookie
Black Walnut Baklava – phyllo dough, honey, cinnamon creme fraicheTAGS: Cafe Flora, Estancia Lucia, Golden Beetle, Hula Hula, Magic Road International, Tilth, Tini Bigs, Valentine's Day
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Argentinean Dinner with Magic Road 06.30.11
After more than a year of providing gourmet Argentinean goods to Seattleites, Magic Road International is introducing its Estancia Lucia and San Juan products to Portland. A foodie city that prides itself on quality, small production goods deemed an excellent place for Magic Road!
To hit the ground running Magic Road partnered with del INTI restaurant in Portland where Chef/Owner Ignacio del Solar took their four products (Arauco green olives, extra virgin olive oil, chimichurri sauce and pumpkin in syrup) and showed their diverse uses by creatively slicing, chopping, pureeing, stuffing and frying them and pairing with basic proteins, vegetables and unique herbs. The result was a beautiful meal that transformed the pork, salmon, duck and vegetables and left everyone wanting more! See for yourself and try not to drool…
Estancia Lucia’s Taste of Argentina Menu
Appetizer
Arauco olives (plain + stuffed with bacon and fried), bread, extra virgin olive oil
Bellini of Pumpkin and Prosecco
First Course
Tiradito Tombo
Green olives, sea salt, olive oil lime emulsion
Duck Confit Salad
Frisee, snap peas, ocopa, pumpkin vinaigrette
Second Course
Olive Oil Poached Salmon
Arauco olive relish, pea shoots, carrot vinaigrette
Chimichurri-Marinated Pork Tenderloin
Spicy pumpkin chutney, escabeche and pickled aji amarillo
Asparagus
Chimichurri creme fraiche, picked onion
Dessert
Olive Oil Cake
Marscapone whipped cream, strawberries, pumpkin syrup
Accompanied by Argenintean red and white wine made the evening complete!
Find Estancia Lucia and San Juan products in fine Portland retailers like Zupan’s, New Seasons, Cheese Bar, Market of Choice and more! For a full list and sampling dates visit www.magicroadinternational.com. Follow Magic Road on Twitter @OliveTango and like on Facebook.
TAGS: Arauco olives, Argentina, Chimichurri, del INTI restaurant, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Magic Road International, Portland food, pumpkin in syrup, Seattle food
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Magic Road – Our newest client! 01.10.11
We are pleased to announce the newest edition to the Evado PR roster, Magic Road International! A local importer of South American specialty foods focused on Argentinean goods including extra virgin olive oil; buttery, meaty green olives; and chimichurri sauce made with fresh herbs.
Argentina’s climate and rich, lowland regions combine to make it one of the world’s greatest food-producing nations. Magic Road is owned by a Seattleite and an Argentinean who wanted to bring the flavors of South America to North Americans and show the quality of Argentina’s local goods. Magic Road’s labels, Estancia Lucia and San Juan, can be found in Washington and Oregon specialty food retailers and online at Chefshop.com. A sampling of stores include:
Washington:
Bert’s Red Apple Market
The Calf & Kid (at the Melrose Market)
Central Market – Mill Creek, Poulsbo & Shoreline
The Cheese Cellar
DeLaurenti’s
Mutual Fish
Pasta & Co. – Univ. Village, Bellevue, Queen Anne
The Spanish Table
The Swinery
Tacoma Boys – Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood
Whole Foods
Oregon:
Alberta Cooperative Grocery
Allyson’s Kitchen – Ashland & Bend
Elephants Deli
Foster & Dobbs Authentic Foods
Lamb’s Palisades Thriftway
Lamb’s Wilsonville Thriftway
8255 SW Wilsonville Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070
Market of Choice – Eugene, West Linn, SW Portland, Ashland
People’s Coop
Sheridan Market
Check back here for more about Magic Road and their whereabouts! More information about products and availability online at Magic Road’s website. Follow them on Twitter @OliveTango to attend sampling and tasting events.TAGS: Argentina, Chimichurri, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Magic Road International, Olives, Oregon, South America, Specialty Food, Washington
