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  • Cafe Flora Celebrates the New Year 12.15.11


    Cafe Flora is celebrating the New Year in two delicious ways!

    First, end 2011 with a beautiful four-course dinner in Cafe Flora’s atrium on December 31st. Cost is $45 per person, reservations required and run 5-10 p.m. Add wine pairings for each course or sip on signature cocktails and bubbly to ring in 2012!

    On January 1st start the New Year with a hearty vegetarian brunch buffet including a variety of house-made Bloody Mary’s! It’s the only buffet Cafe Flora offers all year. Cost is $25 per person, $12.50 for kids under 12, reservations required for large parties only, brunch offered from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

    Call 206-325-9100 for reservations or visit CafeFlora.com

    Key
    V – Can be made Vegan
    GF – Can be made or is Gluten Free

    New Year’s Eve Dinner Menu – Dec 31st
    1st course
    Celery Root soup with truffle oil and a petite celery & parsley leaf salad

    2nd course
    Gougere stuffed with garlicky escarole and roasted root vegetables. Served with black trumpet mushrooms over a Jerusalem artichoke sauce
    Or
    Persimmon and quinoa gyoza with quince cake, sautéed wild mushroom, rapini, and a ginger carrot sauce (v,gf)

    3rd course
    Red wine poached pear with frisee salad, champagne vinaigrette and toasted Marcona almonds (v,gf)

    4th course
    Lucky Orange Cake
    Citrus, almond and olive oil cake, honey balsamic roasted figs, goat milk ice cream with a cateja ribbon

    New Year’s Day Brunch Buffet Menu – Jan 1st
    Starters:
    Fresh fruit platter (v)
    Candied orange espresso coffee cake (v) and Cinnamon sugar doughnuts (v)
    with cranberry jam and spiced mascarpone

    Salads:
    Caesar- crispy romaine, fried capers, parmesan, caesar dressing (v,gf)
    Winter slaw- cabbage, apples, fennel, almonds tossed in a champagne cider creme fraîche (gf)
    Kale- Wilted kale, roasted beets, crunchy red onion, fresh pomegranate seeds in a cayenne orange cumin vinaigrette (v,gf)
    Grilled vegetable platter- assorted grilled vegetables, balsamic reduction, gorgonzola crumbles

    Entrees:
    Root vegetable latkes- Root vegetable latkes, spicy applesauce, chive sour cream (v,gf)
    Forager scramble- Eggs or tofu scrambled with roasted butternut and delicata squash, crimini mushrooms, seasonal foraged winter mushrooms, and fresh sage (v,gf)
    Bread pudding french toast- Cubed brioche baked in rich custard, topped with rum raisins and salted maple caramel
    Spanish Fritatta- Potato, spinach and onion fritatta topped with olive tapenade, smoked tomato coulis and shaved manchego

    Sides:
    Roasted potatoes (v,gf)
    Cheesy grits (gf)
    Collard greens (v,gf)
    HoppinJohn stew (v,gf)

    TAGS: Brunch, Buffet, Dining, Gluten Free, New Year's Day, New Years Eve, Vegan, Vegetarian

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  • We have a seat for you during the holidays! 12.20.10

    Christmas is just five days away. Just five days until you spend time with friends and family around the tree and more importantly, around the dinner table! We’ve given you gift ideas, but if you’ve procrastinated in making plans this holiday season, fear not as we have some delicious seats at dinner tables for you!

    We know that Seattle is known for making those New Year’s plans at the last minute so we are here to save you with New Years Eve plans as well! Don’t delay as these meals that ring in the New Year will go fast!

    Tidbit offers New Year's Eve dinner



    CRUSH – Christmas Eve Dinner
    What better way to round out a year of great eating than with this years James Beard Best Chef Northwest winner at Crush. Chef Jason Wilson and his staff Crush will be joyfully making Christmas Eve memorable with a four course dinner for only $60 (excluding tax and gratuity). Seating begins at 5 p.m. Please call Crush for a reservation at 206.302.7874.

    First Course

    “Soup & Salad”

    Lobster & Pumpkin Soup with Butter Lettuce Salad & Green Goddess Dressing

    Second Course

    Slow Roasted Alaskan Salmon with Sunchokes & Meyer Lemon, Sautéed Chanterelles & Pancetta

    Third Course

    Anderson Valley Lamb Chops with Syrah Sauce, Figs & Apples, Minted Potato Gnocchi, Gorgonzola Cheese & Olives

    Dessert

    Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie with Sous Vide Cranberries, Orange Buttermilk Ice Cream, Sage Caramel

    With a glass of Milk for Ol’ St. Nick

    Christmas Cookies, chocolates, confections and petit

    Tilth – Christmas Eve + New Years Eve Dinner

    Tilth is offering a beautiful four course dinner menu available on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. The menu gives diners ample options with three choices under each course. It looks so good we even think Chef Morimoto would be impressed. $85 per person with an optional wine pairing for $50 (excluding tax and gratuity). Reservations can be made by calling Tilth at 206.633.0801.

    First Course

    Taylor Shellfish Oysters – champagne mignonette, mint, apple

    Celery Root Soup – celery heart, celery leaves, perigord truffle

    Rabbit Rillette – onion jam, crostini, whole grain mustard

    Second Course

    Sylver Fishing Co. Spot Prawn – salsify, grapefruit, pine nut

    Seared Alaskan Sablefish – sturgeon caviar, potato cake, cardoon

    Wild Mushroom Plin – hedgehog mushroom, dandelion green, parmesan

    Third Course

    Liberty Farms Duck Breast – sunchoke, lacinato kale, blood orange

    Port Wine Carnaroli Risotto – cocoa nib, leek, romanesco

    Sous Vide Venison Loin – fennel and potato gratin, escarole, demi-glace

    Fourth Course

    Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam Cow’s Milk Cheese – truffle salt, truffle honey

    Blood Orange Crème Brulée – citrus paper, turbinado sugar, blood orange gastrique

    Theo’s Chocolate Pot au Crème – almond praline, candied cocoa nib, red currant

    Fig Pudding Cake – port, cinnamon chantilly, walnut

    tidbit bistro – New Year’s Eve Menu

    Ring in the New Year with tidbit bistro at their new Capitol Hill digs (corner of Broadway + Union)! Get the best of both Spanish and Italian worlds with a special five course New Year’s Eve dinner for $60 and an optional wine pairing featuring Giribaldi Barbaresco for $30. (plus tax and gratuity). Call tidbit at 206.323.0840 for reservations.

    First Course

    Gamberi Bisque – Shrimp bisque with chive oil, brandy and cream

    Second Course 

    Mixed greens, bresaola, goat cheese, tomatoes, olives, shallots with white balsamic vinaigrette

    Third Course

    Tortellini in Brodo – Homemade tortellini stuffed with ricotta in a vegetable broth and shaved parmesan

    Fourth Course

    Cordero a la Plancha – Marinated leg of lamb grilled served with potato cake, whole grain mustard allioli and olive tapenade

    Fifth Course

    Tiramisù – Made in house with ladyfingers, coffee, zabaglione cream, dusted with a rich cocoa powder

    Wine Pairing $30

    Prosecco, Alvise, Italy

    Pinot Gris, Kyra, 2006, Washington

    Barbaresco, Giribaldi, 2005, DOCG, Italy

     
    CRUSH – New Years Eve Dinner

    Celebrate the New Year with a five course tasting menu at Crush. Decadent dishes will close out 2010 and usher in 2011 with very happy palates. First seating is $115 and “Countdown to 2011” seating is $140. Optional wine pairing for an additional $60; additional courses available as well. Prices exclude tax and gratuity. Please call Crush for a reservation at 206.302.7874.

    Amuse Trio

    “Bacon n Eggs” Smoked Steelhead Roe with Blis Bourbon Syrup & Parsnip Flan

    Abalone & Sea Urchin with Cucumber Compression & Sea Vegetables

    Kushi Oyster in Matsutake Veloute with Domestic Sturgeon Caviar

    Pasta Course

    Potato Gnocchi with Perigord Black Truffle & Gruyere Sabayon

    Verjus Granny Smith Apple, Chilled Duck Lardo & Chervil

    Fish Course

    Sautéed Mediterranean John Dory & Agro Dolce Veal Sweetbreads

    Watercress, Spiced Squash, Smoked Parsnip & Meyer Lemon

    Main Course

    Blackmore Farms Wagyu Beef Rib “Cap Steak”, Parsley-Horseradish Salad

    Hedgehog Mushrooms, Onion Soubisse, Bone Marrow

    Or

    White Truffle Butter Poached Maine Lobster Tail with Blood Orange

    Sunchokes, Black Garlic, Trumpet Mushrooms

    Dessert

    Trio of Chocolate

    Warm Coulant with Salted Caramel & Praline Ice Cream

    Feuillitine & Hazelnut Gianduja Mousse with Huckleberry & Cocoa Nibs

    Salted Peanut Sundae with Brandied Cherry ice cream

    Small Treats & Assorted petit fours and chocolates

    Eat well and  Happy Holidays!

    TAGS: Capitol Hill, Christmas Eve, Crush, holiday menus, New Years Eve, Restaurants, tidbit bistro, Tilth, Wallingford

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