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Valentine’s Day Aphrodisiac Dinner

 


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Chef de Cuisine Justin Cogley and Executive Pastry Chef Ron Mendoza have conspired to bring you an absolutely stimulating evening of sumptuous dishes, brilliant wines and decadent desserts all themed around history’s most aphrodisiacal foods and ingredients.

Dessert

Aphrodisiac Tasting Menu
$125* per person, $110* wine pairing
Available February 10, 11 & 14

or

Aphrodisiac Four-Course Menu
two choices for each course
$99* per person, $85* wine pairing
Available February 14

 

 

Aphrodisiac Four-Course Menu


“I raised to my lips a spoonful of the cake a shudder ran through my whole body and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary changes that were taking place.”
--Marcel Proust

 

OYSTERS “simple to complex”

 

 

foie gras, COCOA, preserved limequat

or

dungeness crab, AVOCADO, crème fraiche, smoked trout roe

 

 


roasted sunchokes, MUSTARD, watercress

or

 

confit of ocean trout, CORIANDER, preserved lemon

 

 

 


maine diver scallop, white CHOCOLATE, caviar

or

 

roasted quail, endive, NUTMEG, date

or

“The Heart Breaker”
wagyu beef, lobster tail, CARROT, star anise black GARLIC

(supplement of 25.00 per person)

 


Shaved PINEAPPLE, fennel ice cream and candy, COFFEE caramel
or

CHOCOLATE namelaka, roasted BANANA ice cream, almond praline

 

 

 

 

Chef de Cuisine– Justin Cogley
Executive Pastry Chef – Ron Mendoza

 

 

 

 


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