seated dinner parties

Soups

• Roasted garlic and eggplant chowder with a smoked salmon rice cracker and sweet pea shoot
  
• Charred tomato bisque with cilantro foam and roasted corn
  
• Asparagus purée with lemon grass and citrus cream
  
• Leek and potato cream with a sweet pepper yogurt and toasted onion
  
• Sweet potato Moroccan bisque with roasted tropical fruit and cinnamon
  
• Lobster cappuccino with tiger shrimp and tarragon-Pernod froth
  
• Seafood bouillabaisse with mussels, shrimp and scallops garnished with julienne vegetables in a tomato clam broth
  
• Roasted butternut squash soup with toasted pine nuts and apple nuggets
  $6.50 to $8.50 per person
  

Salads

• Tomato and acini di peppe pasta with essence of white truffle on a bed of arugula and shards of Asiago
  
• Hearts of romaine with a “no egg” Caesar vinaigrette and oversized Parmesan crisps
  
• Baby red oak lettuce and red romaine with watercress served with a lemon dressing, grape seed tomatoes, pickled cattail hearts and a roasted pear chip
  
• Frisée and arugula salad with crumbled goat cheese with a black olive and red pepper dressing
  
• Mixed greens with tomato, cucumber and radial-cut Bermuda onions served with a lemon shallot vinaigrette and popcorn seedlings
  
• Thai salad roll with mixed greens, shiso lettuce and miso vinaigrette
  
• Arugula watercress, Belgian endive and walnuts with fresh pear and blue cheese with a lemon shallot vinaigrette
  
• Greek salad on a roasted portobello mushroom set on a bed of baby spinach and basil shoots
  
• Field greens, endive and radicchio tossed with a double smoked bacon dressing, crumble chèvre and sautéed shiitake mushrooms
  
• Watercress and red onion salad with a mango dressing and spiced pecans
  $6.00 to $9.00 per person
  

Pastas

• Penne rigate pomodoro with tomato jewels, torn basil and Parmesan crisps
  
• Gnocchi with a mascarpone cream, country mushrooms and Asiago
  
• Roasted vegetable bauletti with a sweet pepper coulis and marjoram
  
• Penne with roasted chicken, traditional pesto and a Roma tomato rosé sauce
  
• Ricotta and roasted garlic jumbo medallions with a goat cheese cream and sage on grilled zucchini rounds
  $5.00 to $8.50 per person