About The Communal Table


............. ......__ The next feast will be Saturday September 26th.
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Saturday, May 23, 2015

May 2015


The meal begins with a selection of meats and cheeses.

Meat and Cheese Board

 The first course was carpaccio.  Thinly sliced radishes topped with caramelized onions, pickled ramps, and ramp butter.

First Course

 The second course was toast.  Toasted italian bread it topped with a fava bean purée, roasted almonds, guanciale, and feta cheese.

Second Course

The third course was a salad.  Fiddlehead ferns, peas, sugar snap peas on top of ricotta cheese.  The dish is topped with spring onions, prosciutto crumbs, and pea shoots and finished with a lemon vinaigrette.

Third Course

The fourth course was soup.  Coconut milk broth, with poached shrimp, peanuts, and topped with fresh mint and perilla.

Fourth Course

The fifth course was another salad.  Roasted asparagus on top of a yogurt dressing.  Topped with pistachios, frisée, and parmesan cheese.

Fifth Course

The sixth course was pasta.  Gnocchi, with braised chicken, mixed with peas, carrots, shallots in gravy.  The dish is topped with chicken skin cracklins and pecorino cheese.

Sixth Course

The seventh course was fish.  A soft shell crab sits on top of sautéed bok choy, with sriracha, hoisin sauce, pickled grapes, and topped with cilantro, mint and garlic.

Seventh Course