M5 Spring Menu 2009

							Create Your Own Antipasto
Choose 3 Meats or Cheeses                                                      restaurant & bar
    & 2 Accessories...8
Choose 5 Meats or Cheeses
   & 4 Accessories...12
                                                              Appetizers, Salads & Other Good Stuff
                                                           Marinated Olives - 5               Hand-Made Stuffed Grape Leaves - 5
                                                                                                   pine nuts, raisins & mint
                                                              Hummus - 8
                  MEATS                          petite greek salad & house-made pita             House-Made Spanakopita - 6
                                                                                                   barrel feta, & local spinach
                                                      Baked Spring Onion Soup - 6
           Serrano Ham- Spain                          gruyere, country croutons                 Roasted Artichoke Hearts - 12
              Chorizo- Spain                                                                   pecorino & truffle sherry vinaigrette
      Sobrassado- Spainish Sausage                    Traditional Greek Spreads- 12
       Capricolla- Italian Pork Ham                          house-made pita                   Prosciutto di Parma Bruschetta - 8
     Lomo- Cured Spainish Pork Loin                                                             manchego, arugula, fig preserves
         Bresaola- Air Dried Beef                    Warm Goat Cheese Salad - 8
     Prosciutto di Parma- Italian Ham            almond crusted, spinach, strawberries                Grilled Octopus - 12
                                                                                             charred red onions, potatoes, oregano
                 CHEESES                               Spring Organic Salad - 6
                                                  grapes, ricotta salata & crusty bread                 Shrimp Scampi - 10
         Manchego- Sheep/Cow                                                                    garlic, chili, brandy & herb butter
         Cabrales- Blue Cheese                           Spanish Mussel Pot - 10
            Idiazabal- Cow                       chorizo, sofritto, saffron & crusty bread             Caesar Salad - 7
         Murcia- Drunken Goat                                                                parmesan dressing & brioche croutons
            Parmesan- Cow                          Chopped Mediterranean Salad - 9
           Chevre- Soft Goat                             feta cheese, almonds                           Fresh Mozzarella
                                                          & oregano dressing                         & Campari Tomato - 10
                                                    add chicken - 11 add shrimp - 14          roasted peppers, pesto & micro basil
              ACCESSORIES
                                                          Crisp Calamari - 8                            Mezze Tasting - 12
              Fig Compote                             zucchini & lemon-garlic aioli            Stuffed Grape Leaves, Spanakopita,
            Roasted Peppers                                                                      Bacon Wrapped Dates & Olives
            Marinated Olives
           Roasted Mushrooms
            Balsamic Onions                                              Flatbreads & Pizza
            Marinated Beets
             Stuffed Peppers                           Margherita - crushed tomato, whole-milk mozzarella, basil...10
                                                      Four-Cheese - grilled local eggplant, Italian sausage & sage...12
               Sangria                             Asparagus & Wild Mushroom - shaved parmesan & spring onions...12
                                                         Prosciutto - dried figs, manchego, arugula & truffle oil...14
                Red Sangria                         Beef Carpaccio - charred onions, shaved parmesan & porcini oil...14
      glass - 7   pitcher for two - 12
      tempranillo, cassis, blackberry
           raspberry, strawberry
                                                                                       Entrees
                White Sangria
       glass - 7 pitcher for two - 12                 Marcona Almond Crusted Trout with spring ragout & creme fraiche - 17
       verdejo, peach, blood orange
                                                   Ricotta Gnocchi with tomatoes, charred peppers, sweet corn & truffle oil - 14

                                                      Organic Salmon with English peas, preserved lemon & farro risotto - 21
             Garden Sides                           Grilled Chicken Buccatini with mushrooms, cipollini onions, & pancetta - 16

          Catalan Spinach with apples,            Seared Ahi Tuna with shiitake mushrooms, sugar snaps & red chili caramel - 23
              raisins, pine nuts - 5
                                                   Mac ‘n’ Cheese with smoked tomatoes, pancetta & spit-roasted chicken - 15
 Roasted New Dug Potatoes, rosemary, lemon - 5

   Mushrooms with garlic, herbs & brandy - 6     Niman Ranch Hangar Steak with porcini stuffed piquillo peppers & arugula - 24
            Escalivada..Catalan style                   Goat Cheese Ravioli with pea tendrils & roasted tomato confit - 14
             roasted vegetables - 5

         Parmesan Risotto with lemon               Prosciutto Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with haricot verts & fig marmalada - 18
             & flat-leaf parsley - 5
                                                      Moroccan Chicken Tagine with almonds, ginger, olives & cous-cous - 17
        Baby Green Beans with toasted
             almonds & garlic -5                   Alaskan Halibut with artichokes, spring leeks & tomato-saffron emulsion - 26
 Steamed Cous-Cous with spring vegetables - 6
                                                       Niman Ranch Lamb with calabrese olives, fregola pasta & lemon - 25

                                                 Paella Valencia with shrimp, clams, mussels, calamari, saffron, chorizo & peas - 21
    Executive Chef - Tom Condron
 Chefs- Paul Cruz & Christopher Fraiser                                     Whole Fish of the Day - A/Q