September 4, 2006

Lunch for Jason's 31st Birthday

Here's a lunch menu we put together for Jason's birthday this year. We're just at the end of the season for peaches, corn and tomatoes, so we made sure we got them on the menu. The lunch gave us a great reason to open up the bottle of 1999 Opus One Jason gave us for our wedding.

A couple of the dishes feature products from Sketch, a terrific ice cream shop in Berkeley (http://www.sketchicecream.com) where the owners, Eric and Ruthie, make some of our favorite treats.
Sketch Ice Cream in Berkeley
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LEMONGRASS-GRAPEFRUIT WATER, organic peach

2005 DOMAINE GEROVASSILIOU MALAGOUSIA, thessaloniki, greece

SALAD OF HEIRLOOM TOMATO, roasted golden beet, frisée, chèvre

TOURNEDO OF MONKFISH, sweet corn and mushroom polenta, american osetra, RES peperoncino oil

GINGER-MINT ELIXIR, farmer’s market cherries, almonds

1999 OPUS ONE, oakville, california

QUARTER OF QUARTER POUNDER, 1 oz. ground sirloin, st. andre, caramelized shallot, crispy mushroom, sketch brioche, pommes frites

BRAISED NIMAN RANCH SHORT RIB, smashed red country potato, carrot, brussel sprout

MAKER’S MARK AND COKE FLOAT, sketch vanilla ice cream, warm chocolate chip cookie
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  1. Georgie6:52 PM

    Hello

    I would love to know where you bought RES Peperoncino. Someone gave us some for Christmas andnow he can't remeber where he got it and we're almost out. A sad situation.

    Thanks!@

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