"What's In Season" at Purple Café
May 18, 2010
Pull the cork and let the wine flow! Purple Café & Wine Bar is celebrating spring with a new three course dinner menu for just $30! May 17 through May 31, satisfy your spring fever appetite by enjoying the light, simple and crisp tastes that the season has to offer. Pair your dinners with refreshing white wines or lighter-bodied red’s and enjoy the “What’s In Season” menu. Highlights include fresh spring tastes such as mint, tarragon, morel mushrooms, asparagus, baby artichokes, fiddlehead ferns, wild salmon, halibut and lamb. The unique menu options will change over the two week period with the choice to add Purple’s sommelier’s 3 oz wine pairing selection to each course for an additional $15. Check out a sample of the “What’s In Season” menu:
Sample Starters
Olive Oil Poached Artichoke Hearts
meyer lemon, crostini
Baby Mizuna Lettuce
candied cashews, goat cheese, shaved radish,
fried leeks, sherry vinaigrette
Fried Soft Shell Crab
meyer lemon aioli, miner lettuce salad
Sample Entrees
Pan Seared Halibut
israeli cous cous, chorizo, cipollini onions, peas,
sauteed spinach, red pepper butter sauce
Braised Lamb Shoulder
mint and tarragon pesto, creamy polenta
Pan Seared Wild Salmon
white asparagus, sorrel and grilled ramp coulis
Asparagus Risotto
fine herbs, parmigiano reggiano
Sample Dessert
Upside Down Rhubarb Cake
meyer lemon cream, candied lemon zest
