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Downstairs Dinner Menus for the Week of May 12 – May 17, 2008
Monday, May 12 $55
Asparagus salad with beets and citrus
Épaule d'agneau printanier: braised Elliot Ranch lamb shoulder with herb-scented Parmesan soufflé, morels, peas, and fava beans
Twin Girls Farm Brooks cherry tart with crème fraîche ice cream
Tuesday, May 13 $65
King salmon gravlax with radish and herb salad
Green garlic noodles with shellfish ragù
Grilled yellowfin tuna au poivre with long-cooked fava beans and spring onion rings
Blood orange granita with Pixie tangerine sherbet
Wednesday, May 14 $65
Spring onion tart with pickled beets and farm egg
Pan-roasted shad roe with bacon, peas, and mint
Grilled Marin Sun Farms grass-fed beef rib eye with green garlic and potato purée and artichokes persillade
Meyer lemon ice cream profiteroles
Thursday, May 15 $65
Fennel and parsley salad with pancetta and Parmesan
Deep-fried soft-shell crab with gremolata
Spit-roasted Soul Food Farm chicken with morel mushrooms, asparagus, and spinach custard
Rhubarb puff pastry tartlet with ginger ice cream
Friday, May 16 $85
An apéritif
Crudo of local halibut with chervil, capers, and nasturtiums
Wild mushroom risotto
Grilled Paine Farm squab with braised fennel, peas, fava beans, and squab liver toast
Lucero Farms strawberry meringata with candied rose petals
Saturday, May 17 $85
An apéritif
Steamed shrimp and crab dumplings with garden lettuces and sesame
Leek and green garlic soup with tapioca pearls
Grilled and braised Sonoma Liberty duckling with cherries, ginger, and Chino Ranch turnips
Pineapple, passion fruit, and mango bombe glacée
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Service charge: 17 percent Sales tax: 8 3/4 percent
Corkage: $25 per bottle. $45 per magnum.
1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709
Reservations: (510) 548-5525
Other fish varieties may have to be substituted.
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