Le Petit Déjeuner
Served seven until eleven
Viennoiseries
Croissant au beurre
Laminated by hand with cultured butter, baked each morning
Pain au chocolat
Two batons of dark chocolate, seventy percent
Tartine beurre & confiture
Toasted country sourdough, cultured butter, preserves of the season
Les Œufs
Œufs en cocotte*
Two eggs baked over creamed spinach, yolks left soft, chives, brioche soldiers
Omelette aux fines herbes
Three eggs, rolled soft, with chervil, tarragon and chives; a small green salad
Œufs brouillés au saumon fumé
Slow-scrambled eggs, cold-smoked salmon, crème fraîche and dill, on toasted rye
Douceurs
Pain perdu crème brûlée
Brioche soaked in vanilla custard under a burnt-sugar crust, satsuma, toasted pecans
Yaourt, miel & granola
Whole-milk yogurt, wildflower honey, oat and almond granola, ripe fruit
Coupe de fruits
Satsuma, persimmon and pomegranate, whatever else is ripest, with mint
Café & Thé
- Espresso
- Café crème
- Chocolat chaud
- Thé en feuilles
- Jus d’orange pressé
Le Déjeuner
Served half past eleven until half past two
Entrées
Velouté de courge
Roasted butternut squash, brown butter, crisp sage
Salade d’hiver
Endive, persimmon, toasted pecans, Roquefort, sherry vinaigrette
Plats
Croque-monsieur
Ham, Gruyère and béchamel on pain de mie; a small green salad
Spaghetti à la Marcella
Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce, slow-cooked with onion and butter; Parmigiano-Reggiano
Tagliatelle aux champignons
Wild mushrooms, crème fraîche, thyme, Parmigiano-Reggiano
Cobia glacé au miso
Cobia broiled under a white-miso glaze, after Jacques Pépin; charred bok choy, sesame
four ounces
Poulet piccata
Pan-seared chicken breast, lemon, capers, white wine and butter, parsley
five ounces
Pour Finir
Café gourmand
An espresso with three small sweets from the pastry kitchen
Le Dîner
Served half past five until ten
Pour Commencer
Soupe à l’oignon gratinée
Onions cooked down for hours in beef broth, a crouton, melted Gruyère
Crevettes à l’ail
Wild shrimp, garlic, white wine, butter, a pinch of smoked merkén chili; grilled bread
Huîtres*
Six oysters on ice, satsuma mignonette
Choux de Bruxelles
Roasted Brussels sprouts, Bosc pear, pistachio, aged balsamic
Les Plats
Risotto à la langouste
Spiny lobster, saffron, Carnaroli rice, chives
three ounces of lobster
Mérou meunière
Grouper in brown butter with lemon, capers and parsley
five ounces
Linguine aux crevettes
Wild shrimp, garlic, white wine and butter, lemon, parsley
Épaule de porc à l’érable
Pork shoulder roasted slowly with maple and garlic, crisp skin, maple-roasted sweet potato
five ounces
Filet de bœuf, sauce Stroganoff*
Grass-fed beef tenderloin cooked to your liking, mushroom and crème fraîche sauce, buttered egg noodles
five ounces
Garnitures
- Pommes purée à l’ail
- Carottes rôties au miel
- Champignons aux fines herbes
- Cheveux d’ange au beurre noisette
Desserts
Crème brûlée à la vanille
Vanilla bean, a thin crust of burnt sugar
Mousse au chocolat*
Dark chocolate folded with raw egg white, whipped cream, a little sea salt
Tarte Tatin
Caramelized apples on butter pastry, crème fraîche
Les fromages
Three cheeses of cow’s and sheep’s milk, honeycomb, walnut bread