Dining Out NYE Houston

17* at the Alden Hotel just shot me an e-mail for a five-course dinner for $120/pp + tax/tip.


New Years Menu 2009
$120 per person with champagne toast
$165 per person with extraordinary wine pairings hand-selected for
each course by sommelier evan turner

“chips and dip”

osetra caviar / lemon accented crème fraîche / salted yukon gold potato chips

or

foie gras “en terrine”
pear william chutney / aged balsamic /sour dough crisps

moroccan spiced lamb osso bucco
goat cheese polenta / berre noir glazed baby carrots / tomato confit

or

crisp skin mediterranean dorade
lobster medallion / jumbo lump crab / gulf shrimp / spiced jasmine rice / garlic roast haricot verts / saffron Grand Marnier broth

or

pan seared NY strip
Maytag blue au gratin potatoes / grilled asparagus / cabernet vin rouge

chaource
toasted marcona almonds / shaved honey crisp apples /
dried cherries / pain grille

chocolate marquis
rich chocolate mousse / Grand Marnier crème anglaise / candied almond slivers

or

meyer lemon panna cotta
drunken blueberries / pistachio biscotti
 
Thought about doing Benjy's. Did Armando's last year for the late seating and ended up being only about 4 tables of folks. Was weird. I figured it would be packed.
 

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