This weekend we are sticking our necks out and bringing in out of town talent on Friday night. In the past you have been very supportive of our doing this. We have never been embarrassed with no crowd when we have brought performers in from out of town. Bliss Hippy hails from the Rolla area and came highly recommended by Tom Rowley. They are waiving their usual fee in order to help build their audience size and we hope this is good move for them. As usual, there will be no cover charge. However, we hope that a) you will tip them well and b) you eat a meal with us. We strongly suggest reservations. There music is a blast of fun—quite irreverent, often hilarious.
This week is also the First Friday Art Walk. We are planning ahead this time and will feature a limited menu of dishes that can be prepared by our staff without my on-hands assistance. That way I can actually be a part of the Art Walk and speak to those who venture in. I am very much looking forward to this part of the exhibition experience. It is something I have missed since starting the cafe. The exhibition featuring my quilts will remain up for another couple of weeks. The reduced pricing on my quilts will expire when the quilts come down. After that we'll hang the work of another fine artist. I look forward to introducing you to her. More on that later.
My seafood this week has an Asian slant~ Teri-yaki salmon steaks. I'll take those lovely Coho salmon that we flew in awhile back and froze, cut them into steaks, grill them and season them with a teri-yaki glaze and fresh shiso leaves. Along with the fish will be served a salad made with calamari and seaweed, sesame rice and our seasonal stir-fry. I think it'll be a lovely treat. $16.99 Yoshi! Ikuzo! (All right! Let's go!)
The Flavor Journey this week is middle eastern in its origin. It is Slow cooked leg of lamb with spiced yogurt and herbs. I'll take an entire leg of lamb, season it and cook it in a braise of stock, white wine and lemon juice to which many herbs are added. It'll cook in these juices very slowly to assure a very tender cut of meat. A bed of cous-cous will be the foundation, topped with the sliced lamb, then a spiced yogurt and finally a "salad" of chopped fresh herbs. It is a beautiful dish that is most flavorful. Perfect to welcome in a gentle fall. $15.99
We are currently serving pumpkin crepes filled with sweetened cream cheese and topped with warm praline sauce and pecans. Served with vanilla ice cream for $6/ $5 without the ice cream. Later in the week I plan to make a chocolate walnut tart. Slurp! Also our carrot cake will be on hand.
Now here are the lunches~
Monday~spicy vegetarian chili
Tuesday~1905 salad-made famous by the Columbia Restaurant in Tampa, FL~ Romaine, kalamata olives, swiss cheese, oven roasted turkey, tomatoes, Romano cheese, and an olive oil based dressing with lemon, oregano and worchestershire. $7.79~ crowd favorite
Wednesday~Braised Moroccan Chicken and olives over cous-cous $7.79
Thursday~Pork Bahn Mi Sandwich with side $7.79
Friday~Shrimp burgers with roasted garlic /orange aioli plus side $7.99
I hope you have a joyous week. It'll be lovely for dining al fresco. We'll have the tables out for you.
~~Susan
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