Valentine's Day in a Romantic, Swanky Setting

Ah, yes... Valentine's Day is once again upon us. Our chef has come up with a delicious menu being served this weekend. It's a four course menu with many options. Click here to see the menu. Today I'll be telling you what I am picking for each course...



For the first course I'm choosing the Wild Mushroom Panna Cotta with winter vegetable puree and their greens, roasted garlic, and sautéed mushrooms to finish. A savory panna cotta sounds like the perfect beginning to a fine meal. A nice, light way to warm up the palette.

Next I'll be having the Blood Orange and Beets with arugula, goat cheese parcel, pistachios, and saba-pinot noir reduction. As per my previous post you know how much I love the orange and beet combo, so naturally I couldn't resist this salad.

For the entree I'm going to try something new: Butter poached Monkfish with wild mushroom raviolo, sugar snap peas, chervil, and lobster sauce. I've never had monkfish before, but I figure that this is a perfect chance to try it because it will be prepared in the capable hands of the chef and it is poached in butter. I'd probably like just about anything if it had been poached in butter, especially if it is topped off with a lobster sauce!

And for dessert the Chocolate Indulgence for Two:
with a warm chocolate cake, chocolate pot de crème, chocolate covered mint leaves and strawberry sorbet. Need I say more?

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A Tasty New Salad Downtown

We have some new menu items at Gilt, including the delicious salad pictured above. I popped in a couple of weeks ago and sampled this gorgeous salad. It consists of blood oranges and beets with baguette crisps, dill, arugula, chili oil, and crushed pistachios. It is a really wonderful blend of flavors. The beets tell you that it is still winter and the oranges really brighten it up. The addition of the dill brings it to a whole other level. I ordered this salad feeling like I hadn't eaten anything fresh and light all day and it remedied that feeling immediately!

Stay tuned over the next few weeks as I'll be talking more about the new entrees and appetizers on the menu!

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Happy Hour in Portland's Pearl

Happy New Year! Since we are all still slightly recovering from the decadence of the holiday season, I thought I'd focus on our Happy Hour selections today. The smaller Happy Hour portions are guaranteed not to make you immediately blow your New Year's Resolutions.Stay an hour, enjoy some food and then be on your way... simple and easy!

Happy Hour nibbles:

House made potato chips with smoked sea salt
and crème frâiché

White bean purée with baguette

“Scrambled eggs and toast”
slow cooked eggs, with crème frâiché,
chives and brioche toast fingers

Warmed olives with herbs

Toasted marcona almonds with fleur de sel

House made Bacon
straight up
(its just that good)

Side of fries with garlicky aioli

House made pork rinds

Ceasar salad with foccacia croutons

Plain ol’ greens salad with shaved parmesan and
vegetables, simple vinaigrette, fleur de sel, herbs

Tuscan kale chips with preserved lemon
yoghurt sauce and chili flake

Stewed pork shoulder with telaggio & red onion
on foccacia

Pizza of the day- house made pizza dough with
fresh topping chose daily (15 min approx bake time)

Beef slider with red onion, lettuce, cheese served
with house cut French fries

Happy Hour beverages:

Stella Artois Lager

Wine - Glass of whatever we have lots of.
(We could make something up here, but its
better to just tell the truth.)
Changes often be sure to ask us.

Moscow Mule- Vodka, ginger beer, lime,
fresh ginger zest & a spritz of soda -
in a traditional copper cup

Fresh Appletini - House infused apple vodka,
triple sec & fresh lemon & lime -
up with apple slice

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