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Benoit

60 West 55th Street

Date
2008-05-20
Restaurant
BENOIT
Place
60 West 55th Street
Venue
RESTAURANT
Event
Dinner and Wine and Birthday
Physical description
3 broadsides
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3

Dishes

Page 1

Egg mayo$1.00
Daurade tartare, extra virgin olive oil$14.00
Duck foie gras confit, toasted Parisienne brioche$19.00
Escargots with garlic and parsley butter$10.00 – $16.00
Warm asparagus, vinaigrette$16.00
PARISIAN SALAD, chicken, ham, Comte cheese and mushrooms$13.00
Spring VEGETABLE COCOTTE$13.00
ONION SOUP gratinee$9.00
Thick cut SALMON salad, warm potato and romain$15.00
PATE EN CROUTE, Lucien Tendret recipe since 1892$17.00
LOBSTER BISQUE, creme fraiche$15.00
LUCULLUS-STYLE LANGUE DE VEAU, romaine lettuce, mustard sauce$12.00
Charcuterie & Pâtés selection (for two) Prosciutto, dry sausage, Lucullus style Langue de veau, pâté en croûte, duck foie gras confit, chicken liver pâté, condiment & mustard$39.00
QUENELLES DE BROCHET, Nantua sauce$19.00
GRILLED SALMON, braised fennel, provencal, Choron sauce$24.00
LOBSTER RAVIOLI, shellfish jus$27.00
BRAISED HALIBUT, asparagus, champagne sabayon$25.00
CRUSTED BREADED BASS, eggplant caviar, lemon butter$23.00
Whole Camembert$14.00
Whole St Marcellin$12.00
LAMB CHOP, MEDALLION & FILET, gratin Dauphinois$29.00
SIRLOIN STEAK, slow-cooked vegetables, black pepper sauce$29.00
Hand-chop beef tenderloin TARTARE, french fries "L'ami Louis style"$25.00
CASSOULET, J.J. Rachou recipe$26.00
DUCK A L'ORANGE, turnip confit, Bigarade sauce$24.00
ROASTED CHICKEN (for two) with garlic cloves, french fries "L'ami Louis style"$48.00
Elbow pasta, ham/Gruyere cheese$9.00
Creamed Spinach$7.00
Gratin Dauphinois$8.00
Mixed Green Vegetables$7.00
French fries "L'ami Louis sytle"$8.00
Warm asparagus, mousseline sauce$16.00

Page 2

Lanson Black Label$15.00
LANSON Rose$23.00
2004 PINOT GRIS Pierre Sparr$9.00 – $18.00
2006 POUILLY FUISSE Solutre Auvigue$19.00 – $38.00
2007 ASSYRTIKO Santorini Sigalas$13.00 – $26.00
2007 SAUVIGNON BLANC Santa Ynez Valley Brander$10.00 – $20.00
2002 CHARDONNAY Monterey Chalone Vineyard$12.00 – $24.00
2005 BOURGOGNE Pinot Noir Domaine Parent$15.00 – $30.00
2006 COTES DU RHONE Domaine de Montvac$11.00 – $22.00
2003 BORDEAUX Clarendelle$13.00 – $26.00
2005 COTES DU ROUSSILLON VILLAGES Reserve Calandray$10.00 – $20.00
2004 MERLOT California Blackstone$8.00 – $16.00
2005 CLARET Napa Valley Newton$17.00 – $34.00
2004 SAUVIGNON Western Cape Sincerely Neil Ellis$40.00
2004 MERLOT Cuvee Alexandre Casa lapostolle$80.00

Page 3

Warm Salad of Crayfish, beans & purselane
Tournedos in a pepper sauce, pommes frites, butterhead lettuce salad
Tarte Tatin, vanilla ice-cream
Chocolate Truffles
Coffee
Pouilly-Fuisse Solutre - J.P. & M. Auvigue 2006
Saint-Estephe - La Pagode de Cos - 2nd de Cos d' Estournel 2002
Tea

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