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Six Course Chef's Tasting Menu

$50 Per Person, $75 With Wine Pairing

FIRST COURSES

Deconstruction of Sushi
Wasabi Marinated Ahi Tuna / Soy Tapioca / Cucumber Salad / Cucumber Gelée /
Rice Crackers
$12

Kobe Caps
Roasted Field Mushroom Caps / Kobe Beef & Garlic "Stuffing" / Smoked Tomato
Glaze
$10

Coconut Chile Glazed Shrimp

Butter Poached Shrimp / Coconut Chile Glaze / Green Papaya & Mango Slaw /
Toasted Baby Coconuts
$10

Shrimp Cocktail
Citrus Scented Gulf Shrimp / Creamy Cocktail Sauce / Fresh Horseradish / Celery
Sprouts
$9

Oyster Stew
Procuitto "Sand" / Sea Foam / Roasted Fingerling
$7

Aquavina House Salad

Petite Lettuces / Brown Sugar Allspiced Walnuts / Dried Bing Cherries / Roquefort
Honey Croutons
Black Pepper & Roasted Sweet Onion Dressing
$7

Aquavina Caesar Salad

Baby Red & Green Romaine Hearts / Garlic Chips / Parmigiano-Reggiano & White
Truffle Dressing
Anchovy Buttered Crostini
$7

Asian Pear Salad

Baby Arugula / Asian Pear / Gorgonzola Dolce / Procuitto di Parma / Toasted
Hazelnuts / Roasted Pear & Hazelnut Vinaigrette
$8

Wedge
Honey Glazed Applewood Bacon / Marinated Tomato Salad / Shaved Roquefort
Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing
$7

Spinach Salad
Baby Spinach / Pickled Quail Eggs / Crispy Shallots / Warm Pine Nut Encrusted
Goat Cheese
Crispy Prociutto / Sweet Poppy Seed Dressing
$7

ENTRÉES

Scallop Quartet
Pan Seared With Grilled Asparagus & Brown Butter & Fig Balsamic Vinaigrette/
Butter Broiled Sea Scallop Gratin & Lemon Air/
Rice Paper Ravioli Over Diver Scallop "Noodles" & A Smoked Scallop Cream Seared

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Over Warm Fingerling Potato Salad & Sweet Pea Butter Sauce
$26

Pan Roasted Niman Ranch Pork Chop

Applewood Bacon Glaze / Pan Fried Young Potatoes / Watercress And Sweet Pea
Salad
$26

Butter Broiled Yellowtail Sole

Crawfish Tasso Cream Sauce / Sautéed Baby Spinach / Cream Cheese, Chive &
Potato Turnovers
$23

Pan Roasted Salmon

Creamed Anson Mills Grits / BBQ'd Rock Shrimp
Sautéed Braising Greens
$24

Pan Seared Wild Sablefish

Local Peas And Carrots / Crispy Potato And Chive Dumplings / Braised Garlic Butter
Sauce
$26

The Black Eye

Tellicherry Peppercorn Encrusted 18oz Bone-In Ribeye / Caramelized Leek &
Roquefort Fondue / White Truffle Steak Frites / Sautéed Baby Broccoli
$38

Spinach And Ricotta Gnocchi

Tomato Confit / Toasted Pine Nuts / Creamed Spinach / Brown Beach Mushroom /
Ricotta Salata
$20

Surf & Turf in Three Ways

Broiled Beef Tournedo / Horseradish & Tomato Spiked Hollandaise / Hushpuppy
Dusted Rock Shrimp
Broiled Beef Tournedo over Truffle Whipped Potatoes / Brown Beach Mushroom
Sauce / Butter Poached Shrimp
Thai Chile Glazed Beef Tournedo / Sweet & Sour Spinach / Steamed Shrimp
Dumpling
$27

Roasted Ashley Farms Young Chicken

Asparagus Panzanella / Roasted New Potatoes / Snap Peas
$21

Executive Chef / Jason Pound ---- Sous Chef / Jay Wright

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