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Cress Restaurant and Stacole Fine Wines are excited to bring you this decadent extravaganza. Executive Chef Hari Pulapaka partners with Manager and Co-Owner Jenneffer Pulapaka and Stacole Fine Wines to bring you a 11 course Food and Wine Pairing Dinner. Chef Pulapaka is also able to prepare a unique Vegetarian Tasting with prior notice. This is a limited engagement (only 23 seats) event. Reservations may be held with prior payment. Please note that no refunds are possible since we will stop taking reservations once we reach our maximum capacity.

Please contact us today to make your reservation.

Here is the menu:

Amuse Bouche: Mousseline of Hudson Valley Farms Foie Gras, toasted brioche

Francois Montand Brut, Gascony, France

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup, tarragon croutons, crème frâiche

2006 Pahlmeyer Chardonnay, Napa Valley, California

Jumbo Lump Crab & Wild Caught Shrimp Beignets, remoulade

2006 Zind Humbrecht Gewürztraminer, Alsace, France

Spring Greens (DeLeon Springs) butter lettuce, pear, chevre, walnuts, passion fruit emulsion
2006 Navarro Pinot Noir, Méthode à l'Ancienne, Anderson Valley, California

Herb-Crusted Wild Alaskan Halibut, beluga lentils, duck confit “au jus”
2005 Ojai Vineyard Pinot Noir, Solomon Hills, Central Coast, California

Intermezzo

Cress Garden Vegetable Ravioli, gorgonzola, fig, and sage “alfredo”, toasted walnuts
2004 Tenuta Sant'Antonio Amarone Della Valpolicella Selezione, Antonio Castagnedi, Italy

Cress Garden Winter Greens & Potato Croquette, romesco
2005 Vietti Barolo Castiglione, Italy

Ashley Farms Organic Chicken “Tagine”, herbed cous-cous
2005 Atteca Armas Garnacha Calatayud, Spain

Intermezzo

Coddled Organic Hen Egg, parmigiano reggiano, black truffle
2006 Snowden Cabernet Sauvignon, "The Ranch", Napa Valley, California

Braised Belly of Kurobuta Pork, whipped ginger sweet potato, tamarind coulis
2005 Altamura Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, California

Cheese Duet: Epoisses de Bourgogne, Grand Cru Chimay

2005 Seghesio Family Winery Old Vine Zinfandel, Sonoma County, California

Apricot glazed pear tartin, vanilla bean crème anglaise, pear crisp
2007 Schloss Saarstein Riesling Spatlese, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany