News For Foodies: 02.12.15
Should Valentine’s Day bring a desire to look into the eyes of a loved one across a restaurant table, the annual lineup of eateries offering holiday specials includes the following.
Almond in Bridgehampton will be serving a four-course menu centered on blood oranges as an ingredient on Saturday. It promises the $75 prix fixe will be “super sexy.” Among the menu items will be, to start, Montauk Pearl oysters with blood orange margarita granita or a shaved salad with blood orange chips, followed by duck and foie gras ravioli a l’orange or Peconic Bay scallops with blood orange, and, for an entree, roasted rack of pork with fennel and blood orange or salmon with spiced root vegetables and blood orange. Dessert will be a Mexican chocolate torte for two with ancho chile and blood orange gel. The a la carte menu will be available as well. Reservations are a must.
Nick and Toni’s in East Hampton has strongly recommended reservations for a Saturday night table, when a couple of a la carte Valentine’s Day specials will be added to the regular menu. They include roasted artichoke ravioli, grilled swordfish, and a melted chocolate pot de crème for dessert.
Holiday additions to the menu at Rowdy Hall in East Hampton on Saturday include a duck confit salad, rack of lamb entree, and dark chocolate panna cotta as dessert.
A special Valentine’s meal for two at the Living Room in East Hampton will be offered at $130 per couple, plus tax and gratuity, in addition to the restaurant’s regular menu. Although the menu is subject to change, slated to be served as of Monday were grilled Peconic Bay oysters, veal carpaccio, a grilled half lobster, and chocolate ganache.
At Sen in Sag Harbor, ladies who dine for lunch or dinner on Valentine’s Day will receive a free red rose.
Slow Food Dinner
A slow food dinner centered on market-fresh seasonal ingredients has been planned by the Slow Food East End group for March 5 at Nick and Toni’s. Joe Realmuto, the East Hampton restaurant’s executive chef, and Bryan Futerman, a chef and the vice president of Slow Food East End, will prepare four courses, which will be served with two glasses of wine selected by the Nick and Toni’s sommelier. The cost is $95 per person for Slow Food East End members, and $105 for others. The dinner will begin with a cash bar cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m. Reservations can be made online at slowfoodeastend.org.
Inlet Seafood Reopening
Inlet Seafood in Montauk will reopen for the season on Friday, Feb. 13, and will be serving lunch and dinner on Friday through Monday that weekend.
Oscar Contest
This is the month that Rowdy Hall holds its annual “Rowdy and the Oscars” contest. Oscar ballots will be distributed to diners who wish to participate and fill them out with their best guesses of who will be Oscar winners. Whoever makes the most correct predictions — as determined at the Oscars on Feb. 22 — will receive a $50 restaurant gift certificate and two movie vouchers. If there is a tie, a drawing will be held.
Winter Chefs Series
On Sunday, Japanese cooking will be the topic at a session of the Wolffer Estate vineyard’s Winter Chef Series featuring Ryunosuke Jesse Matsuoka of Sen restaurant in Sag Harbor. The cost is $75 for the 12:30 p.m. class, which includes lunch paired with wine.