The First Taste of Rosebud

Tuesday night we invited a few trusted palates into the restaurant for a new menu tasting. Ron has been working on new menu items for weeks now and he was finally ready to get some outside opinions on potential menu items for Rosebud's first menu.

Happily, the overall consensus was hugely positive. Everyone had their favorite dishes but two of the most commented dishes were our play on fish & chips - a garlic-anchovy dip with housemade potato chips,

and the chicken liver toast with bread & butter pickle gremolata and maple-port reduction.

Ron's wife, Pamela, a pastry chef formerly of Canoe, wowed everyone with homemade caramel corn and orange rosemary poundcake. After 11 courses and more than four hours of "tasting" everyone was stuffed and we are well on our way to a final menu!

Go Big or Go Home

Today we are starting a new promotion at the restaurant - Big Salads. Remember that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine wanted the "big salad"?? Well, with the recently gorgeous weather we thought it would be fun to bring not just one but several Big Salads to Food 101 Morningside.

Every Wednesday, starting today, we will be serving several unique entree-sized salads for lunch and dinner.



On today's menu:

“The Dude”
Kobe Beef Patty, Smoked Bacon, Cherry Tomato, Chopped Iceberg & Blue Cheese

Big Fat Greek Salad
Grilled Romaine, Cracked Olives, Local Cucumber, Haricot Vert & Goat’s Milk Feta

“The Surf & Surf”
Lobster Salad, Petite Crab Cake, Local Peaches, Roasted Onion & Buttermilk Peach Dressing

“Fritolicious”
Local Ground Beef, Guacamole, Shredded Tillamook Cheddar, Shredded Iceberg & Fresh Cilantro

“The Southern Belle”
Springer Mountain Fried Chicken, Housemade Pimento Cheese, Celery & Pistachio Brittle

Kung Pao Catfish
Spicy Cabbage, Toasted Peanuts, Carrot, Local Radish & Green Onion

Menu Design Version 331

Ok, maybe "version 331" is a slight exaggeration. We are really only in our second round of menu revisions, but, in my defense, between menus, websites, business cards, and birth announcements it feels like revision 331. Thought you might like to see where we are at right now; who knows where we will acutally end up by July...