Chef Caroline's Menu



Chef's Tasting Menu $48, Optional wine pairing, $23. Includes coffee or tea. Please note that we can only offer this experience for an entire table, due to the complex nature of its service.
Starters
Soup du jour		8
	Gluten-free
Polenta fries with chipotle mayo		10
	Gluten-free
New Caesar salad with romaine, carrot spirals, roasted garlic polenta croutons, sweet and salty tempeh bits		11
	Can be made gluten-free
Japanese Pho		10
	shitake-ginger broth, sauteed exotic mushrooms and seasonal vegetables, flash-fried tofu cubes, rice noodles, sweet soy reduction Gluten Free*
Warm spinach salad		10
	Sauteed king eryngii mushrooms, smoked tempeh, roasted garlic dressing, pears, pepitas, pickled onions
Pierogies		10
	stuffed with mushrooms and house sauerkraut, with cashew sour cream, tempeh bacon, grilled onions, apple cabbage slaw
Mains
Panko-Crusted Seitan		22
	topped with summer pesto and served over a bed of pasta alfredo with local exotic mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and seasonal vegetables
Thai-inspired lemongrass curry		22
	seasonal vegetables, edamame, kafir lime-scented jasmine rice, mango chutney, sesame cashews Gluten-free*
Butternut Squash Risotto		22
	with smoked tempeh, edamame, frizzled leeks, sauteed seasonal vegetables, spiced pepitas. Gluten-free*
Raw Special		19
	Vegetable spiral noodles with fresh tomato marinara sauce, nut cheese, flax seed crackers, and kale chips Gluten-free*
Main-sized Caesar salad		19
	with apple-butter-miso dengaku tofu skewers, organic romaine, roasted garlic polenta croutons, sweet and salty tempeh bits Can be made gluten-free*
Sopé		22
	Leavened corn tortilla, refried beans, exotic mushrooms flambeed with a chipotle-tequila sauce, house salsa, fresh guacamole, sour cream, spicy rice Gluten free*
Handcut Ravioli		22
	stuffed with pesto "cheese" filling in a mushroom-ancho sauce, vegetable stack, tomato ragout, mornay sauce, sauteed vegetables and exotic mushrooms Available Gluten free ($24)*
Desserts
Spicy Mexican chocolate cake with warm chocolate sauce and berry coulis		8
Fresh lemon pie in a nut crust with coconut whipped cream		8
	Gluten-free
Peanut butter and chocolate tart		8
	Gluten-free
Flight of 3 dessert wines		12
Raw chocolate-orange mousse parfait		8
	Gluten-free
Dessert trio sampler		12
	Can be made gluten-free
Lemon-berry swirl "Cheesecake"		8
	*Gluten free
Apple-brandy creme brulee		8
Tapas Plates (for two people)
Zen salad rolls with Thai peanut sauce, dengaku tofu skewers, house pickles, kale and handcut potato chips		20
	Gluten-free
Sesame-crusted exotic mushrooms, flash-fried and served with seasonal vegetables, tamarind and chipotle-cranberry sauces		17
	Gluten-free
Chipotle black bean dip with fresh guacamole, house tomato salsa, sour cream, with hand cut tortilla chips		20
	Gluten-free
Crostata		18
	Rustic thin crust pizza with tomato confit, roasted garlic, eggplant pickle, spicy greens, chilli oil and balsamic reduction