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pork belly

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cured and smoked. Cure is juniper, sage, oregano, garlic powder, paprika. After smoke, circulated at 135 degrees overnight. Seared and sliced. 6oz portion

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Pickled mexican carrots

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Featured on belly. Carrots sheeted, vacuum sealed in pickle of peppercorn, onion, garlic, white wine vinegar, aromatics. Cold pickled to preserve bright colors

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queso fresco

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Featured on belly. a lightly flavored, crumbly Mexican cheese

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Radish

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Featured on belly. Thinly sliced, fresh radish. Offers freshness, light sharpness, texture.

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Masa

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Featured on tamale. Made with duck fat and shortening.

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Leg of lamb

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Featured on tamale. Lamb seared, rubbed with tomato paste and fennel, coriander, cumin seeds, dried herbs. Bagged with mire poix, aromatics, chicken stock. Sous vide 185 degrees overnight. Braise is blitzed, mixed with pulled lamb.

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Pickled apple

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Featured on tamale. Provides a freshness, brightness, and a texture contrast

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Green pea harissa

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Featured on tamale. Juiced pea shells, garlic, cilantro, mint, horseradish, EVOO, valentina hot sauce, citrus. Caraway, coriander, cumin seeds, MSG. Pulsed in robot coupe to slightly chunky consistency.

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Miso

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Featured on mussels. A fermented soybean paste from Japanese cuisine that offers a rich, salty, and savory umami flavor

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Nduja

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Featured on mussels. A spicy, spreadable pork sausage made from equal parts pork and pork fat, salt, paprika, cayenne, garlic.

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corn grits

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Featured on corn mash. Stone ground grits from Delta Grind, cooked in half and half with fennel seed, bay leaf, salt, white pepper. Finished with mascarpone

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Pan bacon jus

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Featured on corn mash. Made in the pan from rendered bacon fat and butter mixed and reduced

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Burnt onion oil

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Featured on corn mash. Bright green in color, brings a nice savory onion flavor.

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Pepitas

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Featured on corn mash. Tallow roasted

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Sweetbreads

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From thymus gland. 4oz portion, poached in court bouillon, smoked, tossed in rice flour, fried, and tossed in preserved lime hot sauce

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Tarragon crema

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Featured on sweetbreads. Tarragon creme fraiche, fresh herbaceousness complements richnessof sweetbreads

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toasted seeds

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Featured on sweetbreads. Sesame and fennel seeds, fried garlic

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Gnocchi

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Ours is lighter than traditional potato gnocchi due to pate a choux method - eggs, flour, a touch of potato. light and airy. pan seared on pick up.

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celery root puree

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Featured on gnocchi. mildly sweet and earthy puree

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fennel verde

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Featured on gnocchi. puree of fennel, parsley, ginger, garlic, cilantro, salt, EVOO

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Cappelletti

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A small, round, stuffed pasta that resembles a hat, traditionally served in a meat broth

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Pork sugo

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Featured on pasta. Pasta filling made from coppa, mixed with mire poix and tomato, sous vide at 155 overnight. Very tender but not quite falling apart.

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Pan pasta sauce

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Featured on pasta. A pan sauce consisting of butter, garlic, and chicken stock.

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Panna gratta

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Featured on pasta and arugula. Seasoned bread crumb made from house made focaccia trimmings.

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Grana padano
Featured on pasta and arugula. A slightly creamier "fancy parmesan"
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buttermilk crema
Featured on okra. Buttermilk creme fraiche.
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Pickled Fresno
Featured on okra. A moderately spicy red pepper pickled in sugar, vinegar, and cilantro.
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Fried garlic
Featured on okra. Simmered in milk and pan fried.
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Romesco
Featured on cauliflower. A sauce of pureed roasted red peppers, hazelnuts, EVOO, and garlic
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chili garlic
Featured on cauliflower. A housemade chili crisp with a heavy helping of Szechuan peppercorns, yielding a heating and numbing spice
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Fish sauce Caesar dressing
Featured on arugula. Lemon juice, dijon, oil, fish sauce. Fish sauce offers a touch of umami and a higher level of salinity than a standard Caesar
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salt cured egg yolk
Featured on arugula. A rich, salty condiment grated atop arugula salad.
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carrots
tossed in kimchi vin and sousvide at 165 degrees for 1 to 1.5 hours
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Kimchi vinaigrette
Featured on carrots. Rice wine vinegar, kimchi base, dry mustard, shallot
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Kewpie
Featured on carrots. House made kewpie mayo - a Japanese style mayo made with yolks instead of whole eggs to yield a creamier flavor and texture. Also has MSG for a pop of savory umami. Served on the side for dipping or mixing
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Honey
Featured on carrots, charcuterie. Sourced from Deaton's Bee Farm in Walls, MS, a town half an hour away in Northwest Mississippi
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Furikake
Featured on carrots. Dry Japanese condiment typically consisting of sesame seeds, seaweed, salt, sugar, and MSG
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potatoes
Red bliss potatoes boiled, smashed, fried, and tossed with salt and dill
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Pickle-brown butter emulsion
Featured on potatoes. an emulsion of pickles, pickle juice, brown butter, and dijon as a stabilizer
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Navy beans
cooked in chicken stock with garlic, lemon, and salt. Finished in a pan with house cured bacon, lemon juice, and butter.
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Harissa
Featured on navy beans. Arbol peppers, aromatics, cumin, black pepper. A noticeable level of heating spice.
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Cracklin
Featured on navy beans. Crispy pork skin
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Bottarga
Featured on navy beans. Salt cured fish roe
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Tri-tip
Featured on local beef. aka "California Ribeye," slightly tender with a nice fat cap. Eats comparable to a sirloin
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potato spiral
Featured on local beef and dry aged. Potato sheeted and rolled up, sous vide with garlic thyme butter, seared on pick up with S&P. A rustic take on a "mille feuille"
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Demi
Featured on local beef, dry aged, duck. A heavily reduced sauce from stock, finished with sherry. Very deep, rich flavor.
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Confit duck leg
Duck leg vacuum sealed with duck fat, thyme. black peppercorn, garlic, and sousvide at 165 degrees overnight
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Plum sauce
Featured on duck. Made from Japanese plum wine reduced with prunes, black pepper, bay leaves. Finished with demi.
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Poached pear
Featured on duck. Half a pear poached in red wine
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Coppa
Pork shoulder cut, sometimes called "poor man's ribeye" - 7oz portion vac sealed with fish sauce, soy sauce, and water (bag sauce), sousvide 135 degrees overnight. Picked up with a hard sear, basted with garlic thyme butter
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Pumpkin mole
Featured on coppa. A rich, earthy Mexican sauce made with dried peppers, Mexican chocolate, and other seasonings. A rich flavor accentuated by the sweetness of pumpkin pure and baking spice of the chocolate.
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Sunchoke chips
Featured on coppa. Possessing a mildly sweet and nutty flavor, thinly sliced, deep fried, and tossed in salt.
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Pickled grapes
Featured on coppa. Quick pickled grapes. Brightness cuts through fatty pork and richness of mole.
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dry aged ribeye
30 day dry aged tomahawk. 16-20oz of meat not including bone. Pan seared and basted with garlic thyme butter.
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Cipollini onions
Featured on dry aged ribeye. A smaller, sweet onion
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red fish
A 6oz portion of fish hard seared, basted with garlic thyme butter, and finished in salamander
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chana masala
Featured on fish. Chickpeas cooked in pressure cooker with chicken stock, cumin, coriander, cardamom, black pepper
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yuzu curd
Featured on bombe. Yuzu is a citrus of East Asian origin with a slightly tarter flavor than lemon. Cuts through rich elements of the dish
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Genoise
Featured in all three desserts. A light, spongy French cake made by folding flour into meringue

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