Thursday Sips & Nibbles

I am back again with a new edition of Thursday Sips & Nibbles, my regular column where I highlight some interesting, upcoming food & drink events.
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1)  Marina Bay’s Victory Point is now offering two new Sunday menus, for Brunch and Football.

First, Victory Point took the classics you loved from its previous buffet-style Sunday setup and dressed up the brunch program with new, a la carte options offered from 10:00am – 12:30pm, including Eggs Benedict served with cage free eggs, house hollandaise over a skillet English muffin ($13) with an option to add lobster ($6) or crab ($4); Nutella French Toast made with caramelized banana and whipped cream ($12); Victory Point Hash made with BBQ pulled pork, cheddar cheese, sunny side eggs and crispy fingerlings ($13); a Brunch Sampler uniting eggs benedict, French toast, waffle, bacon, home fries and toast ($15); a twist on the traditional pancake tower – the VP Waffle Tower stacked high with 3 giant waffles layered with strawberry jam and cream cheese frosting ($12); a Breakfast Sandwich made with two sunny side up eggs, smoked bacon, American cheese, Sambal and Duke’s mayo ($12); an Omelette made to your liking ($10) and your classic Two Eggs with choice of sausage, ham or bacon served with home fries and toast ($10).

Second, after brunch wraps up, Victory Point kicks off its all-American football party from 1:00pm. to 9:00pm. Complete with all the game watching necessities of a tailgate paradise, get a close-up view of every matchup from a 10-foot projection screen, challenge your friends to cornhole and have the chance to win exciting raffle items from participating beer sponsors.

The kitchen will shift its gears from brunch to tailgate with a new game-watching menu featuring the G.O.A.T. Burger made with a 12 oz. angus beef burger, 12-month aged cheddar, LTO topped with Guerrero’s special sauce in a sesame bun ($12); a platter of fall-off-the-bone Chicken Wings tossed in better-than buffalo sauce and served with blue cheese ($12); and a Spiked Platter - paying homage to New England’s favorite tight-end which includes two buckets of beer and three appetizers of your choice ($69).

2) On Wednesday, October 3, from 6pm-9:30pm, Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Dinner will return to Boston Center for the Art's Cyclorama in the South End. The evening will feature a silent auction, cocktail reception, and an exclusive multi-course seated dinner prepared table-side by Boston's top chefs- all benefiting No Kid Hungry‘s work to end childhood hunger in America. As one in five children in this country struggles with hunger, including more than 270,000 kids in MA, No Kid Hungry works tirelessly to lessen these statistics through fundraising events like the No Kid Hungry Dinner.

This year’s No Kid Hungry Dinner features over 20 participating chefs, including: Bambara's David Bazirgan, Bristol Restaurant & Bar's Jessica Biederman, Toro's Jamie Bissonnette, Brasserie Jo's Nick Calias, Boston Urban Hospitality's Chris Coombs, Chickadee's John DaSilva, Cultivar's Mary Dumont, Puritan & Co's Will Gilson, The Smoke Shop BBq's Andy Husbands, Mooncusser Fish House's Carolyn Johnson, Bar Mezzzana's Colin Lynch, Davio's Italian Steakhouse's Rodney Murillo, SRV's Kevin O'Donnell and Michael Lombardi, Bendetto's Michael Pagliarini, Sarma's Cassie Piuma, Outlook Kitchen & Bar's Tatiana Rosana, Waypoint's Michael Scelfo, Eastern Standard's Jeremy Sewall, Select Oyster Bar's Michael Serpa, PABU's Ben Steigers, Tapestry's Meghann Ward, Oak & Rowan's Brian Mercury, Flour Baker & Cafe's Joanne Chang, and MIDA's Douglass Williams.

Tax-deductible tickets range in price from $1,000 for individual tickets to the seated dinner and cocktail reception to $25,000 to a 20-person group ticket. 100% of the proceeds benefit the No Kid Hungry campaign. To purchase tickets or for more information, please visit: https://events.nokidhungry.org/events/bostons-no-kid-hungry-dinner/.

3) Chef Dante de Magistris and his brothers are launching Saturday and Sunday Brunch, from 10:30am-2pm, at their newest restaurant, The Wellington Neighborhood Eatery. Weekend brunch also features live entertainment from local artists, the Ethan K. Funk Band.

The brunch menu includes 4 varieties of waffles, including the Chocolate Banana Waffle (with banana bourbon sauce, chocolate shavings, candied pecans and whipped cream) and Fried Organic Chicken & Waffles. Other options are the Breakfast Pizza (2 organic poached eggs, pepper bacon, gruyere and fontina, avocado, pickled red onion), the Farmer’s Omelette (herb roasted ham, roasted peppers & Vidalia onions, artichokes, Maplebrook Farm cheddar, homefries and multigrain toast) and 4 different versions of Benedict (spinach, herb roasted ham, pepper bacon or smoked salmon). I have to check out their Chicken & Waffles!

Beverage Manager Chris Keith has created some easy afternoon sippers too with:
--Chris’ Magical Garden, his version of a bloody Mary (sriracha, sambal, lime juice, soy sauce, pickled vegetable skewer, bundle of fresh cilantro, thai basil, mint and lime wheel)
--Monkey Business with Fazenda cold brew, house made Falernum, banana liqueur, orange blossom infused whipped cream & cacao nibs. This banana liqueur is Tempus Fugit Spirits Crème de Banana – Tempus Fugit Spirits based in San Francisco is bringing back old school liqueurs in a real organic way without corn syrup and additives, which is great for obscure old cocktails
--What’s Up Doc with mezcal, freshly squeezed carrot, orange & ginger liqueur