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) On Sunday, December 8, from 5pm-8pm, Island Creek Oyster Bar is celebrating the 3rd Annual Feast of the Seven Fishes. Chef and Owner Jeremy Sewall and his friend Barton Seaver will host this event. Seaver has been a successful Chef and is now a seafood activist, educator, speaker, and author. I've had the pleasure of hearing Seaver speak on multiple occasions and it's always fun and informative. These are both people who really understand and love seafood, so this should be an excellent event. Highly recommended!

A half-hour reception will be followed by a family-style meal. Some of the dishes for the seafood feast include: Smoked Salmon Crepes with avocado, creme fraiche, and caviar; Hand-Harvested Scallops with blue crab risotto, blood orange, and chervil; and Grilled Swordfish, with broccoli rabe, roasted fingerling potatoes, and anchovy butter.

Tickets cost $150 and are available on Eventbrite. The ticket price includes the seafood feast, beverage pairings, dessert, a signed copy of Barton Seaver's newest book, The Joy of Seafood, and gratuity.

2) This Friday, November 22, Executive Chef Peter Agostinelli is bringing a decadent Caviar Menu to Grill 23 & Bar. The delicacy, sourced from Island Creek Oysters, will adorn Grill 23’s seafood, steak and signature dishes. The limited time menu will feature a Caviar Crème Fraiche supplement for fresh oysters, a Caviar-Topped Steak Tartare, Caviar Lobster Mac & Cheese, and any of the premium steak cuts accompanied by Caviar Butter. The menu will begin on Friday and run as supplies last.

Please call 617-542-2255 for Reservations

3) On Saturday, November 23, Bistro du Midi is excited and honored to commemorate their 10th Anniversary. To celebrate, Executive Chef Robert Sisca is recreating iconic menu items from throughout the years in an extravagant tasting menu.

Bistro du Midi opened in November of 2009 with a Nantucket Bay Scallop Crudo and the tasting menu will feature the Scallops with persimmon, parsnip, blood orange and Osetra caviar. A Monkfish with eggplant, artichoke, olive tapenade and preserved lemon combines two of the most popular dishes from 2010: Fried Artichokes and Monkfish. Bistro’s reputation for truffles began in 2011 and quickly became a popular dish. Chef Robert is making a Saffron Tagilatelle with truffle buratta, hen of wood mushrooms and fresh white truffles. Each dish on the Tasting Menu will be representative of popular dishes from the past 10 years with new inspirations and offers an optional wine pairing.

The menu will run from Saturday, November 23, through February 2020. Please call 617-426-7878 for Reservations.

4) Whether celebrating at home or looking to dine out, Rochambeau has several options to ease the stress of Thanksgiving dinner. The restaurant and bar will be open from 12:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, and will serve a prix fixe Thanksgiving dinner menu. The menu is $65 per person, and $20 per child age 12 and under. The menu includes choice of soup or salad, choice of entrée, and choice of dessert. Full menu can be found here. The café will also be open on Thanksgiving from 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Please call 617-247-0400 for Reservations.

Rochambeau’s pastry team, led by Executive Pastry Chef Michele Fadden, is baking pies to order that will be available for pick up November 24-28. Choices include apple, pecan, and pumpkin. Each pie is $25. Orders must be placed by November 21 and orders can be placed by visiting here. Orders can be picked up in the café on November 24-27 during regular business hours, and on November 28 until 12:00 p.m.

5) On Monday, December 9, from 6:30pm-9:30pm, celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes with Chef Dan Billo and Sommelier Shanley Snydeman of Atlantic Fish. They invite guests to savor a five course holiday feast inspired by the Italian Christas Eve tradition and paired with wines from Kobrand Wine & Spirits. For just $99 a person (excluding tax and gratuity), guests will enjoy the following courses of the freshest catches prepared by Chef Dan and his culinary team and paired with selection from the restaurant's top somm:

First Course: Cured White Anchovy Pinxto with Manchego cheese and red pepper coulis and Smoked Bluefish rillettes with sustainable Polish caviar
Second Course: Seafood Ravioli in squid ink pasta with fish consume and leeks
Third Course: Grilled Octopus with Arugula and rice noodle salad
Fourth Course: Brown butter poached Baccala and butterbean raguot topped with spicy putanesca sauce.
Fifth Course: Chocolate and Raspberry caviar

For Reservations, please call  617-267-4000.

6) Rebel’s Guild invites families and friends to celebrate the holidays with a “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” themed Tea Party every Saturday and Sunday in December. Adults can choose from an array of loose-leaf teas and spice up tea time with an additional Tea Spike like Apple-Infused Teelings or Grey Goose Vanilla. ‘Adult Feast’ selections include bites like Mini Lobster Rolls, Blueberry Scones, and Coconut Cream Puffs. The ‘Little Who’ menu features a variety of Grinchy hot chocolate flavors such as Max’s Candy Cane Dreams made with house-made hot chocolate, peppermint candy cane, simple and whipped cream with snacks like a Chocolate Chip Scone, Cheeseburger Slider or Grilled Cheese. The full menu and tickets are available on Eventbrite.

Little Whos will also have to opportunity to decorate gingerbread houses and take a photo with a very special guest.

WHEN: Sunday, December 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29; Saturday, December 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Reservations are available from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Reserve your tickets, priced $25-$56, to this magical holiday event on Eventbrite.