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Friday, November 25, 2022

Friday Sips & Nibbles

Because of the holiday yesterday, I'm back again with a special Friday edition of Sips & Nibbles, my regular column where I highlight some interesting, upcoming food and drink events. I hope everyone dines out safely, tips well and are nice to their servers.
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1) Located on Newbury Street, Chef Michael Serpa’s recently opened, New England-style seafood hotspot Little Whale Oyster Bar will offer diners a special holiday lunch menu alongside its regular lunch menu from December 1 through 23, in addition to one lunch seating on December 24. 

Available for $75 per guest, the three-course menu will feature dishes like tuna crudo with avocado green goddess dressing, quick pickled cucumber, lime, sea salt, gloucester swordfish with marble potatoes, roasted fennel, country mustard beurre blanc, and seafood stew with maine hake, lobster, mussels, tomato broth, toasted country bread.

Chef Michael Serpa’s Back Bay seafood staple, Select Oyster Bar, will also offer diners a special holiday lunch menu alongside its regular lunch menu from December 1 through 23, in addition to one lunch seating on December 24. 

Available for $75 per guest, the three-course menu will feature dishes including faroe islands salmon crudo with togarashi, pistachio oil, lime; dayboat scallops with parsnip purée, shaved honeycrisp apple salad, toasted almonds; and greek bronzino with roasted mushrooms, mushroom purée, blood orange salad, pickled red onion.

2) On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Encore Boston Harbor’s award-winning Rare Steakhouse will be open for its regular hours to treat guests to a three-course tasting menu with a choice of entree for $90 per person. 

The menu will feature:
1 st Course (choice of):
--Vanilla poached pear and beet salad with goat cheese yogurt, baby red oak, maple glazed pecans, cider vinaigrette
--Sweet potato soup with spiced crème fraiche, sage
2nd Course (choice of):
--Citrus-crusted swordfish with roasted butter potatoes, harissa tomato puree, rosemary
--Lemon-roasted Misty knoll farms chicken with cacio e pepe toasted cous cous, charred carrots, carrot top pistou, pistachio
--Dijon-roasted prime rib with Yukon gold potato, roasted carrots, red wine jus
Dessert Course (choice of):
--Caramel and chestnut mousse cake
--Milk chocolate and chestnut mousse with caramel cremeux, chocolate feuilletine, vanilla whipped ganache

3) Executive Chef Robert Sisca is introducing the Holiday Bouchon Lunch menu to Bistro du Midi. The Holiday Bouchon Lunch is a three course prix fixe menu with classic French dishes that will be available exclusively on weekdays from 11:30 to 2:30 p.m. during the month of December. 

The Holiday Bouchon Lunch is $36/person and features:
FIRST (choice of)
--French Onion Soup aged comté, sherry, sourdough
--Kale Caesar Salad black garlic vinaigrette, parmigiano, white anchovies
SECOND (choice of)
--Chicken Paillard caperberries, arugula, frisée, baby tomato, balsamic
--Tuna Pan Bagnat bibb lettuce, tomato, eggs, haricots verts, niçoise olives
--Moules au pastis saffron aioli*, grilled bread
THIRD
Holiday Crème Brûlée orange, anise biscotti

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