Valentine’s Day is a great time to enjoy a romantic meal at one of your favorite restaurants, and many restaurants in Santa Cruz – including La Posta, Casablanca, and Ma Maison – are featuring special menus on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. See below for details, and I’ll publish more restaurants in the next day or two.
This Santa Cruz restaurant is offering a special prix fixe dinner menu on Tuesday Feb. 14. It’s $50 for three courses; call (831) 457-2782 for reservations. Choose one course from each section:
1.
Sprouting broccoli vinaigrette with green olives, almonds, burrata and marjoram
Spiced beet soup with a warm crab crostino and crème fraîche
Quail spiedino with pancetta, fresh bay leaf, toasted farro and celery root
2.
Chestnut pappardelle with local chanterelles and braised leeks
Halibut in saffron and tomato brodo with clams, potato and smoked chili aioli
Roast loin of pork with squash puree, Brussels sprouts and little turnips
3.
Chocolate semifreddo with candied mandarins and hazelnuts
Meyer lemon cake with rose gelato and meringues
Selection of Italian cheeses, fruit, nuts and local honey
Location: 538 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz
The Aptos restaurant is offering a special $60 four-course dinner menu on Valentine’s Day. Call (831) 688-5566 for reservations.
Appetizer Sampler Tasting
A platter of Mediterranean-style savory bites
Salade aux Pousses D'épinards
Organic spinach salad, Roquefort, bacon, Belgium endive and soy vinaigrette
OR
Cream of Five Mushrooms Soup with Ciboulette and crème fraîche
Certified Black Angus Chateaubriand
Roasted filet served with Bordelaise wine and mushrooms sauce, Pomme purée and seasonal vegetable
OR
Lobster Tail Normandy
Lobster tail served with organic quinoa, petits legumes, sauce Velouté
"Sweet Valentine" dessert
Location: 9051 Soquel Dr., Aptos
This oceanfront restaurant is offering a special prix fixe dinner menu on Tuesday Feb. 14. It’s $35 for three courses; call (831) 426-9063 for reservations. Choose one selection from each course:
First Course
Seared Artisan Foie GrasWarm Frisée & Plumped Berry Salad with a Brandied Socca Sauce
Or
Wild Mushroom and Madeira Soup Shaved Perigord Black Truffles, Sautéed Chanterelle Mushrooms & White Truffle Oil
Second Course
Champagne Vanilla and Butter Poached Lobster Over Braised Escarole, Sautéed Parsnips & Hibiscus Champagne Sauce
Or
Braised Masami Ranch Kobe Short Ribs with Celery Root Puree, Sautéed Butternut Squash & Crispy Spaghetti Squash with Stone Ground Mustard Sauce
Dessert
Vanilla Bean Panna Cottawith Pomegranate Gelée
Or
Chocolate Hazelnut Ganache Cake with Hazelnut Ice Cream
Location: 101 Main St, Santa Cruz
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