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Three Ways to Order
Effortless Dining with a New 3 Course Prix Fixe Dinner Menu
$38.11

To ease the ordering process and provide a delicious range of freshly prepared appetizers, main courses, and desserts, chef Baruch Rabasa of Meson 923 is taking advantage of these warms months to offer a 3 course prix fixe menu for $38.11, beginning June 8, 2011.

Meson 923 has added to the regular menu offerings a ready prepared menu to easily make your choices uncomplicated. A perfect meal- choose from a selection of starters, entrees and desserts- 3 courses for dinner- $38.11. And for that perfect pairing, each dish will be partnered with the most suited wine. 3 glasses of wine will be an additional $15. With menus made for ease and affordability, why would you go anywhere else?

Starters
Crispy Panko Crusted Brandade Cake with Spanish Olive Salad and Fried Caperberries

Serrano Wrapped Shrimp with Compressed Watermelon, Pimentón (Paprika) and Parsley

Beef Carpaccio with Parmesan Arugula Salad, Fried Shallots and Citrus Vinaigrette

Entrees
Sautéed Shrimp with Roasted Garlic, Ricotta Agnolotti, Zucchini, Oregano, and Duc de Foix

Whole Crispy Duck Leg, Dirty Rice with Fresh Sage and Black Pepper, and Grilled Figs with Banyuls Vinaigrette

Grilled Drum with Cucumbers, Creole Tomatoes, Avocadoes and a Herb Salad with a Blood Orange Vinaigrette

Desserts
Panna Cotta topped with a Pineapple Gelée and a light Passion Fruit Syrup

Chocolate Marquise with Raspberry and Mint

Warm Brown Butter Tartlet of Almond and Blueberry with a Bourbon Crème Fraîche

Dinner is served!

The menu above is an example menu, and items are subject to change without notice. Please call the restaurant ahead to confirm what dishes will be offered in the prix fixe menu the night of your dinner.

Meson 923 is open for cocktails in the bar or balcony and dinner beginning at 5 pm, Wednesday through Saturday.

Meson 923- 923 South Peters Street- New Orleans- 504.523.9200- meson923.com

Halloween Horror Dinner in Hong Kong

Halloween Dinner with Horror
28 – 31 October 2010

Halloween is a time for ghosts and disguises and this Halloween the well known Italian coffee brand – CAFFÈ VERGNANO 1882 is also disguising itself into a ghost restaurant, amazing you with delicious food and an interesting horrifying atmosphere.


CAFFÈ VERGNANO 1882 has prepared a delectable 3–course set menu, to start this thrilling Halloween adventure, you can choose between –

Vampire Blood Soup, beetroot soup with bacon, lemon juice and fennel and with flying bats – baked grissini – a delicious soup that arouses your appetite with its refreshing sourness;
or
Monster Heart Salad, a heart shaped vegetable salad of bell pepper, chickpea and mashed eggplant – the bell pepper seasoned by vinegar and on the outside, chickpea and mashed eggplant pate, garlic, lemon juice, thyme and basil.

The highlight of the Halloween dinner no doubt is the main course and the four choices will bring different excitement to the menu –

Midnight Pasta, squid ink pasta with zucchini – the Executive Chef prepares this otherworldly dish fresh to order. The al dente pasta is bewitched by black squid ink, haunting it with authentic Italian flavor and then is possessed with sautéed Halloween themed zucchini. It's frighteningly good!

The Wild Beast, roasted lamb chop with Italian ham and asparagus roll – red wine reduction roasted lamb chop and delicious Italian ham and asparagus roll, served with beef reduction flavored potato mash, presented in the shape of a spider;

The Mummy, scallop chicken breast bacon roll with cous cous – features a corpse of fresh Japanese scallop and juicy American chicken breast rolled and pan-fried with bacon, lying on a sand ground of healthy cous cous, topped with barbecue sauce of red wine, orange juice, butter and cream;

Black Sea Pizza, seafood ink pizza – squid ink crispy pizza topped with squid, tomato sauce, Italian mozzarella and parmesan cheese, a simple yet tasteful combination.


The perfect finale to the Halloween Dinner with Horror adventure –

Bloody Eye Ball, passion fruit macaroon with pumpkin mousse, shredded coconut chocolate and raspberry sauce – passion fruit macaroon made with painstaking care, the tastes of passion fruit and pumpkin cream match surprisingly well, added gradations of sweetness with shredded coconut chocolate.


In Hong Kong, CAFFÈ VERGNANO 1882 (www.caffevergnano.hk) outlets are at:
Shop UG221, The ONE, 100 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (Tel: 2907 3817)
Shop 1021A, Elements, 1 Austin Road, West Kowloon (Tel: 2196 8340)
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CAFFÈ VERGNANO 1882 Halloween
Three-Course Set Dinner Menu
(28 – 31 October 2010)

Appetizer
Vampire Blood Soup
(beetroot soup with bacon, lemon juice and fennel and with flying bats)
or
Monster Heart Salad
(a heart shaped vegetable salad of bell pepper, chickpea and mashed eggplant)

Main Course
Midnight Night Pasta
(squid ink pasta with zucchini)
or
The Wild Beast
(roasted lamb chop with Italian ham and asparagus roll)
or
The Mummy
(scallop chicken breast bacon roll with cous cous)
or
Black Sea Pizza
(seafood ink pizza)

Dessert
Bloody Eye Ball
(passion fruit macaroon with pumpkin mousse, shredded coconut chocolate
and raspberry sauce)

Coffee or Tea