Friday, June 25, 2010

dinner fri and sat june 26 and 27

Bon Appetit Café Dinner Menu
First Course
Spinach pie 5.95
Tapenade 4.95

Second Course
Green salad 4.50
Arugula fig salad 5.50
Strawberry avocado salad 5.50

Sambar 4.75

Entrée
Morrocan Beef
Sliced steak pan seared with apples and currants finished in a honey cinnamon sauce. Served with lemon rice.
15.95


Pasta
Roasted mushrooms tossed with penne pasta, cheese, and a white sauce.
Vegetarian 14.95 with shrimp16.95


Green Chicken
Pan seared chicken breast with a green sauce served with lemon rice.
15.95


Orange Scallops
Sea scallops pan seared and finished with a piquant fresh orange sauce . Served with lemon rice.
16.75

Ispanak
Spinach, mushrooms, onion, lemon, and tomato with cumin and garlic served with rice.
15.95

Friday, June 18, 2010

dinner friday june 18th

Bon Appetit Café Dinner Menu
First Course
Bruschetta 5.95
Tapenade 4.95

Second Course
Green salad 4.50
Arugula with fig dressing and blue cheese 6.95
Sambar dal 4.75
Peruvian cold potato soup 4.25

Entrée
Morrocan Beef
Sliced steak pan seared with apples and currants finished in a honey cinnamon sauce. Served with rice
15.95

Ispanak
Spinach, mushrooms, onion, lemon, and tomato with cumin and garlic served with rice.
15.95
Pasta

Shrimp and onion in a cream sauce tossed with penne pasta
16.95

Brazillian Samon
Marinated salmon fillet with a dry chili paste oven roasted . Served with rice.
16.75

Chicken Curry
Chicken breast, onion, peppers and curry sauce. Served with side of lemon rice.
14.95

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

2 special thursday nights

June 17th special guest Chaitnya Lakkimsetti
south indian cuisine ..combination plates for 16 dollars including: yellow dal, sambar dal, pakora, okra and coconut, chicken curry, shrimp curry, lemon rice and more..forewarned these meals are authentically spiced..

Bon Appétit: Laurel Glen Winery
June 24, 2010 with Arya Campbell
includes wine/cheese/buffet 30 dollars
About the winery:
Laurel Glen is divided into three regions: Sonoma Mountain Estate Cabernet, California Heartland Reds, and Argentine old vine cabernet and malbec from the province of Mendoza.
Each region is comprised of two wines: special lot selection and vineyard blend. Vineyards are sustainably farmed and winemaking is traditional and non-interventionist. All Laurel Glen wines reflect their vineyard origins, and are consciously made to favor depth and complexity over fruit-forward expression.

Sonona Mountain Estate: Patrick and Faith Campbell began farming Laurel Glen in 1977. The vineyards, most of which were replanted in 1968, now encompass some 35 acres in 9 contiguous blocks on the red, rocky, volcanic eastern facing slopes of Sonoma Mountain at the 1000' elevation above Glen Ellen. Average yield in these sparse soils is 1.5 - 2.5 tons per acre. Farming is organic and meticulous. Laurel Glen and Counterpoint are 100% cabernet sauvignon. Our guest tonight is Arya Campbell, Patrick’s and Faith’s daughter. This is truly a family run winery!


The Wines
2007 Chevere Cabernet Sauvignon, Colchagua, Chile: $10
After producing some of California’s most highly sought after cabernets from its vineyards on Sonoma Mountain for twenty years, Patrick Campbell of Laurel Glen Vineyards took an exploratory trip to Chile in 1995 and liked what he saw. Making limited production (and hence, relatively expensive) wine had its charms; but Campbell, whose lifetime fascination with Che Guevara reveals a stubborn egalitarian streak, yearned to produce a more populist wine. He realized that the Colchagua region, in the shadow of the mighty Andes, could produce a delicious and lively cabernet. The result was Terra Rosa, which has gained a well deserved reputation for honesty, affordability, and environmentally conscious farming practices. While Patrick was searching the farther reaches of the Chilean and Argentine wine worlds, one of his daughters, Maia, was engaged in setting up legal mediation centers in the Guatemalan highlands, and through her work had encountered the Lambi Fund. Patrick was intrigued. Why not draw on his Terra Rosa contacts to develop a wine that not only tastes good but does good? Patrick ran the idea past his old friend and business partner Tim Chegwidden, an economist with broad experience in the international wine trade. Tim was as excited as Patrick. Thus was born Chévere, a modest contribution to wine lovers with a social conscience. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of this rich and deep cabernet will be donated to the Lambi Fund to support their vital work. Salud! Chévere!: In the southeast corner of the Colchagua Valley lies one of the few actual hillside plantings in all of Chile; Chévere! begins here on its steep and rocky slopes. While Chévere! is full with the soft and delicious texture we associate with Chilean cabernet, its higher level of color, tannin, and fruit concentration underscore its hillside origin. This is a delicious wine to serve with pastas, meats, pizza, robust cheeses, and with any other hearty foods.


2007 Terra Rosa Malbec, Mendoza, Argentina: $12
Two thousand and seven marks our TENTH ANNIVERSARY in Mendoza, and what a wine to mark it with! The long and relatively cool vintage afforded us a dark black and lush, but beautifully defined and minerally, malbec. Violets, licorice, and dark berries are bright in the mouth. Terra Rosa is always both dramatic and supple, with a burst of complex and deep fruit up front and an intriguing lightness in the finish (this combination of depth and lightness is what, I think, makes malbec so attractive), and the 2007 vintage is true to form. As always, Terra Rosa goes beautifully with grilled meats and dishes with fully defined flavors. Naturally, its most perfect match is with a local favorite: pasta primavera a la guitarra! Buen provecho!


2007 Tierra Divina Malbec, Valle de Uco, Mendoza, Argentina: $15
Mendoza is divided into two distinct growing regions: Luján in the north, and the Valle de Uco in the south. As you progress south from Luján the landscape becomes sparser, the soil rockier, and the wines more intense. While we farm vineyards in both appellations, we have developed a particular fondness for the remote southern reaches of the Valle de Uco. Some 120 kms south of the city of Mendoza, the vines simply run out of soil. From here, the high plains extend, unplanted, down to Patagonia. On this margin lies our San Carlos vineyard, which grows amazingly deep and dark fruit, powerful, and structured. Just twelve kms north of here is our La Consulta vineyard, the source of a softer and rounder, complex wine. Both vineyards are situated close to the base of the Andes, at 1000 meters of elevation. Both have thin reddish soils underlain by deep channels of alluvial stones, and both were planted in the 1930s with the low yielding small leaf clone of malbec. Tierra Divina is an expression of the Valle de Uco: very dark; deeply fruited with ripe, dense plum and cassis fruit; complex and fragrant and exotic, with a beautiful long finish. And like the best malbecs, its power is tempered by a haunting lightness in the mouth.


2007 ZaZa Zinfandel, Lodi, California: $17
Let's just begin by stating that the 2007 !ZaZin is the best !ZaZin we have ever produced. Like many of the current batch of zinfandels, it checks in with a pretty hefty alcohol level: 15.5%. But unlike many of the others, it is bone dry, and appears light in the mouth, despite its deep, dark red fruit tones, and because of its inherent balance. This level of alcohol is quite atypical for Laurel Glen wines; but the vintage made us do it! We simply waited to harvest til early October, when the acidity finally came into balance and the fruit developed a level of complexity that we have never experienced before from this vineyard.


2007 Reds, Lodi, California: $10
Composition: zinfandel (40 – 80 years old) 60%; carignane (118 y/o) 30%; petite syrah ( 20 y/o) 10%. The 2007 REDS was fully ripened, beginning with the zinfandel in mid-September and ending with the carignane in early October. It's dark, spicy, and powerful; but it's equally fresh and delicious, with enough natural acidity to invite another glass. This is not a ponderous monster, but rather a large-scaled and graceful wine that matches beautifully with full flavored foods!


2005 Laurel Glen Counterpoint Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonona Mountain, California: $28
“I've really been enjoying this wine recently. Unlike so many cabernets these days, which are impressive in the first glass, this wine invites a second glass. It's rich but focused, deep but vibrant, full but with a mineral cut. In short, it's a cabernet that actually tastes good with food, and that's the way we intended it to be! As usual, this Counterpoint is mellowed by twenty-two months’ ageing in mostly new French oak barrels. Modest cellaring should bring out some of its subtleties, but it's blended to be enjoyed now, so why wait?” – Patrick Campbell

***10% discount on all case purchases***

Saturday, June 12, 2010

sunday brunch june 13th

Bon Appetit Café
Brunch


Pan Fried Tilapia
Tilapia fillet spice rubbed pan seared and served with aioli sauce and Side of Spanish potato salad or fruit.
8.50
Vegetarian plate
Individual vegetable stuffed sweet bread (roasted vegetables/ spinach/cheese) with a side of Spanish potato salad or fruit
$6.50
Aunt Sylvia’s Salmon Sandwich
Baked salmon combined with sour cream, shaved onion, lemon, and a spicy sauce (horseradish) served on sliced Madison sourdough bread with lettuce and tomato side of Spanish potato salad or fruit
7.25
Chilaquiles Verde
Two eggs poached in a spicy green salsa over homemade tortilla chips. Topped with feta cheese and sour cream. Served with your choice of piyaz, Spanish potato salad, or fruit.
$7.50
Chicken Enchilada
Chicken breast, onion, cilantro, white cheese rolled in corn tortilla and baked with a green sauce. Served with of Spanish potato salad or fruit
7.75
Panquecas
Brazilian crepes stuffed with roasted butternut squash and apple topped with honey. Served with of Spanish potato salad or fruit.
$7.95
Sour Dough French Toast
Egg batter dipped Madison sourdough baguette with fried banana and maple syrup. Served with of Spanish potato salad or fruit.
7.75
grEEn eGGs and ham Sam I Am
Farmers’ market fresh jordandal slab bacon spinach pesto, mushroom, and onion with whipped eggs. Served with Side Spanish potato salad or fruit
7.95
Huevos Publanos
Two eggs poached in a spicy tomato salsa with red and green peppers, and onions. Served with of Spanish potato salad or fruit.
$6.75/sausage $7.85

Soup of the day 3.50/4.75
Cold Peruvian potato
2 eggs any style with your choice of Spanish potato salad or fruit.
Bon Appetit Café uses Organic Eggs from Prairie Bluff and Jordandal grass fed natural meat products.
Beverages
Coffee, or herbal (Chamomile, Lemon zinger, Peppermint, Bengal Spice), Green tea, English breakfast tea…………………$1.75
Orange juice ………………………………………………$1.75

Friday, June 11, 2010

dinner friday and saturday night 6/11/12

Bon Appetit Café Dinner Menu
First Course
Bruschetta 5.95
Tapenade 4.95

Second Course
Green salad 4.50
Arugala with fig dressing and blue cheese 6.95
Gazpacheo soup 4.25
Peruvian cold potato soup 4.75

Entrée
Risotto
Arborio rice in a savory stock with pesto and mushroom
Vegetarian 14.95 with chicken 16.95


Spanish Pizza
Roasted tomato, onion, red and green bell pepper, eggplant, roasted walnuts on a sweet bread crust with Satori parmesan cheese.
Vegetarian 7.95 with meat 9.95


Pasta
Tofu, leeks, and spinach tossed with penne pasta and a white sauce.
Vegetarian 14.95 with shrimp16.95


Pan Fried Tilapia
Tilapia fillet tossed with semolina and spices fried and served with a spicy green sauce. Side of panzanella.
14.75


Ispanak
Spinach, mushrooms, onion, lemon, and tomato with cumin and garlic served with couscous
15.95

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

thursday dinner

Welcome to Bon Appétit Café’s
“Around the World”
June 10, 2010
Alternate Life Styles

Appetizer
Cheese plate with Batch Bake house Bread
Several cheeses served with local bread
Soup
Cold Potato Soup (Peru)
or
Salad
Panzanella (Italy)
Fresh roma tomato sliced and tossed with fresh basil, day old bread, and vinaigrette dressing.

Choose from the following entrees:
(Dinner price includes the first three courses. Dessert not included)
Risotto (Italy)
Arborio rice in a savory stock with pesto and mushroom
Vegetarian 14.95 with chicken 16.95
Spanish Pizza
Sundried tomato, onion, roasted red bell peppereggplant, roasted walnuts on a sweet bread crust with parmesan cheese.
Vegetarian 14.95 with meat 15.95
Paquecas (Brazil)
Stuffed crepe with apple and roasted squash.
Vegetarian 14,95 with shrimp 16.95
Pasta (Italy)
Tofu, leeks, and spinach tossed with penne pasta and a white sauce.
Vegetarian 14.95 with grilled salmon 16.95

Saturday, June 5, 2010

dinner saturday and sunday june 5&6

Bon Appetit Café Dinner Menu
First Course
Bruschetta 5.95
Tapenade 4.95
Wisconson Cheese Plate 7.75

Second Course
Green salad 4.50
Spanish Potato Salad 5,25
Gazpacheo soup 4.25

Entrée
Grilled Prawns
Large prawns marinated and grilled served with an aioli sauce. Served with green salad.
17.95

Bahia style Beer grilled Chicken
Chicken breast marinated with dark beer bay leaf, onions, and herbs pan fried and served with a reduced beer sauce. Served with green salad.
15.95

Roti de Porc a la Toulonaise
Slow roasted whole tenderloin stuffed with garlic pasted olives and fresh sage sliced and served with an au jus sauce.
17.95

Pasta
Braised mushrooms, asparagus, onion, zucchini, and tomato with fresh pesto over pasta.
15.95

Salmon
Salmon steak marinated in citric and garlic dry rubbed with a sweet chili paste and broiled. Served with rice.
16.95

Ispanak
Spinach, mushrooms, onion, lemon, and tomato with cumin and garlic served with rice.
15.95

brunch saturday and sunday June 5&6

Bon Appetit Café
Brunch



Feijoada
Brazil’s famous black bean stew, celery, green pepper, onion, garlic, cilantro, and hot peppers. Served with rice.
Veg 5.95 meat 7.50
Torte
Mushroom, onion, sundried tomato, roasted red bell pepper, leek, roasted walnuts on a sweet bread crust with gruyere cheese. Side of Spanish potato salad or fruit or caponata.
$7.95
Aunt Sylvia’s Salmon Sandwich
Baked salmon combined with sour cream, shaved onion, lemon, and a spicy sauce (horseradish) served on sliced Madison sourdough bread with lettuce and tomato side of Spanish potato salad or fruit or caponata.
7.25
Broasted Chicken Pita
Beer marinated chicken breast slices with onion, tomato, cucumber, hard cooked egg, and lettuce on pita with special mayonnaise. Served with of Spanish potato salad or fruit or caponata.
7.75
Panquecas
Brazilian crepes stuffed with strawberry and topped with honey. Served with of Spanish potato salad or fruit or caponata.
$7.95
Sour Dough French Toast
Egg batter dipped madison sourdough baguette with fried banana and maple syrup. Served with of Spanish potato salad or fruit or caponata.
7.75
VEGGIE grEEn eGGs and no ham Sam I Am
Farmers’ market fresh spinach pesto, mushroom, and onion with whipped eggs. Served with Side Spanish potato salad or fruit or caponata.
7.75
Huevos Publanos
Two eggs poached in a spicy tomato salsa with red and green peppers, and onions. Served with of Spanish potato salad or fruit or caponata.
$6.75/sausage $7.85

Soup of the day 3.50/4.75
Cold Gazpacheo
2 eggs any style with your choice of piyaz, Spanish potato salad or fruit.
Bon Appetit Café uses Organic Eggs from Prairie Bluff and Jordandal grass fed natural meat products.
Beverages
Coffee, or herbal (Chamomile, Lemon zinger, Peppermint, Bengal Spice), Green tea, English breakfast tea…………………$1.75
Orange juice ………………………………………………$1.75

Thursday, June 3, 2010

june 4th wine dinner meal

Bon Appetit Café
Wine dinner

Appetizer Buffet
Sylvia’s salmon spread
Creamed salmon with a spicy finish
Tapenade
Hummus
Bruscetta
Roasted mushrooms
Caponata

Second Course
Spanish potato salad
or
Gazpacheo

Entrée
Poulet Grille a la Provencal(France)
Chicken Breast cubed and marinated in fresh herbs, lemon, and olive oil skewered and grilled served with couscous.
Pasta (France)
Braised mushrooms, onion, zucchini, and tomato with fresh pesto over pasta.
Grilled Prawns (Spain)
Grilled fresh water prawns with and aioli sauce served with green salad.
Roti de Porc a la Toulonaise(France)
Slow roasted whole tenderloin stuffed with garlic pasted olives and fresh sage sliced and served with an au jus sauce.


see wine list below(scroll down)
entire deal 30 dollars ..appetizer is buffet style

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

thursday around the mediterranean 6/3

Welcome to Bon Appétit Café’s
“Around the Mediterranean”
Summer June 3, 2010

Appetizer
Bruschetta flat bread (France and Italy)
Tomato basil relish served with sourdough crostini
Soup
Gazpacheo (Spain)
or
Salad
Caponata (Italy)
Eggplant salad with tomato, red onion, celery, raisins, and pinenuts vinaigrette dressing.

Choose from the following entrees:
(Dinner price includes the first three courses. Dessert not included)
Poulet Grille a la Provencal(France)
Chicken Breast cubed and marinated in fresh herbs, lemon, and olive oil skewered and grilled served with couscous.
15.95
Ratatouille (France)
Braised bell peppers, onion, zucchini, and tomato with kalamata olives .
14.95
Grilled Prawns (Spain)
Grilled fresh water prawns with and aioli sauce served with green salad.
17.95
Roti de Porc a la Toulonaise(France)
Slow roasted whole tenderloin stuffed with garlic pasted olives and fresh sage sliced and served with ensalada de russa.

15.95

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

wine tasting fri june 4th

Liat of wines for friday at reasonable prices includes 3 course meal.
BON APPETIT CAFÉ
PRESENTS:
AN EVENING TASTING
OF WINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
HOSTED BY GERALD WRIGHT
THIRD COAST WINE WERKS





2008 Cliff Family Winery "The Climber" White Bottle $12.00 Case $138.00


2007 Cantarelles Viognier Bottle $11.00 Case $126.00


2009 "The Collectibles" Sauvignon Blanc Bottle $10.50 Case $1206.00


2009 Mas de Guiot Rose' Bottle $11.00 Case $126.00


2007 Mas de Guiot Grenache/Syrah Bottle $10.25 Case $117.0 0


2006 Ste. Eugenie Corbieres Bottle $13.00 Case $150.00