Daily soup

Lantern local pasture-raised pork and chive dumplings

Fresh black mushroom and cabbage dumplings

Duck and duck crackling spring rolls with scallions and brandy hoisin

Yellowfin tuna bento box with tosa soy, house pickled ginger, sesame pea greens fresh wasabi, miso-mayonnaise, sticky rice and nori

Chaat - crispy chickpeas and potatoes with cauliflower, pickled red onions
and mint chutney

Lantern cat’s ear noodles with braised local Red Poll beef, cinnamon,
soy and chiles

Lantern charcuterie with seasonal pickles, Chicken Bridge Bakery bread
and fresh butter

Seasonal greens with ume plum vinaigrette

Warm kabocha squash and red lentil salad with saffron, dates and Chapel Hill Creamery paneer

Crispy slow-cooked duck soup with fresh egg noodles, oyster and shiitake
mushrooms, Shanghai bok choy and scallions

Steamed black cod with seared ginger, scallions, fermented black beans,
green chiles, steamed baby bok choy and jasmine rice

Tea and spice smoked White Oak Pastures chicken with yang chow pork
and shrimp fried rice, braised local greens and housemade XO sauce

Coconut braised Chapel Hill Creamery pork shoulder with fresh galangal,
crispy shallots, spicy green papaya salad and jasmine rice

Dashi sticky rice with braised local sunchokes, oyster mushrooms, scallions
and a slow-cooked Small Potatoes Farm egg

Fried whole North Carolina fish with chiles, garlic, tamarind, fresh lime leaf,
carrot salad and jasmine rice

Shaking beef - seared rare Niman Ranch flat iron steak with black pepper,
sweet caramelized red onions, watercress salad and soy-vinegar pan sauce

updated 2/9/12 - menu subject to change
please call to confirm the availability of specific items