APPETIZERS

Daily soup
Lantern pork and chive dumplings
Fresh black mushroom and cabbage dumplings
Vietnamese-style summer rolls with NC shrimp, basil, mint, cool rice noodles        
         and roasted peanut-hoisin
Sake and tea-cured salmon bento box with house pickled ginger and red cabbage,
          wasabi, miso-mayonnaise, sticky rice and nori
Thai chicken salad with chiles, lime, roasted peanuts, red onions and
         crispy rice stick noodles
Salt and pepper shrimp - fresh local shrimp with crispy shells, fried jalapenos,
          coriander and sea salt
Chapel Hill Creamery head-to-tail pork terrine
Seasonal greens with ume plum vinaigrette

Spicy lemongrass tofu - pan-fried with rice vermicelli, garlic, crispy shallots,
          roasted peanuts, local pea greens and holy basil
Seafood hotpot- slippery noodles in lobster broth with NC shrimp, halibut,    
          fresh squid, manila clams and fresh lime leaf
Steamed halibut with seared ginger, scallions, black beans,
          steamed baby bok choy and jasmine rice
Tea and spice smoked local, pasture-raised chicken with yang chow pork and
          shrimp fried rice, local spicy greens and housemade XO sauce
Lemongrass BBQ'd Niman Ranch pork tenderloin with cool rice noodles, lettuce cups,
          Vietnamese herb salad, chile-lime sauce and roasted peanut hoisin
Fried whole North Carolina flounder with garlic, chiles, tamarind, fresh lime leaf,
          carrot salad and jasmine rice
Shaking beef - seared rare Wagyu flat iron steak with black pepper, sweet
          caramelized red onions, watercress salad and soy-vinegar pan sauce

Local strawberry ice cream in a black pepper-sugar cone
Hot chocolate cake with candied local pecan ice cream
Vanilla bean panna cotta with espresso caramel
           and coffee bean brittle
Warm brown butter cake with vanilla bean custard
           and local strawberries
Local mint-lime sorbet with an almond fortune

A three-course seasonal tasting menu with wine pairings is available upon request.


updated 6/7/08 - menu subject to change - please call to confirm the availability of specific items