Cortez Mushroom Dinner

Cortez Restaurant will host a ~MUSHROOM DINNER~ (no, not the kind that will make everything start moving and fizzing and morphing around you, that would be illegal). This dinner is featuring mushrooms from purveyor Todd Spanier from King of Mushrooms who will be in attendance to answer questions about the various fungi being served, and he may even make a couple of mushroom cocktails.

The menu, designed by Cortez co-executive chefs Louis Maldonado and Seth Bowden, will feature six dishes showcasing seasonal local mushrooms—there is a vegetarian option available as well. And yo, there is even a mushroom dessert! For an additional $35, the meal can be paired with wines selected by Cortez sommelier Brian Escobar.  

Amuse Bouches
Black truffle custard
Fungi fritto misto
Wild mushroom tisane, chervil

Dinner
Crushed summer truffles, raw Japanese diver scallop, preserved lemon puree
Chicken of the woods, local petite lettuces, avocado, tempered egg yolk
Cauliflower mushrooms, cuttlefish noodles, parsley-clam nage
Shaved matsutakes, local black cod, aromatic broth
Lobster mushrooms, dry aged hanger steak, shellfish dumplings, beef consommé

Dessert
Warm pear with raisin coulis, pecan oat granola, and candy cap sherbet


Mushroom Dinner
Mon., Sept 24, 2007

Cortez
550 Geary St.
Cross: Jones St.
San Francisco, CA 94102

415-292-6360
website

cocktails 6pm
dinner 7pm

$115 inclusive of tax and tip
$35 wine pairings

For reservations, call or email info [at] cortezrestaurant [dot] com