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Harrisburg's American Bistro

Simply the Best 2008

Simply The Best 2007
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Appetizers
Ratatouille and Roasted Chicken Cassoullet – eggplant, onions, zucchini, tomatoes, potato, fresh herbs and roasted chicken 12.
Warm Potato Tart – with bacon, Gruyere cheese , a petite salad and vinaigrette 12.
Escargot tender snails baked in puff pastry with garlic, tomato and fresh herbs 12.
Steak Tartar - with capers, red onion, egg yolk and toasted baguette 12.
Italian Sausage and White Bean Ragout - with spinach and roasted tomatoes 12.
Southern-Style Crab Cake – with sweet corn, jalapeno and spicy aioli 13.
Bistro Mussels – steamed with white wine, garlic, herbs, saffron and tomato 13.
Autumn Tart – goat cheese, roasted pumpkin and sage scented onions with white truffle and pumpkin seed oils 12.
Oysters Rockefeller – gratinated with gruyere cheese and seasoned bread crumbs 13.
Duck Paté – Smooth paté with port wine and truffle with toasted baguette 12.
Roulade of Smoked Salmon – with goat cheese and potato with local greens and vinaigrette 12. 12.

Salads
Roasted Beet – with shaved fennel and apple, crumbled feta and raspberry walnut vinaigrette 10.
Fall Salad - organic greens with dried cranberries, toasted walnuts, triple cream Brie, balsamic vinegar and olive oil 10.
Pear and Endive - with Gorgonzola, toasted pecans and sherry vinaigrette 10.
Baby Spinach – tossed with feta and dill vinaigrette with crisp bacon, hard cooked egg,avocado and grilled artichoke 10.

Organic Friseé – crisp bacon, goat cheese, lemon-shallot vinaigrette over grilled pineapple

10.
   
Entrees
Coquilles St. Jacque – seared sea scallops served in a vermouth cream with sautéed mushrooms, braised Belgian endive and homemade spinach gnocchi 35.
Fish du Jour market
Barramundi - delicate fish from Australia, lightly sautéed, served in a
lemon-sage brown butter with toasted pine nuts and pumpkin seed oil over roasted sweet potatoes
29.
Seafood Gumbo – Gulf shrimp, sea scallops and grilled chicken in a
Creole-style shellfish sauce with andouille sausage, sweet corn, bell pepper and short grain rice
32.
Pasta du Jour market
Chef’s Vegetarian Platter – Indian harvest blend cous cous, homemade spinach gnocchi, Sautéed vegetables, roasted pumpkin, sweet potatoes, sage-scented onion with toasted pumpkin seed oil 24.

Risotto du Jour

market
French-Cut Chicken Breast – stuffed with herbed goat cheese served with a spicy lemon sauce over parmesan whipped potatoes 28.
Roasted Long Island Duck – served with a classic raspberry sauce, sautéed vegetables, whipped potatoes 32.
Filet Mignon – with bordelaise sauce and potato Dauphinoise market
Veal Tenderloin – oven roasted and served in a Roquefort veal jus with sweet onion confit, candied pecans over whipped potatoes 38.

Assiette du Jour market

market
Lamb Chops – grilled double-cut lamb chops with toasted pecan crust and served in a whole grain mustard sauce, rosemary whipped potatoes and vegetables 38.

Parties 6 or more: 18% gratuity is added, no separate checks please.
In consideration of others, please turn off all cellular phones.

   
Executive Chef – Ed Monuteaux
Sous Chef – Ron Canady
   
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