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Oceanic Dinners 2011 – MENU – Mid-Atlantic

Second of two Oceanic Dinners, 2011: Mid-Atlantic Coast
Tuesday, July 19 – Friday, July 22
~Marin Miyagi Oyster Shooters~
St. George Spirits kombu seaweed eau de vie, pickled cucumber, nori

A special selection of wines from Bonny Doon
To Start
Cold:
• Crudo of fluke (New Jersey, fixed gillnets) with roasted Gypsy peppers, fried shallots and Piccolo Fino basil
• Lobster roll (Maine, trap caught) on [...]

Drinks for Oceanic Dinners 2011

We’ll be featuring Randall Grahm’s Bonny Doon wines for this year’s Oceanic Dinners because duh, we really like his wines! But also because he’s always been ahead of the pack on the transparency front and in that regard, his commitment to tell-all labels makes a fine compliment to our well-linked menu. Always an amusing teller of tales, we asked Randall…

Desserts for Oceanic Dinners 2011

Santa rosa plum sorbetto and brachetto sgroppino

Peach ice cream sandwiches with boysenberry sauce

Warm fig and raspberry tart with fig leaf ice cream

Amaretti-stuffed, roasted apricots with marsala…

Oceanic Dinners 2011 – MENU – California Coast

Cold:
• Salt cured local king salmon with marinated fennel and its pollen, Chioggia beets and crème fraiche
• Crudo of Golden Gate halibut with Castelvetrano olives, pine nuts and basil; Agrumato lemon oil
• Panna cotta of Fort Bragg sea urchin with grilled crostino, olive oil and vanilla sea salt…

2011 Oceanic Dinners

This year’s Oceanic Dinners are just a few weeks away and Chef Jonah Rhodehamel and Tom Worthington of Monterey Fish Company are working to finalize the menu. Fish Dinners are always tricky in this respect because we can never be absolutely sure what the boats will bring in on any given day. But here’s what we can say for certain:…

Menu for Oceanic Dinners 2010

Full Menu for Oliveto’s 2010 Oceanic Dinners starting this Wednesday, June 9th…

In Preperation for Oceanic Dinners 2010

The kitchen has been busy this week, testing dishes & laying the ground work for next week’s Oceanic Dinners. Chef Canales took some time to show us what he’s doing with a top loin from a large swordfish just in from Monterey Fish Company…

Announcing Oceanic Dinners 2010

9th Annual Oceanic Dinners at Oliveto: June 9-12 “At a time when many of us worry about what sort of fish we should be eating, one Californian reader kindly sent me the exemplary menu from a special seafood dinner held at Oliveto restaurant in Oakland. It’s a fine example of a restaurant taking …

Menu for Oliveto Oceanic Dinners 2009

Appetizers and Salads

Plates Expressing the Best Catch of the Day (Raw, Salted, Marinated, and Smoked)

This is a new section for our Oceanic Menu. It is inspired by my recent trip to Japan where I was exposed to many new ways of thinking about and preparing fish. It is no accident that after Japanese cuisine, Italian cuisine is most favored in Japan…

Oceanic Dinners 2009

June 10 marks the beginning of our eighth annual Oceanic Dinner event, which our trusted co-conspirator Tom Worthington of Monterey Fish Company says is looking very good for all our fishery sources (except local salmon). Our Oceanic Dinners are the most spectacular of our special events. We will serve some sixty species of sea beings and…