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La Fete des Rois Wine Dinner:
La
Fête des Rois
2009
January 22-24
$35
(Tax&Tips not included)
Add wine selection for $12
(three glasses)
Appetizer - Select One
Crèpe gratinée au Jambon
Homemade crepe
stuffed with ham and mushrooms covered with Mornay sauce
and baked in the oven.
Chef's Wine Selection- Chardonnay, Napa
Escargot Forestière
Escargot
sautéed with wild mushrooms in a port wine reduction
sauce served in a puff pastry.
Chef's Wine Selection- Pinot Noir, Languedoc
Quiche Lorraine
Traditional
Quiche from the East of France with lardons and Swiss
cheese.
Chef's Wine Selection- Saint M Riesling, Germany
Second Course—Select one
Salade de Chêvre Chaud
Mixed
greens with goat cheese, croutons and Miso vinaigrette.
Soupe Paysane
Country
style soup with leeks, carrots, potatoes, green cabbage
and ham.
Entree - Select One
Fricassée de Volaille a l’Ancienne
Chicken and
vegetables cooked with care in a Veloute sauce and
served with rice Pilaf .
Chef's Wine Selection- Beaujolais Nouveau
Steak Bordelaise
Sirloin
steak grilled and sliced, served with a shallot and
Bordeaux wine reduction sauce
and au gratin potatoes.
Chef's Wine Selection- Cabernet, Napa
Trout Almondine
Trout filet
sauteed with toasted almonds in a beurre noisette and
served
with pommes a l’anglaise.
Chef's Wine Selection- Sauvignon Blanc, Pays d’oc
Dessert
Galette des Rois
Chef's Wine Selection— Marquis de la Tour, Sparkling
Not available with any coupons, discounts or any other
special offer
Parties of 6 or more
all ordering the Kings menu will receive a bottle
of Brentwood Private Label wine with dinner, just ask
your server!
Not available with any coupons, discounts or
other special offers
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843-249-2601 or
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La
Fête Des Rois
(Festival of Kings)
La Fête des Rois is an old French Tradition dating back
to 1311.
The Eveque (Cardinal) of
Amiens, North of France, decided to hold a drawing.
The winner would be
crowned King of the City for an entire day. Giving
someone this honor was thought to settle the unrest
among the people under the King’s rule.
Then bakeries decided to celebrate this day with a
special cake. The cake is called a Galette des Rois.
Different regions had different shapes. In the North,
the cake is round.
In the South it is a
crown of fruit confit (fruit cooked in sugar). In the
East of France it is a Cougeloff in the shape of a Lys
flower, which is the symbol of Royalty.
A feve bean was used in the cake. It is a symbol of
fertility. There was one bean per cake. The French
Tradition involved the whole family. One of the children
would be selected to close his eyes, while the mother
cut the cake. For every slice she would ask him who it
was for. The member of the family who found the feve
bean would be King for the Day and choose his own Queen.
Then, in 1875, instead of the beans, they used Limoges
porcelin minatures. Still called feve, some of them were
very priceless and people collect them in France.
In honor of this tradition, we are celebrating on
January 22-24 (Thurs- Sat). We have prepared a special
menu which includes a Galette des Rois. Each cake will
have a feve and the King will be crowned with a special
crown boasting the Lys Flower. It is fun for the whole
family.
KM
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