Bacalao
Nouvelle Newfoundland Cuisine

Lunch Menu
 

Soup of the Day
Made from scratch. Always delicious.

LUNCH SAMPLER COMBOS
Choose one of the following with soup or green salad:

Bacalao Fritters
Crispy fritters of salt cod and potato, seasoned with garlic and Newfoundland savoury. Served with lemon and green peppercorn aioli.

Jiggs Dinner Cabbage Rolls
Everything you love about Jiggs Dinner in an appetizer! Salt beef, turnip, potato & carrot rolled in a tender cabbage leaf, on a dollop of pease pudding, with a pot-liquor shooter & homemade mustard pickles.

Brie and Partridgeberry Phyllo Cigars
Warm melting brie cheese and homemade partridgeberry chutney rolled in phyllo pastry and baked crisp.

Snow Crab Springrolls
Glass noodles, julienned vegetables, ginger, garlic and Newfoundland snow crab in crispy spring rolls, served with a mignonette sauce of bakeapple wine, rice vinegar and chiles.

Daphne's Cod au Gratin
(Mom's fabulous recipe.) Flaky fresh cod in a creamy béchamel, topped with melted cheddar.


Salads

Cod Tongue Salad
Crispy cod tongues on a bed of greens, cucumbers & sweet onions with a creamy lemon-caper vinaigrette.

Blueberry-Peppercorn Caribou Steak Salad
Slices of medium-rare grilled peppercorn-crusted Labrador Caribou on a salad of mixed greens with Rodrigues blueberry wine and blueberry vinaigrette. 

Pear, Walnut and Blue Cheese Salad
Baby greens with fresh pears, blue cheese and toasted walnuts dressed with a Rodrigues Apple Schnapps vinaigrette.

Bacalao Savoury Chicken Caesar
Romaine, shaved parmesan, Bacalao’s own Caesar dressing, topped with crisped local bacon and slices of savoury chicken breast.


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Spirited Mussels
Local, plump, fresh, juicy with green salad & bread OR homemade blue potato fries
Your choice of broth:

Quidi Vidi - with Quidi Vidi 1892 Ale, lemon, leeks and chilies
Bloody Mary - with Iceberg vodka, tomatoes, herbs and garlic
Daiquiri - Fresh lime juice, Ragged Rock amber rum and garlic

Lunch Main Courses

Vegetarian Savoury Gnocchi
Lunch-sized version of our dinner dish, served with salad. Tender potato dumplings, flavoured with Newfoundland savoury, tossed with sundried tomatoes, sautéed peppers & vegetables in a light brown butter sauce, with shaved pecorino romano & toasted pine nuts.

Seafood Pot Pie
Newfoundland cod, scallops, coldwater shrimp and lobster in a flavourful Pernod, fennel and vegetable sauce topped with golden puff pastry. With green salad.

Penne & Sausage Arabiata
Our own recipe fennel and chile moose sausages with peppers, mushrooms and onions in a spicy tomato sauce tossed with penne. Finished with shaved pecorino romano and toasted pine nuts.

Bacalao du jour
Salt Cod Dish of the Day – could be inspired by local cuisine or the far-away places that share our love for salt fish.

Lamburger
Deliciously seasoned juicy local lamb, mint pesto & mayo, sliced tomatoes, sweet onions On a toasted bun with blue potato fries or tossed local salad greens.

Quiche of the Day
Inspired by local flavours and the season. With salad.

 

Saturday, September 04, 2010