2014 Valentine's Day Menu

$75 per person (includes choice of starter, entree and dessert)

Items based on ingredient availability and may change

Lagniappe

Matagorda Bay Oyster Shooter with Pickled Vegetable

Starter

Turtle Soup Au Sherry
A Brennan's tradition crowned with sherry

Fire Roasted Texas Shrimp Bisque
Hennessey Cognac, buttermilk creme fraiche and crispy shrimp hush puppies

Froberg Farm Strawberry Salad
Spiced pecans, black pepper and Petrossian caviar

Texas Wild Shrimp Remoulade
Shrimp boil vegetables, baby arugula, preserved lemon and classic remoulade dressing

Crispy Oyster "BLT"
Bacon & caramelized onion mousse, cherry tomatoes, petite greens and Creole mustard glaze

Menage Au Foie
Strawberry wine poached foie gras torchon, foie gras mousse stuffed fig, duck confit & foie gras rillette peanut butter brioche, cocoa nibs and cayenne spiced Heights honey

Entree

Harris Ranch Filet Mignon
Yukon gold potato & morel gratin, roasted King Trumpet mushrooms, carmelized onions and tasso marchand de vin

Citrus Glazed American Red Snapper
Crispy Matagorda Bay oysters, toasted pecan rice, Highway 6 citrus and tropical rum glaze

Lamb Chops Tchoupitoulas
Creole mustard crusted Colorado lamb chops, lamb debris meat pie, lamb sausage dirty rice and mint julep Tchoupitoulas sauce

Pecan Crusted Mahi Mahi
French beans, Creole spiced Rio Grande organic pecans, crushed corn maque choux and satsuma meuniere sauce

Cast Iron Seared Diver Scallops
Texas goat cheese grits, marinated sweet peppers, mirlitons and baby arugula and naval orange mimosa beurre blanc

Absinthe Lacquered Hill Country Quail
Matagorda Bay oyster dressing, sunny side up quail egg and ham hock braised chollard greens with potlikker jus

Louisiana Jumbo Lump Blue Crabcakes
Crowned with Oak Hollow sunflower sprouts over sweet corn & leek cream

Dessert

Froberg Farm Strawberry Shortcake
Local berries with buttermilk shortbread, chantilly cream and powdered sugar

Mardi Gras Mambo King Cake
Creole cream cheese filling, Imperial sugars and tropical rum glazed Hawaiian pineapple

Strawberry White Chocolate Cobbler
Callebaut chocolate, praline streusel, balsamic caramel and Bellwether Farm sheep's milk frozen yogurt

Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie
Limoncello blueberry coulis & candied lemon zest

Chocolate Doberge Cake
Swiss Chalet Chocolate, cocoa satic sauce, Malted waffle cone and mint julep ice cream

Traditional Bananas Foster
Flamed tableside with Caribbean rum and served over vanilla bean ice cream

Wine

Hartford Court Chardonnay, Russian River Valley 2011  $55

Terra Valentine Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2011  $70

Cocktail from the Courtyard Bar $11

Embraceable You A luxurious martini crafted with Godiva Chocolate vodka, creme de cacao, dark cherry sirope and rimmed with white & dark chocolate shavings