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Evening Menu

(updated April 2008)

spring onion & cauliflower soup with melted green garlic & chili oil 9

selection of three oysters with shallot & black pepper mignonette 9

caesar salad with chopped romaine, radicchio, whole grain mustard dressing & reggiano cheese 9

pickled beet & blood orange salad with arugula, mint, smoked almonds & feta 12

chicken liver & applewood smoked bacon mousse with rhubarb & blood orange compote 9

seared ahi tuna with radish salad, golden raisin & blood orange 17

crab arancini with spicy pimentón aioli, meyer lemon & frisée salad 12

seared sonoma foie gras with pickled huckleberries & toasted brioche 18

 

 


 

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tagliatelle pasta with saffron cream, roasted cauliflower, dried currants & raisins 21

prosciutto wrapped halibut with savoy spinach, fava beans & salsa verde 28

seared salmon with citrus & dungeness crab risotto 28

striped bass with sunchoke purée, braised brussels sprouts, salsify & black truffle cream 28

lamb loin chops with braised green lentils, meyer lemon, mâche & thyme scented red wine glaze 33

braised chicken ragu with orecchiette pasta, tuscan black kale & pecorino romano 23

peppercorn braised new york strip steak with melted cipollini onions, rabe & honey meyer lemon jus 38


 

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braised rabbit tortellini with spring garlic, pea tendrils & poached quail egg

Marsanne, Rosenblum Cellars, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma 2004


 

pekin duck breast with grilled asparagus, snap peas citrus salad & duck jus

Syrah, 5 Mile Bridge, “Margarita Vineyard,” Paso Robles 2005


 

buttermilk panna cotta with grapefruit sorbet & tarragon tapioca

Riesling, Kerpen, “Wehlener Sonnenuhr,” **Auslese, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany 2000


 

vanilla glazed buttermilk panna cotta with grapefruit sorbet

Riesling, Jakoby-Mathy, “Kinheimer Rosenberg,” Eiswein, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany 2001

fingerling potatoes 5

young savoy spinach 5

honey glazed baby carrots 5

crispy fries 5

 

t h r e e c o u r s e m e n u $48

tasting wine flight $24 per person
includes a 4 ounce glass with the first two courses and a 2 ounce glass for dessert.


an 18% service charge is added to parties of 6 or more
xyz 181 third street 415.817.7836 www.xyz-sf.com



executive chef: paul piscopo



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