A three course menu for $35. - $55. with two glasses of wine.
We've just changed our 3-course fixed price French Menu at Sly's, and we think everyone will find something that they like on it. Typically, this menu is one of our customers' favorites when it rolls around. From the Roasted Beet and Watercress salad to the "Bras de Gitane" Rum Cake with Oranges with its strong Catalane influence, the cuisine of Languedoc Roussillon is a poplular menu at Sly's.
Bounded by the Basque Country on the west, the pleasures of Provence on the east, and Bordeaux to the north, it should come as no surprise that the Languedoc is an area with a rich culinary heritage. Personally, I think of D'Artagnan and the Three Musqueteers, and their adventures, both culinary and otherwise, when I think of the Languedoc. We've tried to come up with some selections that bring some of the wonderful cuisine of this area of France to life.
This regions menu has always been a popular one, so much so that it would be difficult to say which of the main courses on the menu people enjoyed most. A number of customers have returned to try each item on the menu - quite flattering, I assure you.
One standout has the been "our little Cassoulet" - our version of the uber-traditional bean stew of the Languedoc. We had a local farmer grow some special beans for us - makes a big difference, "fresh" dried beans - and then we make duck confit, traditional saucisson à l'ail garlic sausage, and saucisse de Toulouse and simmer all of il together for a great dinner. And, of course, where else are you going to get cassoulet?
Also popular are the "Drunken Lamb" a traditional dish from Gascony. Leg of Lamb, roasted medium rare, and simmered with red wine, whole cloves of garlic, green olives, carrots and onions, and the breast of chicken with dried figs and sweet Banyuls wine.
We suggest you start with l'Apero Gascon, which is made with sparkling wine, and our homemade prune and Armagnac syrup - aromatic, flavorful, and not too sweet. A great cocktail to start. There are several wines to choose from, and you can bet that Mandy has made sure that they are good wines.
As always, the French fixed price menu at Sly's is still just $35. per person, plus tip and tax, or just $55. per person with two glasses of wine.
Continuing with our tradition of the $35. fixed price menu featuring French cuisine, our next menu offering at Sly's will feature the a cuisine more close to home, but further away in time: The French Menu in America.
The choices will feature the dishes made famous when French cuisine was in it's heyday, the 1960s and 1970s - and not coincidentally, when Chef James was "coming up" and learning at those French restaurants in America.
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