APPETIZERS

Daily soup
Lantern local pasture-raised pork and chive dumplings
Fresh black mushroom and cabbage dumplings
Lantern local pickle plate
Seasonal vegetable spring rolls with hot mustard and sweet chile sauce
Sake and tea-cured salmon bento box with house pickled ginger and red cabbage,
          wasabi, miso-mayonnaise, sticky rice and nori
Salt and pepper shrimp - fresh NC shrimp with crispy shells, fried jalapenos,
          coriander and sea salt
Drunken chicken- local pasture-raised chicken with ginger, black vinegar, sherry,
          cucumbers and local greens
Local heirloom tomato salad wtith Japanese shiso and shallots
Chaat - roasted local tomatoes, crispy chickpeas, potatoes,
          pickled red onions and mint chutney
Seasonal greens with ume plum vinaigrette

ENTREES

Bi bim bop - a hot iron pot filled with marinated local vegetables, sesame tofu, sticky rice,
          a fried Fickle Creek Farm egg and homemade hot pepper sauce
Seafood hotpot- NC shrimp, wild striped bass, diver scallops, fresh squid and clams
          in lobster broth with slippery noodles, fresh lime leaf and local pea greens
Steamed wild striped bass with seared ginger, scallions, fermented black beans,
          green chiles, steamed baby bok choy and jasmine rice
Tea and spice smoked Castlemaine Farm pasture-raised chicken with yang chow pork and
          shrimp fried rice, local green beans and housemade XO sauce
Lemongrass BBQ'd Niman Ranch pork tenderloin with cool rice noodles, lettuce cups,
          Vietnamese herb salad, chile-lime sauce and roasted peanut hoisin
Fried whole North Carolina fish with chiles, garlic, tamarind, fresh lime leaf,
          carrot salad and jasmine rice
Shaking beef- seared rare Wagyu flat iron steak with black pepper, sweet caramelized red onions,           watercress salad and soy-vinegar pan sauce

DESSERT

Steamed yuzu pudding cake with Robert’s organic raspberries
          and soft cream
Cherry stone panna cotta with Blue Ridge Mountain cherries
          and almond brittle
Hot chocolate cake with chocolate-rum and homemade
          marshmallow ice cream
Roasted banana ice cream, caramel, soft cream
          and salted peanuts
Local mint-lime sorbet with a black sesame fortune

updated 6/27/09 - menu subject to change
please call to confirm the availability of specific items