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EXECUTIVE CHEF MAEVE ROCHFORD & CHEF DE CUISINE CHRIS JONES ARE CHANGING THE BRUNCH GAME. Taking Irish heritage and Southern love, this new menu speaks to all lovers of food. Chef Jones has added so much flair with his seafood brunch items including the spectacular Lobster PoBoy, Rosemary Butter Poached Lobster Benedict, and Cajun Shrimp & Grits. Chef Maeve’s award winning Blueberry Love Pancakes and Posh Pig Sandwich are soul satisfying, edible love. As partnership grows we continue to expand and up our game.“Breakfast is not just breakfast, it should be the culinary explosion that starts your day!” Teamwork has never tasted so good.
ABOVE: Zucchini velouté with crab- mascarpone stuffed squash blossms, orange crema, pickled ramps, and pepita oil.
the fruits de mer is also poured tableside—over lime-cured scallops and local kampachi, pickled red onions, peanuts soaked in Calabrian chile oil, and trout roe.
Now that we’re all plant-curious, Romero gives us a few winners. First, a duo of beets: red (simmered in thyme, orange, and black pepper) and golden (roasted in star anise, cinnamon, and juniper), plated with baby Pishori pistachios (a spendy treat on the pistachio scene, and worth it), avocado puree, mint, lemon vinaigrette, hyssop, cara cara orange, and dusted in raspberry powder. Then the wild mushroom tartlets, stuffed with caramelized onions, pea butter, and potato puree, topped with mushrooms (golden thread and enoki), dusted in lime zest and mint. The orange golden threads look like tiny breadsticks, or pasta made of Tang. Their pastas are a study in how French cream sauces have the ability to nullify the human restraint mechanism and how Wormwood tweaks classics. For their linguini and clams, they make a hollandaise from lobster shells, toss it with sea beans and espelette (the famed French pepper), and finish with a tomatillo consomme to cut the heaviness. The smoked duck confit is the star—house- cured duck smoked over mesquite, slow-cooked and shredded, served with Parisian gnocchi (no potato, and lighter) tossed with a banana beurre blanc. Banana? In a cream sauce? You bet. Why not? Have fun. Try it. And they don’t overdo it, so it works.
7660 FAY AVE SUITE I, LA JOLLA, CA 92037 858-274-1733 MONDAY - SUNDAY: 7AM - 2:30PM
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