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A News Bouche: Menus
April 23, 2008
By: Adam Erace

The photocopiers are running overtime this month, as everybody and their mother is turning out the new menus. Some welcome new chefs (South Philadelphia Tap Room). Others welcome a new concept for an old space (Time). And one welcomes a new attempt for relevance in today’s restaurant landscape (Le Bec-Fin). Here’s a sampling of what to expect this month:

South Philadelphia Tap Room:
The Cape May Clam Chili comes with rice, sour cream, jalapeno corn bread. Also look for Ostrich Kebobs with agave nectar, tequila, black pepper and The Blue Pig--a wild boar burger with Gorgonzola.

Les Bon Temps
This new boite will feature Counselor’s Eggplant Beignets with powdered sugar and Tabasco. Also look for coffee-and-chili-rubbed pork tenderloin with onion confit and crawfish andouille potato hash and the butter-braised chicken entree with collard greens, Brabant potatoes and chicken gravy.

Time
No one knows too much about this soon-to-be-opened restaurant, but we know what you can expect from the kitchen: the Time Shrimp Cocktail with chilled jumbo shrimp served over grilled vegetables and a Bloody Mary sorbetto; the Country Club with braised pork belly, turkey bacon and prosciutto served on toasted brioche with a roasted garlic aioli; and veal cheeks braised in a local IPA and served with fava beans, seasonal mushrooms and a bourbon-glazed fig confit.

Le Bec-Fin
Classics nary need updating, but these menu additions only solidify Le Bec's spot in the food world. Yellowfin tuna tartare is served with pickled radishes, petite salad and American caviar; English pea risotto comes with a sage emulsion and PEI mussels in parsley sauce; and the dried lime-crusted grouper is served with yellow carrot puree, sea beans, rhubarb and grapefruit vinaigrette.

10 Arts
Eric Ripert 's new restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton will serve wild boar prosciutto with tomato-and-garlic-rubbed sour dough; fish brugers with oven-roasted tomatoes, fennel and saffron aioli; and Striped Bass “Grand-Mere," with pearl onions, wild mushrooms, fingerling potatoes and bacon.

Devil’s Den
A welcome addition the South Philly neighborhood oversaturated with pho, the Devil's Den's menu leaves nothing to want for: lager-battered, pretzel-crusted chicken fingers served with a trio of dips; The Sinnach, a salad of baby spinach topped with rum-soaked golden raisins and spicy pecans in Champagne-vanilla vinaigrette; and mango BBQ rock hen aside Poblano with cheddar mashed potatoes and garlic greens.

Swallow
The Northern Liberties BYOB will serve roasted bone marrow with parsley salade and grilled baguettes; roasted chicken with fingerling potatoes sautéed in duck fat and asparagus; and a burger ground with pork belly on onion brioche.


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