Chew's new Restaurant, Cafe Orsay by Jonathan Insetta. About to Open.

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Here is a sampling of the new menu.

The Dates

If all continues on schedule...as of today, we are looking at starting our soft opening invites towards the latter part of July. We will open Orsay with the 60 seat original dining room, while we complete the finishing touches in the lounge, so I imagine that will be in November or so.

We are still deciding the structure of our soft opening evenings, but most likely we will offer a discount on the food purchases, along with some special treats for joining us while we work through all of our kinks. The Soft Opening Evenings will be invite only, but there are a multitude of ways to join us...so we definitely encourage Jacksonville Confidential Readers to
become MySpace Friends or FaceBook Fans. We plan to send out special invites via those sites.

Menu Highlights

Raw Bar - East Coast & West Coast Oysters, Clams, etc...

Charcuterie - Daily house-made pates, mousse, pork rillettes (basically pork cooked slowly in bacon fat & salted, until it is spreadable and can be shredded, served with toast points - indulgent and perfect for bacon whores, which we all tend to be .

Great Appetizers - Just to name a few: The best house-made Fries (we found the Crush recipe buried in a time capsule underneath the demolished building , Calamari, Crab Beignets

Entrees $ Range - Just to name a few...A perfect omelet, The best mussels with white wine, butter, garlic, and plenty of French Baguettes, The best burger, seriously....we are using local, hormone free, grass fed beef from Rosas Farms in Ocala, and Ashlen Farms here on the outskirts of Jacksonville. So good. Steak Frites - Hanger steak, red wine jus, house made pommes frites.

Entrees $$ Range - Just to name a few...Lobster Pot Pie (This is SO good) - Poached lobster, lobster broth, English
peas, baby carrots, biscuit crust. Whole Roasted Fish (This dish is Gorgeous) - Fennel, tomato, artichokes, Nicoise olives, fingerling potatoes. Grove Farms Lamb (It’s a take on "Lamb Two Ways) - Seared rib chop, ragout of braised leg, Israeli couscous, summer vegetables.

Chances are that when you come in for the first time, the menu will look something like this. But it will be on paper, with much cooler formatting than I can manage here Questions, suggestions, and other various forms of feedback are encouraged.

The Full Menu


Raw Bar

Oysters
• West Coast
• East Coast
• Gulf Coast

Shrimp Cocktail - Poached wild local shrimp, house made cocktail sauce, fresh horseradish.

Sea Scallop Tartare - Key lime, cucumber, fleur de sel

Plateaux (Petite et Grand) - Oysters, clams, mussels, lobster, shrimp, seasonal selections

Charcuterie

Pate du Jour - Dijon mustard, cornichons

Trois Foie Mousse - Chicken liver, duck liver, foie gras, Vidalia onion marmalade

Duck Rillettes - Pommery mustard, cornichons

Hors d'Oeuvres

Prince Edward Island Mussels - White wine, garlic, butter, thyme

Littleneck Clams - Andouille, lager, extra virgin olive oil

Roasted Oysters - Spinach, house made bacon, Parmigiano Reggiano

Sea Scallops - Roasted beets, truffled goat cheese, citrus vinaigrette

Calamari - Sauteed or fried, tomato, basil, nicoise olives

Crab Beignets - Roasted corn, potato, spicy aioli

Escargots - Lemon, herbs, garlic butter fondue

Hudson Valley Foie Gras - Georgia peaches, buttered French Pantry brioche, sweet tea gastrique

Steak Tartare - Capers, red onion, mustard oil

Soups / Salads

Onion Soup - Crispy baguette, broiled Gruyere

Soup du Jour - Soup of the day

Haricots Verts Salad - French green beans, roasted hazelnuts, crème fraiche vinaigrette

Orsay Salad - Organic greens, house pickled baby vegetables, champagne vinaigrette

Spinach Salad - Buttermilk bleu cheese, spiced pecans, granny smith apples, bacon vinaigrette

Shrimp Salad - Organic greens, poached wild local shrimp, avocado, crispy shallots, creamy shrimp nage

Sandwiches -with house made pommes frites or petite salad

Hamburger - Grass fed Rosas Farms beef, garlic aioli, traditional garniture

Croque Madame - Spiced pork shoulder, broiled Gruyere, baguette, roasted garlic cream, fried egg

Tartine du Jour - Tartine of the day

Entrees

Omelet - Goat cheese, fine herbs, petite salad

Prince Edward Island Mussels Frites - White wine, garlic, butter, thyme, house made pommes frites

Carolina Trout - Glazed haricots verts, toasted Marcona almonds, lemon brown butter vinaigrette

Whole Roasted Fish - Fennel, tomato, artichokes, Nicoise olives, fingerling potatoes

Alaskan Halibut - Clams, mussels, Arborio rice, saffron shellfish broth

Lobster Pot Pie - Poached lobster, lobster broth, English peas, baby carrots, biscuit crust

Coq au Vin - Pan roasted breast, red wine braised thigh, house made bacon, mushrooms, organic pasta

Duck Breast - Lentils du Puy, cippolini onions, roasted duck jus

Pork Chop - Braised cabbage, roasted fingerling potatoes, Pommery mustard cream

Steak Frites - Hanger steak, red wine jus, house made pommes frites

Filet Mignon - Truffled mashed potatoes, wild mushrooms, house made bacon, asparagus

Grove Farms Lamb - Seared rib chop, ragout of braised leg, Israeli couscous, summer vegetables

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Those all sound so good....making me hungry.

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carolina trout... Yummy