Leap Day Adventure Dinner

GILT CLUB/LARDO: Chris Carriker & Rick Gencarelli's Leap Day Duo Chef Adventure!

Gilt Club
Portland, OR

Leap Day at Gilt Club! A once in four-year opportunity to experience two of Portland's most imaginative and skilled chefs together under one roof!

Highly imaginative Chris Carriker of Gilt Club along with Portland's very own five-star food cart chef, Rick Gencarelli, plan and serve a full-on crazy six course feast, replete with cocktails, wine pairings and $65 worth of gift certificates to the chefs' favorite Portland food adventure spots:

The Bent Brick
The Cheese Bar
Eurotrash Food Carts
Lion's Eye Pub
Sushi Mazi

Guests will enjoy one of Portland's most fun dining rooms, two excellent chefs, one a bit soft-spoken and the other very animated, working together to dazzle food-loving guests on this very special LEAP DAY event.

Check out THE ABSOLUTE CULINARY MAGIC that happened the last time these two friends cooked together here: http://portlandfoodadventures.com/blog/plate-and-pitchfork-sun-gold-farms-w-rick-of-lardo-and-chris-of-gilt-club

$125 ticket price includes dinner, cocktails/wine, tip, along with $65 in gift certificates. If you think this sounds expensive, do the math! $125-$65 in gift certificate value leaves you with a six course dinner, wine and cocktails INCLUDING TIP for just $60!!

Portland Food Adventures, Chris Carriker and Rick Gencarelli invite you to make this Leap Day a memorable one... the memory will linger in your mouth for at least four years!

For tickets

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/220053

New Years Eve Cocktail pairings

Colin & Jenna got together with a copy of the New Years eve menu and came up with a few excellent cocktail pairings:

1st course:

Beefeater gin, campari, peach bitters, stirred, up w/ a lemon twist $9

2nd course:

Bombay Dry, green Chartreuse, fresh lemon, house-made absinthe, shaken, up w/ a cherry $9

3rd course:

Temperance, Grand Ma, Cherry Heering, bitters, stirred, on the rock, orange twist $10

4th course:

House melon cinnamon tequila, Kahlua, coffee, house-made whip cream, nutmeg & cinnamon on top $8

Aunt Crystal's Christmas Cornucopia!

Chef Carriker digs deep and goes to his roots with this months special holiday menu offerings.

$40 for all or available à la carte

for the month of December only

Kabocha squash crumble, smoke marshmallows,

pumpkin seeds and maple candied bacon $8

"Apple pie salad" roasted apple purée,

shaved apples, sunflower streusel, cheddar,

and brown butter vinaigrette $9

Crispy pork loin, with hedgehog mushroom

"Mac n' cheese", brussel sprouts and pork jus $21

Egg nog crème brûlée with spiced cookies $7

Hog & Rye Dinner

Even with Christmas and New Years looming on the horizon we've still thought ahead to the new year.

Join us Saturday January 14, 2012 at 6pm for a very special reservation only event:

A Special 5 course dinner created by Chef Chris Carriker, paired with cocktails from Bartenders Colin Pomeroy and Jenna Wazny with special guests from R1 ultra premium straight rye whiskey.

$55 for 5 courses with whiskey pairings. Reservations required.

Christmas Eve Ghosts spirits pairings

Check out the food menu here

Here's what we came up with for the Christmas Eve dinner "Spirits"

Available as a flight for $21 or individually as priced

Christmas Past:

Aviation, Aperol, house orange liqueur, fresh grapefruit juice, shaken, up w/ and orange twist $10

Christmas Present:

w/the pork cheeks: Perfect Manhattan made w/ Bulleit Rye, Imbue, Vya, Drambuie & peach bitters, stirred, up w/ a cherry $0

w/the poached cod: Beefeater gin, parfait amour, house made absinthe & fresh lemon, shaken, up w/a lemon twist $8

w/the ricotta crostada: slapped basil, Tanqueray gin, Torani Amer, fresh lemon, shaken, up w/ a twist of cracked pepper & olive oil $9

Christmas Future:

w/the apocalypse cake: Brandy, Frangelico, egg nog & coffee, served in a snifter $8

w/ the pineapple cake: St Germain, creme de cassis, prossecco, orange twist garnish $10

We've tested pretty much all of them, and they are YUMMY!!!

3 for $25 Portland Dining Month

It's June again! (Even though the weather says more like February) We're thrilled to offer the 3 for $25 menu again this year. Any day, any time all month long!

Fête de Tête

We've been doing a couple chef's table dinners and they've been awesome. Here are some shots from the "Fête de Tête" pig's head dinner. Chef Chris was on hand to educate diners about the unique meal. He loves getting a chance to throw down like this.

Chris brought out the whole slow-roasted, brandy-glazed pig head for everyone to admire.

Then he brought it back to the kitchen and had his way with it.

One iteration: fried pig ear with bibb lettuce, gaunciale, radishes, roasted garlic dressing and herbs. Love those gorgeous radishes.

Next up: Chinese-style steamed buns with crispy skin and jowl meat, served with pickled cucumbers, spicy radishes, cilantro and trio of sauces. One diner said, "This is WAY better than the Peking duck version I had in the famous place in Beijing! I had to stop myself at 2 since I know there were more food to come." These disappeared fast!

Skin and snout stew with pig foot meatballs. Better than it sounds.

Bulgar Wheat Salad With House Cured Bacon

For dessert there were bone marrow donuts, but they were eaten before the photographer could get to them.


If you have a group of six or more, all this could be yours - just call us at least a week in advance and we'll set it up for you.