December 10 - Terra Madre Day Dinner

December 10 is Terra Madre Day, a day for the world to celebrate eating locally and sustainably. In honour of the Slow Food event, The Fainting Goat will be offering a special five-course dinner, showcasing the ingredients of our various local producers, many of whom will be present at the event to meet and share dinner with.

Tickets are $50 and are extremely limited, so please come down to the restaurant to purchase as soon as possible. They will be available for purchase starting Tuesday, Nov 17. The event begins on the 10th at 7:00pm.

For more information about the event and what is happening all around the world, please visit www.slowfood.com/terramadreday



Terra Madre Day Menu


Amuse Bouche

Tomato, Coriander and Ginger Soup


First Course

Quill Creek Bison Carpaccio
with a compote of saskatoons, capers and mustard

or

Comox Camembert Crostini with pickled onion relish


Second Course

Heliotrope Farms Spiced Pumpkin, R & J Milling Lentil and Goat Cheese Salad


Main

Stuffed Pineview Farms Chicken Supreme Stuffed with Creekside Boar Sausage, Sauteed Green Ranch Spaghetti Squash & Zee Bee Honey-Garlic Roasted Root Vegetables

or
Winter Vegetable Curry 
Northern Quinoa Chickpea Jasmine Rice
Cilantro Mint Chutney


Dessert

Smoked Tea-Infused Chocolate Pots de Creme

Medieval Feast, Saturday Nov 28

This is a special five-course meal, happening Saturday, November 28. The cost is $25/meal, or $40 with beer pairings by Half Pints. There are 5:30 and 8:00pm seatings, and it's recommended you reserve right away as seating is obviously very limited.  Call 352-4628 for bookings.

The menu is as follows:

Salat
Leek, parsely, thyme, onion and arugula tossed in a simple mustard vinaigrette

Baked Pears
with cinnamon and clove

Makerouns
Fresh pasta baked with cheese

Pullus Iuvenis
Supreme breast of chicken roasted in white wine & coriander sauce with thyme-roasted potatoes

Apple Tarte

with custard

Starting next week!

Ernie's Sausage Party! (menu below)

The finest sausages in town, made and smoked by local hunter and man's man Ernie Rose, will be celebrated all night at the Fainting Goat, Wednesday, November 18.  

There will be a special menu (below) featuring three of Ernie's famous sausages. There will also be live music from Cameron Wensel and Andrew Love, DJing by Lee Boyes, and rad beer specials.

The special menu runs all night (make dinner reservations ASAP!), and the music starts at 9. There's no cover for this event.