ravenous menu.

it was during my weekly reading of hither and thither (i'm a little behind) when i came across their mention of the ravenous cafe in healdsburg. the name of the cafe was right up my alley and described what my appetite often is (especially with local and delicious food in front of me) so i looked it up and came across the following as their typical summer lunch and dinner menus. see anything you like? what would you order? i've underlined all the delicious goodnesses i would order.

lunch
soup
cannellini bean, cup 3.50/bowl 6.00

salad
organic lettuces with chevre and toasted pecans, 7.00

sandwiches
blt with avocado and cole slaw, 11.00
portobello sandwich, roasted peppers, tapenade, fontina and cole slaw, 11.00

plates
fish cakes with ginger-lemon-cilantro aioli, asian noodle salad, grilled eggplant, 14.00
rigatoni with chicken sausage, mushrooms, tomato, summer squash, basil, regianneo, 12.75
grilled pork tenderloin quesadilla, mango-melon salsa, bean and salad, 12.75
chickpea cakes, yogurt, tahini sauce, baba bhanoush, feta, olives, pita bread, 12.50
roasted poblano stuffed wtih corn, hominy, potato, jack cheese, tomato-avocado salsa, red rice, black beans, sour cream, 14.00
pan roasted san dabs with lemon-parsley butter, roasted potatoes and vegetables, 17

desserts
assortment of creative desserts changed daily by pastry chef jennifer holbrook

dinner
appetizers
smoked salmon, black and gold cavia, corn cakes, crème fraiche, 12.00
grilled unagi, sushi rice, wrapped in nori with ginger-soy-wasabi sauce, 10.00
ceasar salad with shaved parmigiana regarrio, 9.00
organic lettuces with chevre, toasted pecans and organic beets, 9.00
dungeness crab cakes with curry-cilantro mayonnaise, 9.00
artisan cheese plant: humboldt fog, sao jorge and point reyes blue with port syrup drizzle, walnut apricot bread and apple slices, 12.00
serrano ham with local organic melon, 10.00
french lentil soup with vegetables, 6.75

entrees
pan roasted chicken breast with chantrelle and blue oyster mushrooms, mashed potatoes and braised fennel, 21.00
niman ranch lamb shank braised in white wine, tomato, lemon thyme and tongue of fire fresh shell beans with polenta and organic chard, 22.00
grilled bavette steak with shallots braised in brandy and red wine with toasted red potatoes, 23.00
roasted pepper stuffed with hominy corn, potatoes, greens and jack cheese with tomato-avocado salsa, black beans, red rice, sour cream and a tortilla, 15.00
grilled wild salmon, sorrel sauce, brown basmati rice with tat soi, 24.00
capellini, prawns, scallops, mussels, mushrooms, tomato, spinach and basil, 19.00
ravenous burger with oven fries, 11.00/with cheese, 11.50

i'm planning a saturday to head northwest to the ravenous cafe and dig my teeth into the local ingredients. that burger is calling my name. yumm-y.

image courtesy of theravenous.com