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Menu of the Month

Cafe Paradiso

Café Paradiso's, Cork's icon destination restaurant, has a brand new lunch menu.

  • Musaragno Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, 11%, Italy €6.00 glass
  • marinated olives €2.00
  • spiced turnip soup with cardamom yoghurt and pistachio salsa €7.00
  • deepfried celeriac fritters with rosemary aioli €8.00
  • fresh buffalo mozzarella with tomato crostini, braised celery, capers & thyme €8.00
  • grilled beetroot mezzaluna in sage butter with roasted hazelnuts & desmond cheese €8.00
  • cucumber, avocado & papaya salad with mint, pomegranate and spiced cashews €8.00
  • mixed leaf salad with citrus-vanilla dressing, roasted beets and fresh ardsallagh cheese €8.00
  • grilled polenta with purple sprouting broccoli, tomato pesto & Coolea shavings €10.00
  • warm salad of couscous, feta & chickpeas with chermoula, lime, harissa, coriander yoghurt and sweet potato crisps €8.00 / 14.00
  • potato, celeriac & wild rice tortilla with sweet & hot pepper jam and wilted kale €9.00 / €14.00
  • risotto of roast parsnip & lemon with parsley oil and oisin cheese €10.00 / €15.00
  • roasted aubergine parcels of spinach, pinenuts & coolea cheese with tomato-caper sauce and crushed potato cake €10.00 /€15.00
  • rigatone in salsa verde with cherry tomatoes, aubergine, puy lentils & goats cheese €10.00 / €15.00
  • red cabbage springroll with green curry of cauliflower & tofu and lemongrass rice €14.00
  • gratin of leeks & roasted roots with hazelnut & gabriel crust, sunchoke creamand braised fennel €16.00
  • potato fries with garlic mayonnaise €4.00
  • mixed salad leaves with balsamic dressing €5.00

Desserts

  • dark chocolate & pecan brownie with white chocolate ice cream €7.00
  • pear & almond tartlet with vanilla custard and spiced caramel €7.00
  • liquorice ice cream with blood orange juice and pistachio biscotti €7.00
  • banana, mango & passionfruit pavlova €7.00
  • sultana brioche bread & butter pudding with cinnamon custard and brandied orange marmalade syrup €7.00
  • selection of handmade chocolate truffles €4.00

Wines by the glass

  • Marlborough, New Zealand €5.00
  • Carl Ehrhard Riesling 2003, 12.5%, Rheingau, Germany €6.50
  • Musaragno Pinot Grigio 2003, 12%, Veneto, Italy €6.50
  • St. Clair Pinot Noir 2002, 13.5%, Marlborough, New Zealand €5.00Musaragno Cabernet Franc 2003, 12%, Veneto, Italy €6.50
  • Marchesi di Barolo Barbera d'Alba 2003, 13.5%, Piemonte, Italy €7.00
  • Brookfields Cabernet Sauvignon 2002, 14%, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand €7.00

From the Café Paradiso Shop

Café Paradiso Cookbook, signed copy €25.00
Paradiso Seasons, signed copy €39.00

Handmade truffles
Marinated olives
Pistachio biscotti
Vanilla dressing
Lemon curd
Spiced cashews
Flavoured olive oils - chilli, rosemary, parsley, lemon thyme

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text © John & Sally McKenna
illustrations © Ken Buggy

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