Ghost Stories Dinner 10/20/18

10/20/18, 6:30-9:30, St. Francis, $30

Family Style Dia de Los Muertos Dinner 

Believe in ghosts? Come share a personal experience with the other side while enjoying good food and company. 

Bring some of your favorite beer to share, take the leftovers home with you.

Mezcal margaritas with smoked salt, passionfruit, and lime

Quesadilla platter: Cuban-style, roasted beet-mushroom-goat cheese, and kale-sundried tomato-olive-smoked cheddar with cilantro-peanut chutney

Pasture-raised pork posole with all the toppings: cilantro-lime cabbage, avocados, sliced radish, red onion, cotija cheese, and tortilla strips

Spiced chocolate-peanut butter pie in a graham cracker crust with toasted marshmallow topping

Anodyne Fool's Gold coffee with cinnamon and coconut cream.

RSVP at tulsiteamke@gmail.com and I will get back to you with the details :) 

Thai, Lao, Cambodian Meal August 29

Yes, it's a Wednesday night!
Yes, it's five courses of deliciousness!
Yes, you really do get to try all three drinks!
YASSSS, you're going to meet awesome folks and hear great stories!

NEW RSVP email, please let me know who you are bringing and I will get back to you with the details:
tulsiteaMKE@gmail.com

Dinner Wednesday August 29, 6-9pm, St. Francis WI $60

Passionfruit tamarind sour with a lime twist
Lychee gin fizz 
Peach basil infused sugar cane vineagar shrub

1. Green mango salad with heirloom tomatoes, fresh herbs, spiced candied peanuts, cured egg
2. Coconut lemongrass soup with maitake mushrooms, sweet corn, scallions, chili oil
3. Amok: Cambodian curry with whitefish, collard greens, purple rice
4. Thai basil and chili marinated pork belly with drunken noodles, kaffir lime braised kambocha squash
5. Coconut ice cream with flambeed bananas, cashews, coconut-rice tuile cookies

Dinner April 7

Dinner at Kate's Place in St. Francis, to celebrate her upcoming trip to Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos!

6:30 pm, $40

*Red curry experiment!*

Pre-dinner cocktail: Gin Fizz-- Kaffir lime infused Organic Prairie gin with fresh lychees and Japanese lychee soda

Course 1: Vietnamese sweet and sour tamarind soup with pineapple, tomatos, okra, fried shallots and garlic

Course 2: Fresh rolls with vermicelli, Indonesian coconut and peanut serundeng, shiitake mushrooms, carrot, cucumber, green onions, sweet soy

Course 3: Red curry with roasted eggplants, bean curd, bell peppers, and black rice

Post-dinner tea: Spring Equinox Blend-- lemongrass, spearmint, nettle

Desert: Lemon ginger pie gingersnap crust and coconut whipped cream

Please RSVP by emailing nahrentea@gmail.com. Kate will get back to you with details.

Dinner April 28

Kate's Renegade Aboveground Kitchen is coming to John and Amy's house in Glendale with an Indian feast!

April 28th, 6:30 pm, $40 a person

Pre-Dinner Cocktail: White Russians with chai spice infused vodka and coconut cream

Course 1: Spicy Andhra Pradesh style dosa -- crispy lentil-rice crepe with onions, garlic, and spices served with coconut-curry leaf chutney

Course 2: Pani Puri-- chickpea flour puffs stuffed with sweet potatoes, cucumbers, red onion, chickpeas, served with mint and tamarind chutneys

Course 3: Saag with nettles, spinach, paneer, and lemon. Jaggery-glazed carrots with coriander seed and pickled red onion. Pulao with slivered almonds, pomegranate seeds, and caramelized shallots.

After dinner tea: Peppermint, spearmint, meadowsweet, cardamom, fennel

Desert: Trio of home-made ice creams-- pistachio-cardamom, ginger-mango, rose-vanilla

Please RSVP to Kate at nahrentea@gmail.com with the names of the guests who would like to come. She will reply to ask you about your dietary needs and to provide more details about the meal.

February 18 -- Tea Haus at Kate's

Our culture has turned February into the month of romance. I don't know about you, but I crave to show love to those around me in platonic ways as well. What better way to celebrate mid-February by treating your bestie to high tea in a cozy tea house! Also get a sneak peak of what Nähren Tea House and Cafe will be like!

Tables will be available for 2-8 people

Reservation slots will be available 11am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm

High Tea for 2 people will include two small pots of tea and a selection of all 6 small plates for $40.
You can also order à la carte from this menu:

Custom herbal tea blends-- Small pot $5, Large pot $8

Traditional tea blends-- Small pot $4, Large pot $6

(Menu of teas will provided when you sit down)

Savory

Homemade almond-oat toast with avocado butter and shaved cured egg yolk (GF)

4 soldiers $5

Sweet potato samosas with mint-ginger chutney

2 samosas $6

Potstickers 2 ways: 

Bacon-apple-cabbage and butternut squash-leek-chestnut with black-garlic-tamari dipping sauce 

6 dumplings $7

Sweet

Mandelmonde cookies -- almond moons made with homemade marzipan dipped in chocolate 

$2.50 each

Carrot-pineapple-pecan cupcakes with macha cream cheese frosting (GF) 

$3.50 each

Dark chocolate raspberry truffle tartlets (GF)

 $3.50 each

*

Please RSVP by emailing yummyaskrak@gmail.com

Dinner for the January Moons, Saturday the 27th

Let's celebrate Karli Larsen's 40th birthday and how it coincides with this month's glorious full moon! The full moon on the 31st is named the Snow Moon in some cultures, and it is an occasion to gather around fires and share wisdom thru story. Please come with a story about a piece of wisdom that you have come across in your life. I know whatever you share will be treasured by Karli. Eric Larsen will be helping me host at Paul and Laura's. Bring a bottle to share! Betsy's making the cake!
*Please note, this dinner is closed and sold out to family :)

Butternut squash soup with arugula pesto and maple roasted hazelnuts

Roasted beet napoleon with Clock Shadow Creamery chevre, caramelized onion jam, arugula, walnuts, balsamic reduction

Cedar braised beef* with rose hip currant glaze, polenta, chanterelles, kale

Sunshine Cake and Nutty Irishmens with whipped cream

*grass fed beef from Joe Mantoan's farm Suave Terre in West Bend https://www.sauveterrefarm.com/