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Welcome to Manresa, Los Gatos
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Amuse bouche: Black olive madeleines and roasted bell pepper pâtes des fruits
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1st Course: Roquefort cheese sablé
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2nd Course: Garden beignets, crispy kale, vinegar powder
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3rd Course: "An elemental oyster" - Lightly poached in its own shell, ocean water gelée, nori flakes
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4th Course: Pig leaf curd, coriander granita, marcona almond, strawberry gazpacho
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5th Course: Japanese sardines with beets, watermelon, radish and a garden sorrel sauce
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6th Course: Raw milk panna cotta, Monterey bay abalone and an abalone dashi gelée
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7th Course: Albacore tuna, runner beans, crispy bean shell bouillon, lemon verbena, olive oil
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8th Course: Razor clams with wild rice, chrysanthemum and roast chicken gelée, fennel fronds
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9th Course: "A Summer Tidal Pool" - Monterey bay abalone, sea urchin, foie gras, local spot prawns, hinoki mushroom in a dashi broth
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10th Course: "Into the vegetable garden…" - A showcase of vegetables hand picked this morning at Love Apple Farms
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Table for two
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11th Course: Late season fava beans made into a "risotto," farm egg, morel mushroom, sheep's milk ricotta
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12th Course: Monterey bay abalone cooked in brown butter, pesto of pickled cucumber and walnut, Malabar spinach
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13th Course: Poached halibut served with with young celeriac, romanesco
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14th Course: Suckling porcelet, chanterelle mushrooms, apricots and anise purée, courgette velouté, pistachio pesto
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Wine pairing: 2009 COS Rami, 2010 Domaine du Salvard, 2009 Bruno Clair Pino Noir Marsanny, 2007 Domaine de la Tournelle, 2007 Jacques Puffeney, 2008 Domaine Maume Gevrey-Chambertin, 2008 Pride Mountain Cabernet, 2009 Earl Champalou
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15th Course: Potatoes-duck fat "paillasson," fennel and turnip, bitter orange with olive
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Benches in the new dining room
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Cheese course: Bent river, Blond d'Espèce, Pleasant Ridge reserve, Amarello de beta spacious, Garden Variety's Moonflower, Gabriel Coulet Roquefort, Redwood Hill's Bucheret, Chèvriere Cendre, Cypress Grove Midnight Moon
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Cheese course: Roquefort, Chevrière cendre (concord grape ash), Gouda-style Midnight moon, Cow's milk Pleasant ridge reserve, Bent River
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16th Course: Summer berries, roasted and raw, lemon cream with açaí granite, yogurt sorbet
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17th Course: Chocolate caramel cremeaux, fleur de sel ice cream, popcorn custard
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Petits fours: strawberry pâtes de fruits, chocolate madeleines
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The main dining room
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Manresa at night
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Manresa, the entrance
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Manresa restaurant
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Champagne Diebolt-Vallois
