forte bistro Lunch menu

appetizers

seasonal greens

9

minestrone soup

9

grilled tomato + parmesan broth

soup du jour

9

provencal tart

10

tomatoes, basil, ratatouille, goat cheese

french onion soup dumplings

11

braised veal + gruyère cheese in a dumpling wrapper

caesar salad

12

chipotle-dill dressing

heirloom tomato + peach salad

12

baked halloumi cheese, toasted pine nuts, cumin-balsamic vinegrette

melon salad

12

serrano ham, manchego cheese, arugula, hazelnut vinaigrette

seasonal country pâté

13

traditional accompaniments

dungeness crab and avocado salad

14

ruby grapefruit, crispy sunchokes, chilled tomato consommé

sandwiches

goat cheese + roast beet tartine

14

avocado,arugula, basil + walnut pesto

house smoked salmon + poached free-run eggs tartine

14

asparagus, avocado, sundried tomato tapenade

duck confit tartine

15

roast pear, carmelized onions, blue cheese, balsamic reduction

tartine du jour

15

shaved prime rib tartine

16

smoked cheddar, carmelized onions, chipotle

grilled vegetable panini

16

boursin cheese, marinated artichoke, black olive, truffle oil

roast chicken a la basque

16

roasted red pepper, olives, sheeps milk cheese

pressed panini croque-monsieur

16

french ham, gruyère cheese

entrees

morrocan spiced roast chicken salad

15

mixed greens, vegetables,couscous, toasted cumin vinaigrette

salade nicoise

17

BC tuna, green beans, tomato, olives, crispy poached quali egg, tarragon vinaigrette

marinated fish and shellfish salad

20

baby lettuce, cooked vegetables, boiled egg, tarragon vinaigrette

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mussels + frites

16

belgian beer, leeks, gryere cheese, toasted almonds

fish pie

17

double smoked bacon, mushroom, leeks, potato, vermouth in pastry

great lakes pickerel "fish & chips"

18

tempura battered, green beans balsamic glazed fingerling potatoes, togarashi mayo

crispy skin arctic char

25

lemon and ricotta gnocchi, fava beans, mushrooms, verjus beurre blanc

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garganelli pasta

18

green peas, mushrooms, gorgonzola cream sauce

tagliatelle pasta

19

braised wild boar, tomato ragout, sauteed rapini, crumbled goat cheese

orecchiette pasta

19

lamb sausage, oven-dried tomato, leeks, brown butter

gemellui pasta

19

seafood pasta with tomato, olives,capers,white wine

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omelette du jour

17

choice of greens or frites

smoked salmon quiche

17

spinach + goat cheese

bison shepherd's pie

17

potato + cauliflower gratin, house-made horseradish

braised chicken

18

tomato + white wine sauce, tagliatelle pasta

smoked pork sausages

19

boiled potato, bacon, sauerkraut, riesling mustard

grilled sirloin burger

19

smoked cheddar, lettuce, tomato, chipotle aioli

paella de marisco

20

chorizo, chicken, shellfish, tamato saffron rice

beef bourguignon

23

mushrooms, pearl onions, smoked bacon, hand-cut noodles tossed in farm house butter

roasted leg of lamb

25

dijon mustard and garlic breadcrumb crust, mint couscous salad

striploin steak and frites

28

espresso + fine herb compound butter