Va Pensiero tasting for January

Va Pensiero tasting menu for the month of January will be focused on the mighty swine.
I have been practicing cooking pork belly and it is coming out nice
JDY meats is assisting with finding the products
Please join us for this tasty menu



Pork Tasting Menu $39.00
available from Friday January 2nd through Saturday January 31st , 2009
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Pork Loin Dry Cured with Black Pepper and Garlic
baby arugula, lemon and olive oil

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Crisp North Country Smokehouse Bacon Wrapped Tiger Shrimp
roasted red peppers and roasted garlic aioli

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Ravioli of Braised Berkshire Pork Cheek and Grilled Berkshire Pork Belly
julienne sugar snap peas, roasted garlic

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Cinnamon Zeppole with Cannoli Filling
Bittersweet chocolate glaze

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Wine pairing $12.00
Soave, Tamellini 2004
Salice Salentino, Rocca dei Mori 2003
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Wine pairing $18.00
Soave, Tamellini 2004
Salice Salentino, Rocca dei Mori 2003
Barbera d’Asti, Pavia “Blina” 2006

Jeff,

Thanks for posting what sounds like a nice (and reasonably priced) pork menu. It's been a couple of years since my last visit to your restaurant, and - to be honest - my recollections are mostly of decent, but not great, meals. To be fair, all of my meals at Va Pensiero have been as part of large-ish private parties I used to organize.

Anyway, I've appreciated your upfront approach to participating in the forum as a restaurant owner, and I'm looking forward to a soon-to-come return visit. Plus, if the website is accurate - you have two bottles of rarely-found Schiopettino on your wine list! I'm quite enamored (some might say obsessed) with that grape since my trip to Friuli this fall.

Perhaps I'll try to convince a few fellow LTHers to join me for dinner in the next couple of weeks. My non-carnivorous better half is probably out.

Kennyz