Aperitif Bistro Lounge Wine Bar (240-242 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 [516] 594-3404 www.aperitifbistro.com), Rockville Centre’s first French bistro, introduces a winter menu featuring brand new dishes. New additions include:
MAIN MENU
*Seafood Salad 14
Shrimp, scallops, calamari, lobster tossed with lemon and olive oil over mixed greens
*Grilled Yellow Fin Tuna 27
With fingerling potatoes, string beans, roasted pepper ragout, warm black olives and caper vinaigrette
*Pistachio Nut Crusted Salmon 22
Celery root puree, sautéed spinach and horseradish beet sauce
*Sole Amandine 21
Filets of sole sautéed in lemon butter sauce, served with julienne vegetables and basmati rice
*Veal Cordon Bleu 25
Stuffed with prosciutto, Swiss cheese and asparagus, mashed potatoes and shallot red wine sauce
*Braised lamb shank 26
In a rosemary au jus over white bean cassoulet
*Beef Bourguignon 23
Beef stew with pearl onions, mushrooms and carrots in a red wine sauce served with mashed potatoes
*Grilled Pork Chop 22
Topped with Gruyere cheese, caramelized onions served with apple-parsnips puree, string beans, calvados sauce
SMALL PLATES
*Stuffed Mussels with chorizo and saffron risotto 5
*Baked Figs with goat cheese and balsamic reduction 5
*Risotto fritters stuffed with wild mushrooms and fontina cheese 7
*Butternut Squash Gnocchi with sage brown butter sauce 8
*Frog Legs in a lemon caper sauce 7
*Duck Leg Confit with braised cabbage and soy orange sauce 9
*Thin Crusted Mini Pizza with Gruyere cheese, caramelized onions, olives, anchovies 8
*Grilled Baby Lamb Chops 14
*Seafood Croquettes with vegetable slaw and tartar sauce 10
*Prosciutto Wrapped Shrimp with creamy leeks and truffle sauce 13
*Butter Poached Lobster with sweet corn pudding and tomato brandy sauce 13