To celebrate our Eat & Drink awards (a.k.a the Piggies, thusly named because winners receive their own bronze pig statuette) we convinced seven of our winning restaurants to host pork-centric dinners on Monday nights throughout the month of February.
Participating restaurants: Ozumo, Delfina, La Folie, Slanted Door, Laïola, Nopa and Kokkari—check out some of the amazing pork concoctions below. Smoked bacon cocktails and more! Behold below, the dates and menus—call restaurants directly to reserve your table!
Monday, February 9 - Nopa, Delfina
Monday, February 16 - Kokkari
Monday, February 23 - La Folie, Slanted Door, Laïola, Ozumo
Kokkari
Meze
Bekri Meze: Taverna-style pork braised in red wine and spices
Pikti: Terrine of pig head and trotters
Spetsofaii: Traditional Greek pork sausage with tomato and peppers
Loukaniko Soutsouki: Blood sausage with leeks
Patsa Podi: Boiled pigs foot in broth with vinegar and chili flakes
Kirio/ Mains
Gourounopoulo (yes 5 o's and 3 u's): Combination Berkshire and Red Waddle pigs, rotisserie roasted
Hirino Kotsi: Confit pork shank with potato, tomato and zucchini
Gourounokefali: Roasted half pig head for four or more
Dessert
Ravani: Semolina cake with maple ice cream and bacon
Laïola
Marshall Farms honey-spiked chicharrons
Trotter confit salad with baby escarole, pink lady apples, migas and piggy vinaigrette
Pork belly & sardines with broccoli rapini and preserved meyer lemon
Braised pork cheeks with chickpeas and a fried farm egg
Slanted Door
Smoked bacon infused whiskey cocktail
Crispy pig ear with scallion andspicy pickled cucumber
Hot & sour braised trotter with wilted winter greens
Tea smoked belly with roasted red grapes
Pork wonton soup with five-spice braised pork cheek and cracklings
Mesquite-grilled loin chop with soy, maple and crispy leeks
Pork shoulder with ginger and spring onion, wrapped in banana leaf
Pork rib claypot with caramel, young coconut and quail egg
Fried bacon-caramel truffle with orange ice cream
Delfina
ANTIPASTI
Affetati of House-cured Salume: Testa, Lardo, Salame Nostrano, Cacciatore, Cicciole and Pancetta
Monterey Bay Spot Prawns in Porchetta
PRIMI
Pappardelle and Pork Sugo
Risotto with Cabbage, Tomato and La Quercia Pork Sausage
SECONDI
Mixed Grill of Piggy: Liver Spiedino, Wild Boar Sausage, Rib Chop, Polenta and Aged Balsamico
Devils Gulch Porchetta with Winter Chicories Bread Salad