Veal filet mignon is right up there too, with or without vegetable timbale.
Meat mavens can experiment with the "Chinese Hot Dog" (Iberian pork and Chinese cabbage) followed by a veal filet or rib-eye.
A dinner that starts with cold gazpacho with chunks of lobster ($10) might go on to include roasted veal filet with a Madeira sauce ($25).
The last of the entrees, a juicy veal filet mignon, featured the nice salty crunch of a green sage and breadcrumb crust and the lathery sweetness of a parsnip-hazelnut pur?
Instead of the vegetable timbale listed with the veal filet mignon, we got spinach; the carrots and turnips that might have made up the timbale were folded into a bed of lentils underneath.
At this latest of Spagos, he jettisoned two staples, the smoked salmon pizza and the Wiener schnitzel (though he said he would be glad to make either for old-time customers who ask) as he dappled his menu with dishes like a veal filet mignon tartare with smoked mascarpone, and a soba pasta studded with pieces of Dungeness crab.
WHAT WE LIKED Fried zucchini, portobello mushroom bisque, pizza, Italian meatballs, spaghetti Bolognese, linguine with white clam sauce, veal piccata, filet of sole, veal francese, cannoli.
Recommended dishes Onion soup, cream of asparagus soup, frog legs, goat cheese salad, avocado salad, veal scallops, filet mignon, medallions of lamb, blue fish, all desserts.
WHAT WE LIKED Tortellini in chicken broth, risotto with shrimp, antipasto, grilled shrimp with beans, Caesar salad, pappardelle and meatballs, beggar's purses, veal saltimbocca, filet cognac, tiramisu, cheesecake.
RECOMMENDED DISHES Seasonal salad, scallops, tiger shrimp, foie gras, smoked salmon-grapefruit salad, sweet potato soup, halibut, lobster, wild mushroom-red wine stew, veal noisettes, filet mignon, chicken, all desserts, cheese plate.
RECOMMENDED DISHES Louisiana chowder, lobster strudel, crab cakes, shrimp cocktail, coconut shrimp, Caesar salad, goat cheese salad, Greek salad, spinach salad, salmon, jumbo shrimp, veal chop, filet mignon, duck, all desserts.
