Chef Anne Coll is now serving her new fall menu at Meritage. It includes:
SNACKS
–Pickled Vegetables, $3
–Eberly Farms Chicken Liver Pate with apple chutney and crostini $5
–Corn and Crab Fritters with a lime cilantro mayo $6
–Goat Cheese Mousse with crostini and pickled baby beets $5
–Pomme Frites with curry emulsion, $3
–Tempura shiitake, sweet potato and zucchini, $6
–Chick Pea Fries with black olives and basil aioli, $5
–Crispy Calamari with Korean chili sauce, $8
–Crispy Pied de Couchon, yuzu emulsion and pickled onions, $6
–Pan Fried Pork and Shiitake Dumplings, $5
–Hudson Valley Fois Gras Dumplings with browned black truffle butter, $7
–Grilled Grape Leaves stuffed with Kobe beef and Vietnamese dipping sauce, $6
SMALL PLATES
–Chicken Consommé with enoki mushrooms and Shitake and chicken wontons, $10
–Truffled Potato Leek Soup With sunny side up quail egg, $8
–Crab and Papaya Salad with avocado mousse, passion fruit sauce and taro chips, $10
–Baby Spinach salad with sliced Asian pear, endive and toasted pumpkin seeds. $7
–Papardelle Pasta with sautéed lemongrass shrimp, Thai basil and a tomato coconut sauce, $14
–Escargot with fermented Black Bean sauce, sautéed spinach, and puff pastry, $10
–Duck Confit with port wine reduction and curried lentils, $13
–Mussels With Kaffir lime curry sauce, cellophane noodles, $12
–Seared Cape May Diver Scallops with sautéed Maitake mushrooms, bok choy and black truffle, $15
–Braised Lancaster Pork Sliders with toasted brioche buns and spicy Asian slaw, $14
–Five Spice Marinated Grilled Quail with watercress and Apple salad, $12
LARGE PLATES
–Grilled Hanger Steak with frites and roasted brussel sprouts, $20
–Grilled Berkshire Pork Chop with a mushroom and rice noodle soufflé, onion rings, and Szechwan pickled cucumbers, $20
–Grilled Herb Crusted New Zealand Lamb Chops with cauliflower puree, artichokes, fava beans, and roasted carrots, $24
–Brined and Roasted Giannone Chicken with sweet potato pudding and cabbage confit, $19
–Roasted Cabbage Wrapped Monkfish with roasted new potatoes, truffle beurre blanc and sautéed mushrooms, $22
–Steam lentil Mushroom Sticky Rice with smoked tomato chutney, truffle espuma and Maitake mushrooms, $17
Meritage is open for dinner Tuesday – Thursday, 5-10pm; and Friday – Saturday, 5-11pm. For more information or to make reservations, call 215-985-1922 or visit http://www.meritagephiladelphia.com. The restaurant is located on the corner of 20th and Lombard streets in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse neighborhood.
