Crescent City Grill Jazz Brunch Menu (for the pop-up at the Mississippi Museum of Art) all proceeds go to the museum

Crescent City Grill Jazz Brunch

A Benefit for the Mississippi Museum of Art

 

 

 

STARTERS

 

Smoked Crab Nachos

Marinated cold-smoked crabmeat, pepperjack and cheddar cheeses and jalapeno on fried corn tortillas and served with pico de gallo 7.95

 

Corn and Crab Bisque

A Crescent City Grill classic for 25 years 4.95

 

Gumbo Ya-Ya

A classic dark roux gumbo of chicken, andouille sausage and duck 4.95

 

Sensation Salad

Our original signature salad… mixed greens tossed with Romano and bleu cheeses in a tangy white wine vinaigrette 3.95

 

 

ENTREES

 

Cajun Cobb Salad

Blackened Shrimp, blue cheese, green onions, tomato, and avocado over mixed greens tossed in a creamy red wine vinaigrette 11.95

 

Warm Grilled Chicken Salad

Marinated boneless chicken, grilled and served over a bed of fresh spring mix with Granny Smith apple, fresh grapes, diced celery, spiced pecans and Gorgonzola cheese tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette 10.95

 

New Orleans Sloppy Roast Beef Po Boy

Roast beef smothered with gravy and Swiss cheese with lettuce, tomato, and sliced pickles 9.95

 

Eggplant Orleans

Creamy Crabmeat Holleman and brie cheese sandwiched between crispy wheels of eggplant and topped with shrimp, mushrooms and Romano cheese in a Creole cream sauce 15.95

 

Blackened Redfish

Served over a traditional succotash with our house-made tasso 16.95

 

Jambalaya

Traditional Cajun rice dish with chicken and house-made andouille sausage 12.95

 

Corn and Crabcake Bisque

Crab cake served over corn and crab bisque, and topped with fresh lump crabmeat 12.95

 

Crescent City Shrimp & Grits

Fresh Gulf shrimp sautéed with mushrooms and caramelized onions in a light garlic butter sauce and served over creamy, stone-ground cheese grits 12.95

 

DESSERT

 

White Chocolate Bread Pudding

White chocolate sauce, raspberry coulis 4.95

 

Hot Buttered Pecan Pie

Vanilla bean ice cream 4.95

Purple Parrot Cafe’s Benefit for Extra Table at the Mississippi Museum of Art

Purple Parrot Cafe
A benefit for Extra Table

Course One

Prince Edward Island Mussel and Blue Crab Ceviche
Madras curry, pineapple, lime, micro cilantro

Korean Shrimp bun
House-made Kimchee, house pickles

 

Course Two

Trio of Hudson Valley Foie Gras
Seared, Torchon, Brulee
Weinbach Gewurztraminer, Alsace 2009

Salad of Tomatoes, Radishes, & Beets
Ryals Dairy Goat cheese mousse, pickled black walnut, candied nuts
Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough 2011

Vichyssoie
Beausoleil oysters, pickled leek mignonette, Hackleback Caviar, Oregon black truffles
Duval-Leroy Brut Champagne NV

Pig Tail Corn Dog
House-made pickles, mustards, pomme frites
Rudi Pichler Federspiel Gruner Veltliner, Wachau 2007

 

Course Three

Mediterranean Branzini
House-made Chorizo, fava beans, broccoli rabe, brown butter, preserved lemon
JJ Prum Kabinett Riesling, Wehlener Sonnenhur, Mosel 2009

“Filet” of Spinalis
Smoked Royal trumpet mushrooms, porcini dust, bone marrow crisp, parsnip puree, parsley oil
Hall Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley 2009

Sea Scallop
New Bedford Scallops, butter-poached Maine lobster, popcorn grits, veal bacon, sunchoke, baby swiss chard
Thierry et Pascale Matrot, Meursault 2009

Roast Squab
Granny Smith apple, grated fennel, baby Brussels sprouts, medjool date reduction
Perrin et Fils, La Gille, Gigondas 2009

 

Course Four

Sweet Potato
Beignet, blondie, sweet potato caramel, caramelized white chocolate ice cream, orange
Alvear Pedro Ximenez, Montilla-Moriles, Solera 1927

Valrhona Chocolate
Milk, bittersweet, cocoa, and Oregon black truffle ice cream
Warre’s Otima, 10 Year Old Tawny Port

Lavender Cheesecake
Ruby Red Grapefruit, Cardamom sorbet, finger lime
Elderton Botrytis Semillon, Riverina 2010

 

Course Five

Extra Table Lagniappe

Chef Jeremy Noffke
Sommelier Dusty Frierson

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