Say Yum: Wine dinner at Teatro Goldoni

DC's see-and-be seen crowd knows a good meal when they smell one ... and for top-notch Italian, they turn to none other than Teatro Goldoni, K Street's famed restaurant.

Saturday, the resto is offering up a five course wine dinner with elegant fall flavors ...

So if you're looking for a hearty splurge, we'd strongly suggest booking a rez pronto.

Deets: 7 pm, $75 per person, not including tax or gratuity of 20%.

Menu Sneak Peek

Apps:

• Roasted chestnuts in a cone with honey mustard truffle butter
• Crispy chicken and corn fritters apple glaze
• Spoons of gorgonzola panna cotta and Parma prosciutto with candied celery

Dinner:

• Cold stone style filet of veal carpaccio with quail egg, black truffles citrus dressing and cornets of celery parmesan and chanterelles mushrooms with a parmesan tuile, Piedmontese hazelnuts and seasonal micro greens
• Potato gnocchi pasta in a butter sage sauce over a puree of roasted pumpkin and sauté black trumpets mushrooms with shaves of Castelrosso cheese
• Roasted filet of Halibut over a warm broccoli mayonnaise and a ragu of leeks with capers and black olives and a roasted red pepper tartare
• Roasted loin of red wine marinated venison and served over velvety eggplant ragu' with chestnut puree` a sauce of balsamic vinegar and chocolate and a crunchy tarte of turnips and cheese with fresh thyme

Dessert:

• Almond cinnamon toffee torte bar covered in roasted chocolate nibs served with a sauce of Prosecco and toasted almonds with braised apples
• Petit Fours and Biscotti

Let us know if you go ... and how it is!