Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Xiao Ye Menu

As announced earlier on Fork in the Road

Here is the menu! We're going to do soft opening with a limited menu, but after a couple weeks, we'll be up and running with this whole menu. The only few items that are difficult to stock consistently are the baby bamboo and river eels. Whole fish will rotate. I'll be in there every morning making the master stocks because a lot of dishes spin off those stocks we make. For instance, we'll have homemade chili sauce that includes chicken stock, the dumplings get infused, I mean, think of any recipe you have that calls for water. Well, at XY, we're gonna hit it with a stock so there's more depth of flavor.

One of the things I like is that there are lots of vegetables. If I came with a party of four, I'd go for a big meat plate, several small veggie plates, a fried chicken, and dumplings. Then, the next time I came back, I'd get a different meat plate, different veggies, try some noodles/rices, etc. I think its a menu that you can keep coming back to as opposed to a restaurant you visit once or twice a year. Hope you guys like.

Xiao (Small)

Dumpling - $6 - boiled

Pot Sticker - $8 - long/street style/pork or beef

Stinky Tofu - $5

Fried/Grilled/or Brushed Rice Balls - $6

Lu Platter - pick 2 items - $8 - beef shank/tofu/duck wing/egg/tripe/bamboo/chicken feet/taro

Eel w/ Chives - $8 - eel/chives/beansprouts/sautee

Sweet Potato Leaves - $5 - sweet potato leaves/garlic

Taiwan Cabbage - $6 - steamed/pork fat/green onion

Fried Sweet Potato - $6 - sweet potato strips/fried/sesame

Bamboo - $6 - bamboo/chili/garlic/sauteed

Baby Bamboo - $6 - raw/mayo or chili soy dipping sauce

Pao Tsai - $5 - cabbage/carrots/pickled in house

Cucumber - $5 - cucumber/small chili/garlic/pickled in house

Bean Sprouts - $5 - bean sprouts/sweet vinegar/sesame seeds

Broccoli - $5 - broccoli/pureed garlic/sliced fresh chili

Tomato and Eggs - $5 - tomato/eggs/scallions

Bang Bang Chicken Salad - $8 - pulled chicken/spicy dressing/shredded cucumbers

Cold Chicken Noodle Salad - $8 - pulled chicken/sesame sauce/noodles/cucumbers

Zha Jiang Mien - $8 - minced pork/bean paste/cucumbers/beijing style

Dummy Noodles - $5 - noodles/seasoned oil/scallions/fish ball

Tofu Bricks - $8 - fresh tofu/sweet chili/peanut candy

Chicken Soup - $5 - chicken soup/shredded chicken/rice

Fish Ball Soup - $5 - half chicken stock/half water/fish ball/green onion/celery/cilantro/mung bean noodle/white pepper/salt


Zhong (Medium)

Salt Pork Belly - $12 - pork belly/salt crust

Red Sausage Rice - $13/16 - glutinous rice/marinated/steamed with smoked meat

WMDs - $13/16 - cold noodles/vinegar/peppers/cucumbers/shredded chicken

Taiwan Fried Chicken - $12 - marinated 24 hours/Taiwan batter/fried/peanut/chili powder

Taiwan Pork Chop - $12 - marinated 24 hours/Taiwan batter/fried/seasoned salt

Taiwan Fried Fish - $13 - cod/Taiwan batter/fried basil

Yu To Yo Fan - $13/16 - fried taro/scallions/dried shrimp/Chinese sausage/sunny side up egg

Chicken Rice - $13/16 - shredded chicken/chicken rice/sunny side up egg

Minced Pork on Rice - $13/16 - classic/Taiwan minced pork/rice/cilantro

Taiwan Mei Fun - $13/16 - mei fun/shredded pork/carrots/mushrooms/dried shrimp/onion


Da (Big)

Taiwanese Country Fried Steak - 2 cube steaks - $16

General Tso's Head on Prawns - $16

Hainan Chicken - $18 - half chicken/chicken rice/puree garlic/hot sauce/puree ginger

Hong Sau - $25 - pork belly/ox tail/beef rib/pork rib

Steamed Whole Fish - seasonal fish - $25

Seasonal Pancake - $12

Seasonal Waffle - $12

Drunk Fruit Platter - 8 oz assorted drunk fruit and 4 shots - $24

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