Seven Fishes, Restaurant Style, Parte Due

More restaurants are joining this Christmas tradition movement. OK, well, it's not exactly a movement, but it sure is taking place at a LOT of restaurants this Christmas season, and we mean to bring you the very best of the best menus that we can find.

Mike Stollenwerk, Chef/Owner of FISH, at 17th & Lombard in Philly, is serving up a spate of festive and delicious dishes this holiday season with a Seven Fishes menu, available from December 20-24, according to his publicist, who was kind enough to forward us a menu, and it is, as one would expect, a doozy. $60 per person for seven courses, with an option for wine pairings with each course, an additional $20:


7 FISHES

Baby Romaine, white anchovy vinaigrette

Clams and Capellini

Preserved tuna caponata with arugula

Shrimp piperade, polenta-kale galette

Octopus, chick peas and artichokes

Cod brandade, bardolino reduction

Chocolate-orange Pannettone


As with most of Stollenwerk's cooking, this is elegant simplicity and eye-opening combinations. Reservations required.

FISH
1708 Lombard St
Phila, PA
215-545-9600
Dinnerm Mon-Sun, 5PM-close
www.fishphilly.com


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Just about a mile south of Casa Lawrenceville is one of my favorite places, ENZO'S LA PICOLA CUCINA, a tiny BYOB with a surprisingly large, ever-changing Italian menu. Known for their monthly family-style Sunday dinners, they are serving up a formidable Feast of the 7 Fishes dinner on Sunday December 19, with 2PM and 6PM seatings, and priced at $70 per person, tax and tip included. Reservations are a must:


MENU

Antipasto

Bacala Salad

Clams with pancetta and scallions, vermouth sauce

Mussels Livornese

Pan-fried smelts

Stuffed calamari

Pasta with Italian tuna

Bacala with potatoes, olives and plum tomato sauce

Scallops Florentine


ENZO'S LA PICCOLA CUCINA
1906 Princeton Ave
Lawrenceville, NJ
609-396-9868
http://www.enzoscucina.com/


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Share the traditional Italian Feast of the Seven Fishes with the Big Talker 1210's Dom Giordano, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille and His Eminence Cardinal Justin Rigali from 6 to 10 p.m. Dec. 21 at POSITANO COAST by Aldo Lamberti. Tickets are $75 and they are limited; find out more at http://www.cbsphilly.com/feast.

Besides the traditional Christmas Eve feast, there will be a radio broadcast, special guests and other dishes. The menu, courtesy of cbsphilly.com, will be served buffet-style:


Feast of the 7 Fishes

• Seafood Salad (calamari, scungigli, baby shrimp, octopus)
• Baccala Salad
• Crudo Station (mahi crudo on the spoon, Clams, Oyster in ½ shell)
• Fried Calamari
• Fried Smelts
• Baccala Pizzaiola – Olives, Tomato oregano
• Aldo Mussels
• Vegetable Focaccia
• Fried Zucchini
• Prosciutto, Salami
• Grilled Fennel• Artichokes
• Grilled Mixed Vegetables
• Insalata Caprese
• Roasted Peppers
• Eggplant Caponata
• Assorted Cheeses
• Olives
• Rigatoni Pescatore – calamari, baby shrimp, mussels, clams
• Farfalle Boscaiola – asparagus, artichokes, mushroom, tomato, baby shrimp, pesto cream sauce
• Beef Short Ribs
• Herb Crust Fish of the Day
• Chicken Marsala
• Broccoli rabe and Potatoes

POSITANO COAST by Aldo Lamberti

212 Walnut St, 2nd floor

Philadelphia, PA

215-238-0499