New Fall Menu Offerings At “Chapter One”
Farm-to-table, local, and seasonal . Those are just a few words to describe the ongoing trend of many OC restaurants. One restaurant who takes that trend seriously is “Chapter One” , the urban, streamlined, art-deco restaurant in Santa Ana headed by New Executive Chef Jason Montelibano.
Chef Jason brings exciting additions and direction to “Chapter One”. Highlights on the new fall menu include a ‘Bird’s Nest’ that consists of three mini Scotch eggs, frisee salad, bacon jam, mustard sauce; The tuna 2-Step featuring sesame-panko crusted ahi filet on a bed of stir-fried organic vegetables, spicy ginger-citrus oyster soy sauce, peanut butter powder accompanied by a tuna tartar with roasted corn, scallions, cilantro, ginger vinaigrette; and a Little Fried Hen that is braised than fried and served with ginger risotto, fried garlic and soy ponzu.
His homemade lamb ragout and homemade potato gnocchi with heirloom carrots, gremolata, feta cheese, curried granola and fried kale impressed the crowd who ultimately chose his dish as their favorite Additionally he competed in a chef challenge at Scott’s Seafood restaurant and his dish that was a spin on ceviche featuring a Filipino style tuna tartare, salsa criolla, friend yucca and coconut broth served alongside a crude made with gravlax with spiced potato, avocado mousse, heirloom tomatoes, lemon and friend heirloom carrots was dubbed the crowd favorite.
“When I revamped the menu I wanted to stay true to our concept and our guests. Regulars will notice that many of the dishes have a new spin and presentation, but with a familiarity. Like a 2.0 version,” explains Montelibano.
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