I shouldn't let this umpteenth visit to Serpentine to pass without mentioning that it has now become our go to cocktail and bar meal venue of choice.
Whether it's the fifteen minute walk down the hill to Third Street - with the less pleasant walk back - or the lazy drive down that same slope, each visit is met with the same very agreeable result: grab the couple of remaining stools at the bar, relish in a Monice's Shrine for the lady and a Perfect Rye Manhattan or Whiskey Smash for me, and decide what to eat.
Our favorite dishes include the Marinated Gaeta and Castelvetrano Olives, and the Spiced Lupini Beans to nibble at, the Serpentine Meat Board (duck
prosciutto, speck, rosette de lyon, wild boar salami, duck liver
mousse, cornichons and caper berries with pineapple and pear mostarda and grilled levain toasts) to gnaw at, or a selection of the day's Cheese (detroit street brick, mount townsend cirrus, and kinderhook creek, with kumquat marmalade and cranberry walnut bread) to munch on. Not forgetting to leave space for Pan Seared Petaluma Chicken Livers (with fenugreek spice, thai bird chili, and cilantro with mizuna and hears of palm salad), and I could go on - and on.
On this last visit, her ladyship had the House Made Potato Gnocchi with Wild Mushrooms (with leeks, baby rapini, grana padano cheese, oregano, creme fraiche, and bread crumbs in mushroom stock), while I revelled in the delightful Fava Bean & Ricotta Agnolotti (with smoked ham hocks, fava beans, rana padano, ham hock broth, and micro licorice greens).
We always leave marvelously satisfied and in great spirits, whatever method of transport takes us home.
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