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The menu

Signatures, written for appetite rather than accounting.

A selection of what the kitchen is known for. The full menu, prices and all, is one click away.

To begin

Lobster Tempest

Trempête de homard

Lobster, shrimp, and bay scallops in a warm cheese-and-garlic dip, with toasted naan.

The Seven Cried by the Walrus and the Carpenter

Les sept que pleurent le Morse et le Charpentier

Seven Blue Pearl oysters from Cocagne Cape on the half-shell, with house mignonette and lemon.

Oysters Rockefeller

Huîtres Rockefeller

Blue Pearls baked with spinach, garlic, panko, and Parmigiano Reggiano.

Crabe en Parade

Crabe en parade

Two cakes of local rock crab, with mango salsa, spicy mayo, and lemon.

D’mi-Peck de Moukes

D’mi-peck de moukes

PEI mussels steamed in small-batch IPA with herbs, tomato, and onion. Bread and butter for the broth.

Bacon-Wrapped Scallops

Pétoncles au bacon

Four glorious scallops, with a garlic aioli and a spicy one.

Soups & chowder

The Lobster Quadrille

La Quadrille du homard

Our seafood chowder, served as a meal: lobster, shrimp, scallops, and quahogs in a light cream broth, with basmati rice, bread, and heirloom honeyed carrots. Also made without cream.

Acadian specialty

Mock Turtle’s Beautiful Soup

Belle soupe de la Fausse-Tortue

Cream of broccoli with two-year Balderson cheddar.

The Ol’ Kook’s Chicken Fricot

Le gros fricot d’l’excentrique

Acadian chicken stew with potato, carrot, celery, and a generous hand of summer savoury, with or without dumplings.

Acadian specialty

French Onion

Mêlez-vous d’mes onions

Cut to the quick, an onion knows only how to make us cry. Given patience, red wine, cognac, and beef, it redeems itself.

From sea & land

Coquille St-Jacques

Coquille Saint-Jacques

Atlantic scallops, lobster, and cold-water shrimp in a shallot and Chardonnay cream, under a gruyère and potato gratin.

Seafood Linguine du Pays de Cocagne

Pâtes aux fruits de mer du Pays de Cocagne

Fresh pasta in a rosée sauce with lobster, shrimp, scallops, and mussels.

Acadian specialty

Lobster Roll

Guédille au homard

Lobster, celery, and chives in toasted finger rolls.

Acadian specialty

Lobster Linguine

Linguine au homard

Fresh pasta in a butter Alfredo with Parmigiano, broccoli, and carrots.

The Walrus and the Carpenter’s Smoked Board, for two

Plateau fumé Morse et Marteaux, pour deux

Brisket, pork shoulder, pulled chicken, and sausage, wood-smoked by Morse et Marteaux. A carnivore’s tea party with no tiny cups.

Acadian Meat Pie

Tarte à la viande acadienne

A bit like tourtière, but only a bit: beef, pork, and chicken, cooked first, then ground by hand.

Acadian specialty

Tulgey Woods Maple-Curry Stir Fry

Sauté du boisé merveilleux à l’érable et au cari

Maple, curry, and coconut in a vermouth reduction, over rice with roasted coconut. Made vegan on request.

Impossible Sandwich Club

Club sandwich impossible

Chicken or lobster, with an impossibly good house bacon and roasted red pepper aioli. One of six impossible things before supper.

Sweet endings

Lock & Key Lime Pie

Tarte serrurière à la lime

Sharp, cool, and unlockable only with a fork.

Opera Cake

Gâteau Opéra

Almond sponge, coffee, and chocolate, in strict layers.

Crème brûlée, French macarons, tiramisu

Crème brûlée, macarons français, tiramisu

The house pâtisserie, upstairs, keeps the classics in good order.

With your coffee

Avec le café

Hot drinks arrive with a chocolate made for the bistro by Adorable Chocolat, our sister house.

The bar

La Jabberwock

Our house pilsner

Our house Czech pilsner, brewed with Les Brasseux d’la Côte, on tap beside nine more Maritime drafts.

The White and Red Queen Margaritas

Les margaritas des Reines blanche et rouge

The White Queen, strongest piece on the board. The Red, with muddled jalapeño and a chili shrub, crowned with fire.

Mule Cocagnaise, Cassis Spritz

Mule cocagnaise, spritz au cassis

Maritime vodka, ginger beer, and lemon; New Brunswick crème de cassis with dry sparkling wine.

The cellar

La cave

From Magnetic Hill’s Osceola by the Sea to Chablis, Gavi di Gavi, and Chianti Nipozzano Riserva. Moquetails and VALK kombucha on draught for the unspirited.

Dietary needs. Gluten-free bread, pasta, and wraps are available on request, and several dishes come in vegan versions. We don’t buy peanuts or products containing peanuts. Ask the guild about any allergy and you’ll get an exact answer, never a guess. Les Petits, for guests 12 and under, have their own menu.

The full menu

Every page, prices and all.

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