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Bistro 5

Italian Restaurant$$$$

West Medford, Medford

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Bistro 5

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A La Carte 4Chefs Tasting Menu 1Wine, Beer & Cocktails Menu 14Dessert Menu 5

A La Carte

Small Plates

Marinated Olives

6.00

White Anchovies

6.00

With radish and frisee

Arancini Di Mare

8.00

With horseradish aioli

Ricotta

6.00

With truffled honey and sea salt

Appetizers

Calamari

12.00

Semolina coated, with sweet and spicy tomato chutney, chiles, and lemon aioli

Warm Beets

12.00

Black truffle coulis, crispy herbed goat cheese, and truffled honey

Crispy Tuna*

15.00

Phyllo, black garlic vinaigrette, cucumber, radish, fresno chile aioli

Duck Duo*

15.00

Foie gras creme brulee & duck prosciutto, frisee, compressed apple, and sourdough stick

Mixed Greens

11.00

House pickled vegetables and basil vinaigrette

Handmade Pastas

Gnocchi

24.00

Hen of the woods mushrooms, panko crumbs, truffle oil, and shaved parmigiano

Spaghetti Alla Chitarra

25.00

Squid ink & saffron spaghetti, baby clams, calamari, octopus, capers, green olives, and cherry tomatoes

Lemon Cavatelli

25.00

Boar sausage, fava beans, pine nuts, and ricotta salata

Entrees

Pan Fried Fluke

29.00

Pistachio & panko bread crumbs, fresh peas, meyer lemon vinaigrette, and fingerling potatoes

Roasted Half Chicken

24.00

Roasted rainbow carrots, mustard vinaigrette, and crispy polenta

Grilled Flatiron Steak*

32.00

Fingerling potatoes, roasted spring onions, oyster mushrooms, and gorgonzola crema

Sea Scallops*

29.00

Spring pea risotto, speck, grilled ramps, and shaved carrot

Barn Raised Veal Milanese

29.00

Pistachio & panko crumbs, spinach salad with cherry tomatoes, shaved asparagus, and parmigiano

Chefs Tasting Menu

Truffle Tasting Menu

Tasting Menu: 3 Course $55; 5 Course $75. Wine Pairings: 3 Course $25; 5 Course $35; Alba White Truffles $35 (per plate)

Lobster Bisque

Jerusalem Artichoke and Saffron Bubbles . Wine Pairing: 2013 Fournier, Sauvignon Blanc, Loire Valley

Raviolone

Giant Raviolo, Farm Egg Yolk, Truffles Ricotta, Roasted Pine Nuts and Mushroom Ragout. Wine Pairing: 2012 Librandi, Ciro Rosso Classico

Truffle "Hunt"

Assorted Chocolate Truffles , Yellow Cake and Truffled Zabaglione. Wine Pairing: 2014 Zagara Moscato d'Asti

Sweet Breads

Pumpkin-Hazelnut Arancini and Truffle Fonduta . Wine Pairing: 2012 Bruno Giacosa, Arneis, Piemonte

Rabbit Scaloppini

Chestnut-Potato " Millefoglie" and Truffled Celery Root Puree. Wine Pairing: 2013 Fossi, Primitivo del Salento

Wine, Beer & Cocktails Menu

Beers

Draughts

Jack's Abby Framinghammer Baltic Porter (Ma, 10%)

8.00

Mystic Decoding the Tide Sour Ale (Ma, 5.4%)

8.00

Big Elm American Lager (Ma, 5%)

7.00

Left Hand Saison Au Miel (Co, 6.8%)

8.00

Bottles / Cans

Medford Brewing Company Ipa (Ma, 7.2%)

8.00

Mystic Saison Renaud (Ma, 6.5%)

10.00

Ballast Point Grunion Pale Ale (Ca, 5.5%)

7.00

Dogfish Head 90 Minute Ipa (De, 9%)

9.00

Weihenstaphaner Vitus Weizenbock (Ger, 7.7%)

7.00

Medford Brewing Company Apa (Ma, 6%)

8.00

Chimay Rouge Dubbel (Bel, 7%)

10.00

Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin Wheat Ale (Ca, 7.5%)

7.00

Old Speckled Hen Pale Ale Nitro (Eng, 5%)

7.00

Samuel Smith Organic Cider (Eng, 5%)

8.00

Wines By the Glass

Sparkling

N.V. Gruet, Brut Champenoise, New Mexico

11.00

2014 Perlage Bacaretto, Prosecco

14.00

Whites

2015 Stella, Pinot Grigio, Sicily

9.00

2015 Peter Yealands, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough

11.00

2014 Nortico, Alvarinho

10.00

2014 Morgan, Chardonnay, St. Lucia

14.00

2015 Domaine Delsol, Picpoul De Pinet

9.00

2015 Fournier, Sauvignon Blanc, Loire Valley

10.00

2015 S.a. Prum 'Essence', Riesling, Mosul

10.00

2015 Powers, Chardonnay, Columbia Valley

10.00

2015 Feudi Di San Gregorio, Falanghina, Campania

12.00

Reds

2012 Castello Di Meleto, Chianti Classico

12.00

2014 Unconditional, Pinot Noir, Oregon

12.00

2013 Aranwa, Malbec, Mendoza

10.00

2013 Sainte Anne 'Domaine Du Bordieu', Bourdeaux

11.00

2015 Franco Serra, Langhe Nebbiolo

10.00

2012 Robert Mondavi, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa

14.00

2014 La Cartuja, Priorat, Garnacha Blend

13.00

House Cocktails

$13

Woodpecker

Privateer silver rum, copper & kings american brandy, coconut milk, saint lucian nutmeg, lime, orange blossom, cassis (i.m. derek walcott)

Freddy Quell

Aviation gin infused with papaya, basil must, and genmai cha, lime, thai chile and peanut oils

Five Fashioned

Jack daniel's no. 7, black lime nutmeg jaggery, angostura, crushed fruit

Faleena

Suerte blanco tequila, agavero, agave nectar, lime, kaffir leaves, lime zest sea salt rim

Minor Chord Martini

Bully boy estate gin, extra dry vermouth, angelica liqueur, orange bitters, pickled fennel

Fraise Du Bois

Aloo vodka infused with madagascar vanilla, strawberry, suze, lemon, rooibos

Riot Van

Irish whiskey, burnt sugar, cinnamon, chile, lemon, angostura

Bamboo Curtain

Barbancourt 5 star rhum, del professore vermouth, amontillado sherry, celery, lime, orange bitters, absinthe, egg white

New Standards

$13

Vieux Carre

Rittenhouse rye, copper & kings american brandy, carpano antica, benedictene, angostura, peychaud's

Mezcal Negroni

Craneo mezcal, carpano antica, campari, orange bitters

Pisco Sour

Barsol quebranta pisco, lemon, angostura, egg white

Seelbach

Knob creek bourbon, mandarine napoleon, angostura, peychaud's, gruet brut champenoise

Jacques Rose

Originel calvados, grenadine, lemon, angostura

Moto Guzzi

Noah's mill bourbon, punt e mes

Liqueurs / Etc

Cordials

Grand Marnier

12.00

Bertina Elderflower

10.00

Capucello Chocolate

9.00

Frangelico

10.00

Sambuca Lucano

9.00

Sidetrack Cassis

10.00

Irishman Irish Cream

9.00

Limoncello

10.00

Disaronno Amaretto

10.00

Luxardo Maraschino

10.00

Green Chartreuse

13.00

St. George Absinthe

14.00

Brandy

Originel Calvados

10.00

Remy Martin Vsop

15.00

Barsol Pisco

9.00

Alexander Grappa

17.00

Copper & Kings Brandy

9.00

Busca Armagnac Hors D'age

19.00

Amari / Digestifs

Amaro Lucano

10.00

Amaro Nardini

12.00

Amaro Sibilla

11.00

Campari

9.00

Fernet Letherbee

9.00

Suze

10.00

Amaro Braulio

10.00

Amaro Tosolini

10.00

St Maria Al Monte

9.00

Braulio

10.00

Unicum

10.00

China-China

11.00

Single Malt Scotch

Balvenie 12 Year

14.00

Oban 14 Year

18.00

Lagavulin 16 Year

23.00

Caol Ila 12 Year

16.00

Dalwhinnie 15 Year

16.00

Talisker 18 Year

31.00

Dessert Menu

Desserts

Creme Brulee

10.00

Vanilla custard, berries, and a maple cookie

Profiteroles

10.00

Chocolate ganache, vanilla gelato, almonds

Chocolate Cremeux

12.00

Chocolate hazelnut cake, candied hazelnuts, and buttermilk ice cream

Almond Biscotti

4.00

House Made Gelato and Sorbetto

8.00

Two scoops on pizzelle (ask server for flavors)

Beer Float

12.00

Imperial porter, vanilla bean gelato, dulce de leche, almond biscotti crumbs (substitute root beer, no charge)

Passion Fruit Curd

11.00

Ginger creme, lemongrass meringue, sweet avocado mousse, and pistachio cake crumbs

Cheese Plate

14.00

Three ripe cheeses, with accoutrements

Featured Drinks

Amaro Flight

20.00

A tasting flight of 3 specialty italian bitters; tosolini, nardini, sibilla

Irish Coffee

13.00

Americano

4.00

Mem Tea

4.00

Espresso Martini

13.00

Espresso

3.00

Cappucino

5.00

Dessert Wines

Whites

2006 Antinori, Chianti Classico, Vin Santo

13.00

2014 Zagara, Moscato D'asti

9.00

Noilly Prat, Extra Dry Vermouth

9.00

2007 Castelnau De Suidurant, Sauternes

14.00

Gran Barquero, Amontillado Sherry

9.00

Reds

Taylor Fladgate, Fine Ruby Porto

9.00

Barbadillo, Cream Sherry

9.00

Ferreira Dona Antonia, Reserva Tawny Porto

10.00

Carpano Antica, Vermouth

10.00

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