Multicontinent wine dinner at MezzaNotte


MezzaNotte Ristorante in Guilderland will be serving a dinner featuring international wine and cuisine at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 7. The cost is $64 per person, plus tax and tip, and reservations are required; call 689-4433. MezzaNotte is located at 2026 Western Ave. The lineup:

  • Spigola Cilena brasata: Butter-braised Chilean sea bass, roasted fennel, caramelized cipollini, grapefruit; Terre Di Giurfo Insolia, Sicily, Italy.
  • Barbeque kwartel: Barbecue quail, tumeric-seasoned yellow rice, cucumber salad; Diemersdal chardonnay, Durbanville, South Africa.
  • Filete de carne ahumado lento: Slow-smoked beef tenderloin, roasted spicy Spanish chorizo and vegetable empanada; Morichetti malbec, Argentina.
  • Poschierter Birnenstrudel: Riesling-poached pear strudel, crushed pistachio, blue cheese; Graff “Urziger Wurzgarten” Riesling spätlese, Mosel, Germany
Steve Barnes

16 Responses

  1. Mr. Sunshine says:

    What a disappointment that any restaurant would strill be serving endangered and overfished Chilean se bass (Patagonian toothfish). Shame!

  2. Mr. Sunshine says:

    Mike check out

  3. Mr. Sunshine says:

    You are using a site from Chile! Are you so gullible? It’s listed “AVOID” and is severely overfished, most of it illegally, using unmodified bottom longlines, which themselves drown all kinds of seabirds. Shame on Mezza Notte.

  4. Mike says:

    Since when is the US Department of State, and NOAA Fisheries a Chilean website?

  5. williepitt says:

    Maybe the sea bass abuse is one of the doctrines of Mezzanotte’s owner, who is an Ayn Rand fan. Her teaching was basically “If I’m as superior as I think I am to everyone else, I can do whatever I please.”

  6. Mike says:

    Here is a partial list of fish the the Monterey Bay Aquariam has on its AVOID list: Atlantic Halibut, California Halibut, Imported Cobia, Atlantic Cod, Pacific Cod, Conch, Atlantic Flounder, Fresh Water Eel (Unagi), Grouper, Haddock, White Hake, Monkfish, Opah (imported), Orange Roughy, Pompano, Salmon (farmed), Skate, Red Snapper, Atlantic Sole, Yellowtail, Tuna (Yellowfin), Tuna (Tongol), Tuna (Skipjack), Tuna (Bluefin), Tuna (Bigeye), Tuna (Albacore).

    I guess it is time to give up fish.

  7. wineguy says:

    Mike, You omitted a lot of the information in your #9 post. Go back and read it again.

  8. slilly says:

    Really, williepitt? Shall we resurrect your fallibilities? I seem to remember some ridiculous things coming from your mouth/keyboard.

  9. williepitt says:

    Sure, “silly” (good name). Let’s bring back everything you remember. I have no illusions about being terribly popular on this blog, and I’m not going to be shattered if you decide to revisit everything you think impeaches me.

    I am what I am, and I say what I want. Those who don’t like it can either blab their heads off, or back off. It will make absolutely no difference to me, or to what I post.

  10. fishless says:

    if we avoid all of the fish on #9 list there is nothing left but…catfish? that sucks…

  11. williepitt says:

    Actually, #12, catfish can be pretty good. We eat a fair amount of it.

    Of course, it would be nice to have some alternatives.

  12. deena says:

    The menu looks beautiful!