You Had Us at Slow-roasted Pork Shoulder

For all you people craving something porky this weekend, check out Cochon. We swiped the menu last night.

First Course

Onion soup $7

Mussels with tomato-leek saffron broth, grilled baquette $10

Haricots verts salad with toasted almonds, shallots, tomato, mustard-vinaigrette $8

Field greed salad with tomato, red onion, goat cheese, red-wine vinaigrette $8

Seared scallops with frisee, lardons, roasted peppers, fingerlings, lemon-thyme vinaigrette $12

Escargots with shitake mushrooms, tomato concasse, Pernod garlic-butter sauce $10

Crispy chicken livers with balsamic vinegar, candied walnuts, raisins $9

Second Course

Grilled pork chop with celery-root fennel hash, juniper oil $23

Slow-roasted pork shoulder ove lentils du Puy, roasted Brussels sprouts, poached egg $20

Steak frites with red-wine sauce and aoili $23

Wild striped bass over sweet pea risotto, saffron buerre blanc $22

Braised, free-range lamb shank with rutabaga, fingerlings, crimini mushrooms $22

Herb-roasted game hen with potato gratin, braised Swiss chard, preserved lemon sauce $18

Free-range duck breast with white bean ragout, harictos verts $23

Cochon's dishes sound hearty and soulful, but their flagrant abuse of hyphens has us worried.

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