Seasons greetings in ByWard Market, a feast for everyone!

Many exciting and interesting things, as well as the usual “joie de vivre” you’ve come to expect, are taking place in the ByWard Market this holiday season. There is a variety of tantalizing menus and activities for everybody, of all ages. Reservations are recommended to all activities. Read on below for more information.

Palate pleasures are taking place at these restaurants:

Hard Rock Café
We are closed on Monday Dec 24th and Tues Dec 25th. We are open New Years day! For New Years Eve we are doing a Family Bell Capital Cup Party. Anyone wishing to celebrate with their children is welcome, there is no cover charge.

Empire Grill

New Year’s Eve menu
Course 1
Frisée with candied walnuts, Brie & blackberry vinaigrette or
“Wedge” salad-iceberg lettuce with blue cheese dressing or
Rocket Salad with baby arugula, shaved parmesan & balsamic

Course 2
Lobster Bisque with duck comfit & crème fraiche or
Woodsy Wild Mushroom Soup

Course 3
Trio of Carpaccios – elk, bison & Angus beef or
Camembert Fritter with tomato jalapeño jam or
Malpeque Oysters

Course 4
Angus Tenderloin with lobster chipotle beurre blanc, poached green beans & buttermilk onion rings or
Venison Rack with wild blueberry dark rum jus & cream spinach or
Lamb T-bone, charred rosemary & mint sauce, grilled asparagus & parsnip horseradish purée

Course 5
Trio of Brulées – white chocolate, Kahlua & lemon ginger or
Chili Fudge Brownie with vanilla ice cream or
Mini Donuts with wildberry compote

Coffee & Tea

$75 not including taxes or gratuity
Includes a glass of sparkling wine

Book now while there is still time!
613-241-1343 or online at www.empiregrill.com

Restaurant 18

Join us for a taste of luxury on new years

The Black Truffle Affair
Monday December 31st 2007

Early seating $79/ Wine Pairings $55
Late seating $110/ wine pairings $65
extra cheese course $15

For reservations call Michelle at 613-244-1188
To view our menu please visit www.restaurant18.com

Courtyard Restaurant

Holiday Group Menus
Now until December 30th
Luncheon - $21 for all three courses/ $27.51 including taxes and gratuity
Dinner - $31 for all 3 courses / $40.61 including all taxes and gratuity

Appetizers
Cream of Chestnut and Roasted Turnip Soup with Frizzled Leeks or
Baby Arugula and Mixed Greens Salad with Pomegranate Seeds, Caramelized Mustard Croquants and Citrus Vinaigrette

Main course
Pan-seared Wild Atlantic Salmon Filet with Grains of Paradise and Maple-Coriander Glaze or
Roasted Breast of Chicken with Fig-Pine Nut-Goat Cheese Stuffing and Elderberry Glaze or
Risotto with Black Truffle Oil and Mascarpone Cheese, Mushrooms, Asparagus and Parmesan Crisp

Deserts
Chocolate Ganache Cake with Blood Orange Coulis or
Free-Form Fuji Apple Crumble with Nitro Rosemary Ice Cream or
Holiday Fruits Salad with Coconut Sorbet

New Year’s Eve Menu

Champagne Gelée, Black Mustard Caviar, Forbidden Rice Crispies

Lamb’s lettuce, Japanese Pear, Blue Benedictine Cheese Mousse, Elk Proscuitto, Roche-style Vanilla Bean Planet or
Lobster Salad, Coriander Smoke, Pickled Ginger Foam, Cucumber, Black Radish

Aloe Granité, Chestnut Leather, Fig Chips

Wild Salmon Sous-Vide, Scallop Noodles, Mushroom Dashi, Eryngii Tempura, Caramelized Celeriac ($60) or
Rare Bison Sirloin, Kola Nut Crust, Wild Elderberry-Bitter Chocolate Reduction, Pretzel Gnocchi, Roasted Turnip ($57) or
Angus Beef Striploin, Hot Foamy Black Truffle Mayonnaise, Roasted Cipolline Onions, Brown Butter Potato Purée ($72)

Chocolate Pâté, Flash-Frozen Surface, Goji Berry Compote, Lactose-Sweetened Oak, Minus 8 Vinegar or
Pineapple and Watermelon Soda Cubes, Charred Rosemary Marshmallow, Grains of Paradise Glass

Coffee or Tea

New Year’s Brunch Menu
Live Classical Guitarist performs during brunch

$21.95 Served Tuesday January 1st from 10:00 am to 2 pm
Price does not include taxes or gratuity.
A children’s menu is available for guests under 10 at ½ price ($10.95)

Freshly brewed coffee or tea
Selection of Croissants, muffins, and cinnamon twists served with strawberry preserve is brought to your table.
Mimosas: your choice of juice : cranberry, apple, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, tomato juice

Main:

Poached Egg on Onion Brioche with Wilted Spinach and Citrus Hollandaise or
Omelet with Riopelle Cheese, Chanterelle Mushrooms and Scallions or
Wild Salmon Gravlax, Fingerling Potato Salad with Chive, Macerated Beets and Arugula, Sunny Quail Egg or
Courtyard’s Traditional Eggs Benedict or
Chipotle-Rubbed Chicken Breast and Fresh Fig Salad, Blue Cheese Mousse, Lamb’s Lettuce, Vanilla Bean Vinaigrette or
Cranberry Pancakes, Québec Maple Syrup, Warm Grand Marnier Chantilly or
Tiger Shrimp and King Crab Risotto, Roasted Corn, Bell Pepper, Asparagus Tips (Add $5.00 for the Shrimp and Crab entrée)

Deserts:
Chocolate Ganache Cake with Blood Orange Coulis or
Warm Cappuccino Bread Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce or
White Chocolate Crème Brûlée in a Dark Chocolate Cup or
Free Form Fuji Apple Crumble with Nitro Rosemary Ice Cream or
Fresh and Dried Fruit Salad with Coconut Sorbet

Fish Market Restaurant

Christmas Seasonal Fare Menu
Christmas menu available or let us custom design one for you. To book your Xmas party, call (613) 241-3474 or email at barb@fishmarket.ca
Lunch $19.99 Dinner $29.99 (plus taxes and service)

Course1
Choice of:
Fresh mussels steamed in garlic, white wine and a medley of fresh garden vegetables or
Caesar salad tossed with bacon, garlic croutons and finished with fresh parmesan cheese

Course 2
Fresh Atlantic Salmon Fillet with Brandy Walnut Butter wit fresh vegetables and seasoned rice or
Fresh fillet of Lemon Sole Oscar, stuffed with fresh crabmeat and topped with Hollandaise Sauce with fresh vegetables and seasoned rice or
Roast Turkey Breast with Sage & Onion Dressing, with cranberry sauce with garlic mashed potatoes and home made gravy or
Sirloin Steak au Poivre, flamed in a brandy demi glace served with fresh vegetables and garlic mashed potatoes

Course 3
Hot Apple Cobbler with Rum & Raison Sauce or Pumpkin Pie with whipped cream

New Year’s Eve 2007
For starters
Lobster bisque laced with fresh cream or
Spicy Stone Crab Cake with a roasted red pepper mayo or
Caesar Salad with crispy pancetta bacon and parmesan cheese or
Shrimp & Scallop Martini, a seared scallop compose with a vodka,
Citrus and fresh pepper salsa, with a lime mayo

Main course
King & Queen Platter or
Chilean seabass fillet with mango mint relish or
Surf & Turf or
Swordfish steak with strawberry and cranberry peppercorn sauce or
Cheese tortellini with portabello mushrooms and crisp pancetta bacon

Finish in style with a choice of:
Grand Marnier Crème Caramel with Orange Zest or
Dolce Vita Chocolate Cake

Columbian coffee or a selection of fine teas

Bistro 115

Velouté of wild mushroom scented with truffle oil or
Duck and wild rice chowder with thyme crostini

Torchon of foie gras and apple cider glaze on toasted gingerbread or
Poached pear stuffed with blue ermite cheese or
Buckwheat blinis with smoked salmon, chive crème fraîche and salmon caviar

Roasted filet of veal with potato gnocchi and wild mushroom ragout or
Scallops and shrimp in a lobster bisque piled on a puff pastry case or
Crisp confit of duck with a cranberry gastrique sauce or
Braised Canadian lamb shank with puy lentils and pearl onions

Madawaska raw ewe milk cheese with our grilled walnut fig bread

Molten chocolate cake with a compote of brandied cherries or
Tarte tatin with caramel sauce and cinnamon chantilly cream or
Crème brûlée with armagnac infused prunes

A flute of Lily sparkling

$85 per person, service and taxes not included
110 Murray Street, 613-562-7244

Musical indulgences can be found at the following:

Zaphod Beeblebrox
Zaphod’s Legendary No-Stress New Year’s Eve Party
Advance tickets on sale now. Get yours early as we sell out every year
Featuring our annual line-up of Ottawa’s best bands and djs

Zaphod Vogon bands (poetry not included!)
Politique
+ The Polytones
+Mono Hum
+Doll
+The Bush Pilots

Zaphod’s Hoopiest Magrathean DJs
T Bone
+Matty M
+Ripsey

Also featuring Zaphod’s Pan Galactic Bar Staff
and festive decorations by Heath & crew

Monday, December 31/2007
(Doors 7pm – Showtime 8pm)
Advance tickets: $20 for a limited time at ticketweb.ca or by phone 1-888-222-6608

HELSINKI Lounge and Disco in conjunction with DNA - 11
First Kiss 2008 – A Smashing New Year’s Eve Party

Helsinki has experienced a sophisticated makeover from design guru Ernst Hupel of 2H Design. Bold new patterns, black and white and swarovski inspired chandeliers adorn this first class nightclub.

DNA -11, a leader in cutting edge artwork has combined forces with Helsinki in creating a unique New Year’s Eve celebration. When you arrive you may have your lipstick professionally applied and polished by M.A.C cosmetic artists, by kissing DNA – 11paper a montage of kisses will appear on the wall. The winning lips will receive a portrait worth $600. A portion of sales from all DNA 11 Kiss Kits will be donated to M.A.C Cosmetics Aids Fund.

Also, enjoy cocktails featuring an aptly named “KISS-TINI”, champagne and bottle service is readily available while 4 of Canada’s top DJs entertain guests on an L.E.D lit dancefloor.

15 George Street 613-241-2868

Also feast your eyes on at the following galleries:

La Petite Mort Gallery
Second annual “I-WISH-I-COULD-AFFORD-ARTWORK-AS-A-GIFT” sale!!

La Petite Mort Gallery is now featuring original works at affordable prices, from a few bucks to whatever – just in time for the X-mas Holidays. Portfolios & artwork available for viewings by such local artists: ink drawings and limited edition catalogues by Michael De Forge, mixed media by Meaghan Haughian, monoprints and lithographs by Victor Manuel Hernandez Castillo, drawings by Stephan St-Laurent and Yvon Benoit, mixed drawings by Andrew MacKay, works on paper by Maks, Graham Robinson and Lindsay Campbell, photographs by Peter Sramek, Christina Riley, Tony Fouhse, digital prints by Bruce Eves, large format drawings by Dave Maat, paintings by Paul Sharp, gouache on paper by Daniel Lavoie, street art & poetry on cardboard by Crazzy Dave, and other anonymous, found & low-brow works from the collection of La Petite Mort Gallery.

Calligrammes

From the 12th of December to the 12th of January
Christmas Exhibition
Selected works artists of the gallery

These are just a few of the things to do and see in the ByWard Market for the 2007 holiday season. Let the holiday decorations and snowfall be your blanket of warmth and inspiration as your stroll through its streets this holiday season.
There are many more inviting restaurants, clubs, shops and street vendors all making the market the great place it is known to be.