Boston- August 15, 2007 - Home to one of Boston’s most lavish Sunday brunches, The Langham, Boston’s Executive Chef Mark Sapienza celebrates Café Fleuri’s recent green certification from the Green Restaurant Association by introducing a new brunch format that supports sustainable farming and the use of local ingredients. Sea, Garden, Forest & Farm: The Sunday Brunch, offers diners a new way to connect with their loved ones and the food on their plate every week.
Chef Sapienza sources 30% of his ingredients from local and sustainable producers, a practice often found in individually-owned restaurants but rarely in hotel restaurant settings. “As someone who cares deeply about the source and quality of the food my own family consumes, expanding my sourcing practices for the hotel’s dining services simply seemed like a logical progression,” said Sapienza. “Especially after the restaurant achieved green certification, highlighting our local and sustainable practices by revamping our popular Sunday Brunch at Café Fleuri made perfect sense as a tangible way to give back to our guests.”
Four display stations-Sea, Garden, Forest & Farm-will be set up around the room and will feature theme-appropriate tablescapes and cuisine. For example, some of the dishes surrounding the Garden table’s mini-wheelbarrow will be a Shaved Fennel & Red Onion Salad, Black Olives & Orange Vinaigrette, a Roasted Root Vegetable Salad with Crumbled Massachusetts Blue Cheese and Poppy-seed Crusted Spinach and Feta “Turnovers.” The Farm table will offer an abundant display, including Maple Meadow Farm Stuffed Eggs, Lakes End Goat’s Cheese and Caramelized Onion Tart and Maple-glazed Winroze Farm Roast Pork with Heirloom Bean Salad, all surrounding an authentic weathervane centerpiece.
In addition to stationary displays, the Langham’s grand buffet includes attended stations offering sushi, omelets made to order, pasta, carving, breakfast favorites such as waffles, blintzes, breakfast meats and hot lunch specialties including Thyme-roasted Misty Knoll Chicken Breast with Foraged Mushrooms and Madeira and Wild Rice Gnocchi in Leek Cream. A lavish display of desserts round out the menu, including a sampling of the Langham’s famous Chocolate Bar.
Also revamped for the season is the all-new “Kids Station.” A table set at child height serving kid-friendly items, such as Mini-Beef Hot Dogs & Rolls, Country Fried Chicken Tenders, Mini Pizza Bagel Bites, Carrot & Celery Sticks with Ranch Dressing for Dipping and kid-only desserts of Rice Crispy Treats, Mixed Fruit Salad, Mini-Candy Apples and Cupcakes. Maintaining the locally-grown theme, the Kid’s Station will look like a farm, featuring a large Red Barn and stuffed toy animals.
Sea, Garden, Forest & Farm: The Sunday Brunch will also offer guests the opportunity to connect with local farmers and artisanal food producers on a one-to-one basis. These special visitors will share their knowledge of their product, their industry and their insights into sustainable farming on a monthly basis. Scheduled guests thus far include: Pat Woodbury (oysters/clams), Jim & Cindy Crawford of the Crawford Family Farm (Vermont veal and cheese), and Mark & Gari Fisher of Woodcock Farm (Vermont Sheep’s Milk Cheeses). Special seasonal Sunday brunches include Brunch with Santa and Elf December 2, 9, 16 and 23, a Christmas Day Brunch on December 25 and a Recovery Brunch on January 1, 2008. Please call for pricing for special events.
Sea, Garden, Forest & Farm: The Sunday Brunch at The Langham, Boston’s Café Fleuri opens on September 9, 2007, and runs every Sunday from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The cost is $50.00 for adults, $17.50 for children 5-12 and free for children under 4 years of age. For reservations, contact Café Fleuri at (617) 956-8751 or (617) 451-1900 or visit opentable.com. |
