PETITS PLATS

pain et beurre $8
a hunk of warm Grand Central Bakery baguette with a side of lightly salted French farmstead butter

huîtres $4ea
fresh oysters from the pacific northwest on the half shell* with shallot mignonette and lemon GF

calamars frits $14
little fried squid tubes and tentacles with tartar sauce GF

panisse $14
crispy chickpea fingers with our spicy harissa sauce and cultured crème fraîche GF

gambas grillées $26
whole grilled sweet prawns from Kauai bathed in anchovy, lemon and tarragon “Café de Paris” butter

st. jacques en cru $24
raw Alaskan scallop carpaccio with celery root, cosmic crisp apple, crème fraîche, pinenuts and brown butter GF

thon de ligne en cru $24
raw St. Jude albacore tuna loin*with local puntarelle chicory greens, olives, capers and tuna tonnato sauce GF

escargots $20
six plump Burgundy snails broiled in a spinach-garlic-parsley butter with warm baguette

tartare de boeuf $24
hand-chopped raw*dry-aged Washington beef eye round with our house seasonings, a raw*farm egg yolk and tartines

pâté en croûte $22
an elegant terrine of pork, bacon, fig and pistachio paté baked in pastry served with grain mustard and pickles

salade fermière $20
a collection of farm lettuces with a whipped goat cheese, fines herbes, radishes, sunflower seeds and Dijon vinaigrette GF V

gratinée à l’oignon $25
our French onion soup composed of confit onions stewed in a bubbling roasted veal bone broth with broiled Gruyère croutons and chives

GRANDS PLATS

vol au vent aux champignons $42
an airy shell of puff pastry filled with wild mushrooms, turnips, kale and squash with a sherry velouté sauce V

black cod $52
grilled fillet of local black cod with geoduck clam beurre blanc, local cultivated mushrooms and greens

poulet à l’alsacienne $48
a tender free-range half-chicken braised with cabbage, fingerlings, brussels sprouts and lardons

steak-frites $48
grilled Washington-raised shoulder tender steak with a Cognac-laced “au poivre” sauce and our lovely house pommes frites

cassoulet $50
a hot crock of slow-simmered Rancho Gordo white beans and ham with a confit duck leg and a homemade Toulouse sausage topped with garlic breadcrumbs

ask about our daily specials!

DESSERTS

cheese of the moment $12ea

housemade ice creams and sorbets $8 GF

mousse au chocolat $10
milk chocolate, candied nuts, fleur de sel GF

crème brûlée $12 GF

Please note that L’Oursin is a service charge establishment. A 20% service charge is applied to each bill in lieu of a tip.

This amount is retained by the house and redistributed entirely and fairly as wages and benefits to the staff working this evening.

If you would like us to remove this from your bill, please ask and we’ll be happy to do it. Thank you.

*The King County Health Department would like us to remind you that eating raw shellfish and other foods on this dinner menu may be harmful to your health.