Dinner Menu at L’Oursin

pain et beurre $8
warm baguette and salted Breton butter

huîtres $3.5ea
PNW oysters on the half shell* with mignonette and lemon GF

brandade croquettes $14
fried salt cod fritters with tartar sauce GF

panisse $13
crispy chickpea fingers with harissa and crème fraîche GF

gambas grillées $24
whole grilled Kauai sweet prawns in “Café de Paris” butter

st. jacques $24
raw Alaskan weathervane scallops* with crème fraîche, Champagne gelée, celery and lemon GF

thon de ligne $24
raw St. Jude albacore tuna loin* marinated in white wine with fennel, carrots and fines herbes GF

escargots $18
Burgundy snails broiled with garlic-parsley butter and warm baguette

tartare de boeuf $20
hand-chopped and seasoned raw* dry-aged beef eye round
with toasts

terrine de foie gras $20
pressed duck liver terrine with confiture and our brioche

pâté en croûte $18
pork, foie and pistachio paté baked in pastry

salade fermière $18
chicories and lettuces with fresh goat cheese, fines herbes, radishes, sunflower seeds
and Dijon vinaigrette GF V

gratinée à l’oignon $20
our French onion soup…confit onions in a rich veal bone broth
with a gruyère crouton

vol au vent aux champignons $42
mushrooms, brassicas and a farm egg nestled in puff pastry with gruyère fondue sauce

pêche du jour au pistou $48
wood-grilled fillet of local rockfish or black cod in a spring vegetable broth with green garlic and walnut pistou

poulet au morilles $45

braised half chicken with asparagus, potatoes and wild Washington morels with a sherry wine sauce

steak-frites $45

wood-grilled Washington hanger steak with Cognac-veal sauce au poivre and russet fries GF

cassoulet $50
a confited duck leg and saucisse de toulouse in slow-simmered Rancho Gordo white beans topped with garlic breadcrumbs

fromage du jour $12ea

glaces maison $8ea

housemade ice creams and sorbets GF

mousse au chocolat $10

milk chocolate, candied nuts, fleur de sel GF

crème brûlée $12 GF

Please note that we are 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 may be harmful to your health.