Montes Gourmet café

Please visit our new web site for today’s menu at

www.montesinternational.com

Online ordering is now available during our regular business hours

Holiday Menu 2008 page 1

Please place your holiday orders before the deadlines.

Please place your Thanksgiving order by 3:00 pm on Sunday November 23rd and your Christmas order by Friday December 19th to guarantee you have your favorites.

You may stop in or call after 9:00 am on Thanksgiving Eve and Christmas Eve to reserve any items that we have made extra.

Our regular hours are Monday through Friday 9:00-5:30T

Thanksgiving Eve and Christmas Eve we will be opened until 6:00 pm .

We will be closed November 27th-Monday December 1st as well as December 25thand 26th.

We will close at 3:00 pm on December 31st and reopen on Friday January 2nd from 9:00-3:00 pm 2007. we will resume our regular business hours on Monday January 5th 2009

Make your holidays memorable, make it with Montes.

Appetizers

Jumbo coconut shrimp –served with horseradish orange marmalade

$28.95 per dz. or $15.00 per ½ dz.

Seared Lamb chops-horseradish crusted with Madeira Dijon sauce $21.00 6 chops

Fresh asparagus strudel-with toasted almonds and smoked Gouda serves 6 $24.00

Jumbo stuffed shrimp Mediterranean -sun-dried tomatoes, fresh spinach, and garlic herb stuffing $28.95 per dz. or $15.00 per ½ dz.

Seafood platter- includes 1 dz. of each, marinated jumbo shrimp, smoked salmon roulade and grilled chilled scallops wrapped in prosciutto $59.00.

Mini baked Brie-filled with fresh pears, wrapped and baked golden in a flaky pastry and topped with toasted pine nuts, includes crackers. $12.95

Homemade brandied foie gras- duck liver, brandy and pistachios are used to make this most exquisite pâté, includes water crackers. Serves 4 $12.95

Smoked salmon potato pancakes-served with horseradish caper sauce serves 6 $21.00

Roasted sweet pepper garlic hummus dip with toasted pita triangles $6.95 pint

Spinach and artichoke dip with corn chips $8.95 pint

Soup $8.25 quart $15.00 ½ gallon

Vegetarian carrot ginger

Locally grown organic Pumpkin saffron

Lobster bisque $10.95 per quart or $20.50 ½ gallon

Salads-all with our own homemade dressings $4.25 per serving

Winter greens-with grilled hearts of palm, grilled artichoke hearts, tomato, red onion, and pomegranate dressing topped with toasted pine nuts and shreds of parmegiana reggiano

Salad balsamico-romaine topped with bleu cheese, roasted onions, walnuts and balsamic dressing

Mediterranean-Romaine, tomatoes, cucumbers, Greek olives, feta cheese,dried cranberries,

figs, toasted almonds and lemon oregano vinaigrette

Fresh mixed greens with roasted vegetables and creamy herb dressing

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Homemade Rolls $4.50 dz.

Dinner rolls. or Squash blue corn rye rolls

Whipped honey butter $4.50 ½ pint

Homemade relish and gravy $7.95 pint $10.95 quart

Cranberry orange relish

Homemade Turkey Gravy

Individual entrée portions

Slow roasted chestnut duckling

Served with sweet prunes and cognac sauce

$34.00 per whole duckling serves 2

Beef Wellington

Beef tenderloin topped with homemade foie gras and mushroom duxelles wrapped and baked in golden pastry and served with Madeira wine sauce

$14.95 per fillet

Salmon stuffed with scallops

Baked and served with tarragon sweet vermouth sauce

$14.95 per fillet

Roasted stuffed Cornish hens

Filled with chestnut, apricot wild rice and served with spiced apricot glaze

$12.25 per hen

Vegetable apple stuffed chicken breast

Served with fresh sage cream sauce $10.95 per breast

Vegetarian aubergine pouches

Grilled eggplant wrapped around sundried tomato pesto, portabella mushroom duxelle, fresh mozzarella, roasted red pepper and roasted onion. Drizzled with olive oil, exquisite imported Rubio balsamic vinegar and fresh ground peppercorns $13.50

Side dishes

Caramelized gingered carrots $7.95 quart

Mashed potatoes with roasted garlic $5.95 quart

Oven roasted potatoes with parmesan and rosemary $5.50 dz.

Vegetable apple stuffed squash with pecans and honey $4.25 serves 1

Whipped winter squash- slow roasted whipped and seasoned $5.95 quart

Fresh asparagus and sweet pepper bundle tied with carrot ribbon $3.25

Stuffed and roasted red potatoes with herb cheese $18.00 dz.

topped with pecans $3.50 ea

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Meats and Seafood

Roast stuffed turkey breast

With sage apple bread stuffing serves approx. 4. $26.50

Stuffed beef tenderloin with Seafood

Beautiful whole tenderloin filled with fresh lobster meat, scallops and shrimp, served with fresh tarragon bordelaise sauce. Serves approx 8 market price

½ Roast pork loin

Slow roasted and served with spiced apple pear chutney serves approx. 6-8 $38.00

Stuffed leg of lamb Mediterranean

Roasted eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes, sweet pepper and feta stuffing

Served with fresh rosemary burgundy wine sauce serves approx. 8. $62.00

Desserts

Pumpkin cheesecake roll $22.00 each (through thanksgiving only)

Bouche Noel (Yule log) cake roll filled with hazelnut whipped cream topped

and decorated with chocolate icing $22.00 each (December only)

Tiramisu-layers of rum espresso infused sponge cake, mascarpone custard

and sprinkled with cocoa. Serves 10-12 $36.00

Montes original dessert creations

Limoncello Napoleon-layers of French pastry, Limoncello sponge cake

and lemon mousse serves 10-12 $36.00

Chocolate hazelnut mousse cake– chocolate cake soaked with hazelnut liquor,

encased with rich hazelnut chocolate mousse, topped with hazelnut ganache,

white chocolate shavings and chocolate dipped hazelnuts.

$43.00 serves 14-16

Christmas morning strudel-filled with fresh pears, figs and almond paste.

Whole strudel $22.00 ½ strudel $12.00

Gingerbread pumpkin mousse roll with cinnamon icing $22.00

Cheesecake quartets $30.00 each.

Your guests will sing praises. Each quartet includes 4 varieties of some of our most popular homemade cheesecakes and serves approx. 16.

Pre sliced not available (no substitutions)

Kings quartet includes

Pumpkin with ginger crust/Blueberry lemon- with Maine wild blueberries and sour cream/ Tuxedo –white and milk chocolate, chocolate crust and topped with rich ganache/White chocolate raspberry swirl

Red carpet quartet includes

Raspberry swirl / Turtle-chocolate caramel with chocolate pecan crust and topped with chocolate, caramel and pecans/White chocolate amaretto- with almond crust /Chocolate chip

Our regular dessert menu is also available upon request

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Great gifts

Our Homemade tea cookie tins

One of our most requested items. We over fill cookie tins with our homemade

tea cookies then cellophane wrap and decorate each one.

Limited availability order early

Small holds 2 ½ dozen $14.25

Medium holds 4 dozen $21.00

Holiday gift baskets

Depending on the amount of your basket you may receive some or all

of thefollowing.

Our homemade tea cookies, assortment of our large cookies,

homemade blueberry lemon bread, fresh fruits, mixed nuts, candies, coffees and teas, smoked seafood, cheeses, crackers ,sparkling cider and

much more.

Starting at $30.00 and go up in increments of $10.00.

Montes gift certificates

You decide the value, no expiration, limited restrictions

Thank you……

To all of our customers who have made 2008 another wonderful year here at Montes as it has been our 10th year in downtown Bangor

We are working hard in planning 2009 with many new ideas and changes and also planning out the International week’s schedule.

To keep up to date with upcoming events, our ever changing menu and specials, put our web address in your favorites and check back often.

We’d like to thank everyone who supported and visited Arturo at the Bar harbor Hotel Bluenose Inn this past summer and please check back as they too are working hard on their 2009 season.

 

We wish you all a very safe and happy holiday season.

With gratitude, The Montes Family and Crew

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72 Columbia St. Bangor, ME (207)945-3990 www.montesinternational.com

945-3990 fax 942-1718

72 Columbia Street Bangor Maine 04401 Fax 207-942-1718

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