Some purebred Highland beef would be superb, aged for four weeks, maybe with a bit of light, creamy, intense chanterelle mushroom sauce.

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Among the new dishes are roast cod with garlic potato puree and leek and mushroom sauce, braised chicken thighs with lentils, cauliflower and very cheesy sauce and navarin of lamb with couscous and grilled vegetables.

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Aboard the boat was a cloth-covered picnic table set with handmade clay dishes and mugs, holding corn chips and homemade guacamole, a salad prepared with freshly picked chinampa produce, such as white onion and tomatoes, and served with two types of ranchero cheese, as well as plates of Oaxaca-style tamales filled with mushroom and guajillo chilli sauce.

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Especially noteworthy: the creamless porcini mushroom soup and the grilled sliced sirloin steak with peppercorn sauce. l Eleven Madison Park -- 11 Madison Ave.

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Particularly good: grilled portobello mushroom salad with ginger tomato soy vinaigrette, and rack of lamb with red wine and rosemary sauce.

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