Jax chefs offer special menu in addition to regular menu on New Year’s Eve

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Dec. 17, 2015) – Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar will be open for regular hours on New Year’s Eve and will offer special menu items exclusive for the evening. Jax Chef de Cuisine Theresia Ota, Sous Chef Jeff Dietzler and Pastry Chef Kelly Conwell combined their talents to create two starters, two entrees and two desserts to celebrate the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016.

The New Year’s Eve menu features gooseneck barnacles, a very rare gourmet delicacy typically only found in Portugal and Spain. The wild gooseneck barnacles served at Jax on New Year’s Eve are sustainably harvested by hand in Clayoquot Sound off the western coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. These are the only legally and sustainably harvested gooseneck barnacles anywhere in North America.

Jax will open at 4 p.m. and run its regular dinner menu, in addition to the special New Year’s Eve offerings immediately below. Happy hour will run during its normal time from 4 to 6 p.m.  

JAX FISH HOUSE NEW YEAR’S EVE MENU

Starters 

Gooseneck Barnacles

castelvetrano olives and piquillo peppers

The flavor of gooseneck barnacles is somewhere between crab and razor clam, and reminiscent of a mildly briny oyster.

Squid Ink Brioche

truffled omelet, chive crème fraiche, trout roe

Entrees

Pan Seared Colorado Striped Bass

sweetbreads, red wine walnut gastrique

Braised Short Ribs

chestnut bread pudding, bone marrow

Desserts

Chocolate Fudge Cake

amarena cherries, chocolate sphere, marshmallow

Olive Oil Sponge Cake

champagne sorbet, olive powder, lemon, almonds

About Jax Fish House & Oyster BarA Big Red F Restaurant Group restaurant, Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar brings the coasts to the coastless, serving up the finest and freshest the ocean has to offer. Sourcing dock-to-door, Executive Chef Sheila Lucero has built long-standing relationships with coastal fisherman to ship the highest quality seafood available daily, incorporating fresh ingredients into an innovative sea-to-table menu. Consistently voted to the “Best of” awards, Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar has five locations in Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Glendale, and Kansas City, each boasting unique menus. For more information, please visit www.jaxfishhouse.com.

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