The Monifa Dayo Experience

Dear beautiful people,

I'm so excited to share this revolutionary, love-inspired event just before Valentine's Day. Co-sponsored by Tarocco (woman-owned), an establishment that shares my vision of style and culinary excellence while also ensuring that staff receives a living wage. I invite you to join me in this ethical dining experience and reframe the way we value people in the food service industry.

Honestly, love is all we really need. So join me as I lean into my true love, my first loves: food and culture. The sample menu I've adopted is sexy, seasonal, and wildly tasty. The citrus crudo boasts seven different varieties of citrus, while the slow-cooked braised beef cheeks require no knife as you drag a morsel through my famous SeneGambian peanut sauce. My favorite flavor combination--chocolate and pear--speaks to my time in the city of lights: Paris.

You are in the best, most capable hands for the evening. Allow me to reintroduce myself and my craft to you. It's been a while and I miss all of you.

*Sample menu:

Marinated olives

Amuse

Winter chicories w/candied walnut, white cheddar, apple, creme fraiche and dill

Pomme frite, pili-pili aioli

Winter citrus & tombo tuna crudo, black olive, date, avocado, turmeric, charmoula, almond oil

Braised beef cheek (see below for beef substitute), peanut sauce, bok choy, beet, fried sunchoke

Seabass, turnip, fried artichoke, steamed leek, peanut sauce, soft herbs

Cardamom-rose milk cake topped w/crème fraîche, toasted pistachio, crystalized rose & rosemary flowers

Lemon verbena tisane

*Menu subject to change due to market availability.

Wine and bubbles available for purchase.