Kansas City Food Blog

Grilled swordfish, left, and a hot Kentucky brown highlight the new menu.

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While there are plenty of new and interesting exhibits at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, diners should be excited to learn about the new fall lunch menu at Cafe Sebastienne.

Although Executive Chef Jennifer Maloney changes the dinner menu weekly to account for seasonal and locally sourced ingredients, the lunch menu changes only seasonally.  

The two new dishes that caught our attention are the Swordfish and Hot Kentucky Brown, because both contain the same applewood bacon as the well-known Cobb Salad. The Swordfish ($16) is grilled swordfish on smoked tomato sauce with creamy polenta, sauteed greens and that applewood bacon. And the Hot Kentucky Brown ($12.50) is an open-faced, oven-roasted turkey sandwich with applewood-smoked bacon, tomato and cheddar Mornay sauce on toasted sun-dried tomato bread. You may now pass out. 
 
While there are plenty of other new additions, a few of the old standbys remain, including that  Cobb Salad ($13) and the popular Fish Tacos ($14.50). Lunch is Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. You can find out the latest on menu changes and special offerings at Cafe Sebastienne's Twitter page.

And speaking of apples ...
Based on the number of times you've read "applewood bacon," you probably have bacon or apples on the brain. Well, you can satisfy one of those cravings on Saturday 10 at Blue Bird Bistro, while sipping homemade apple cocktails before the Farmer's Table dinner featuring Missouri farmers from Thane Palmberg Farm, Beau Solais Farm and Campo Lindo Farm.

The five-course meal includes whole milk ricotta and squash soup as well as oyster mushroom ravioli in romesco sauce. A vegetarian option is available, but meat eaters will want to check out the Campo Lindo chicken and lamb dishes. Tickets are $45; wine pairing is $20 extra. Make reservations at 816-221-7559.  

Image courtesy of Margaret Keough.