Welcome to FWAH

Hello, Bend! You're looking lovely this evening. Thanks for visiting the FWAH blog, where Food Wine Art (and) Happy happens.

FWAH combines our weekly culinary musings with thoughtful wine pairings, local art, and depths of characters (you and yours).

Each week, menus will be posted here, along with blogs from our previous weeks.

FWAH is an underground restaurant which operates under the principle of providing an atmosphere where local crafts of the culinary, agricultural, artistic and social talents come together.

FWAH in Bend - Sunday, September 13th - 6:30pm

FWAH is eager to announce it's opening menu for FWAH Bend:

Locavore Dégustation

1st

Sweet Tomato Pie

Savory galette, sweet potato crust, overnight tomatoes, squash, grilled corn and basil, Juniper Grove fromage blanc foam, molasses balsamic reduction

2nd

Bouquet Garni Salad

Shredded duck confit, pickled local carrots, poached celery, shaved sweet onions, steamed leeks, celery root remoulade, local greens, herb-mustard vinaigrette

3rd

¡Surprise Intermezzo!

4th

Wild Sockeye Salmon

Local chanterelle & lobster mushrooms, potato risotto, pearl onion mirepoix, organic kale, black Oregon truffles, lemon-chive aoili

5th

Late Summer Corn Panna Cotta

Blueberry-basil pancake, organic blueberry preserve, nectarine syrup

Substitutions politely declined.

Five course prix-fixe menu $50 donation per person recommended (gratuity not included)

We accept cash only.

For reservations, email fwahdinner@gmail.com with name, # in party, and contact information. Please do not consider your reservation confirmed until you receive an email confirmation from FWAH. Once confirmed, your reservation is final, permanent, sealed in wax, as space is limited to fourteen precious seats.

FWAH bids farewell to Tucson - Sunday, July 26th

Tucson Tribute

Sunday, July 26th

7pm

1st course

Ceviche of 17th Street Market's freshest catch, candied serranos, grilled mango, mexican limes, Arizona pistachios

2nd course

Homemade Sonoran Corn Dog

Bacon wrapped housemade sausage on a local stick, fresh corn-beer batter, nopales/chili rajas salad, crema & spicy mesquite honey mustard

3rd course (Intermezzo)

Sorbet Trio

Prickly Pear, Avocado, and Tamarindo

4th course

Carne Seca Beef Short Ribs, Drunken Beans, Anita's Street Market Tortillas, Cotija cheese, local vegetables, and salad verde

5th course

Ibarra Chocolate Tart, Green Valley Pecans, Ragin' Sage Espresso Custard, Cajeta caramel,

Horchata Ice Cream

Substitutions politely declined.

Five course prix-fixe menu $45/person (gratuity not included)

We accept cash only.

A focused wine list will be available for $15/bottle.

We will also offer Mexican beer at $2/bottle.

For reservations, email fwahdinner@gmail.com with name, # in party, and contact information. Please do not consider your reservation confirmed until you receive an email confirmation from FWAH. Once confirmed, your reservation is final, permanent, sealed in wax, as space is limited to fourteen precious seats.

Taste of the Fertile Crescent!

Thanks to our energetic crowd on July 12 for making our Middle Eastern "Taste of the Fertile Crescent" one to remember. Special thanks to Nicki Santini for filling our space with oversized canvas paintings that really brightened up the atmosphere. Also, thanks to April Burge for reciting a Cinquain, and Jessica Lockett for making our very first FWAH film (not yet rated).

Mid East Feast - July 12th!

Taste of the Fertile Crescent

Sunday, July 12 7:00pm

1st

Local melon salad with Feta stuffed olives, proscuitto, Golden beets, & Mint

2nd

Berbere rubbed Mexican Grouper, Red lentil-tabouli salad, Lemon basil raita, Spicy saffron sultanas

Intermezzo

3rd

Lamb Merguez sausage, Charmoula roasted Lamb Chop & Lamb shish kebab, Smoked eggplant-chickpea salad, Pomegranate sauce

4th

A Coffee Date

Four course prix-fixe menu - $50

A focused wine list will offer wines at $15/bottle.

Substitutions politely declined.

For reservations, email fwahdinner@gmail.com with your name, number in party, and contact information. Do not consider your reservation confirmed until you receive an email confirmation with FWAH's location. Once a reservation is confirmed it is final.

FWAHling in Love

Thank you to everyone at our FWAHther's Day dinner this past Sunday, June 21st, for making the event one to remember. From Father's Day, to Summer Solstice, and Muriel Fisher's ?th Birthday, there were many reasons to celebrate. An extra special thanks to Paul for his poetry reading and for popping the French bubbly to celebrate Muriel's special day. It was an honor and a pleasure to see so many new faces (and some old) on Sunday.

We also want to express our sincerest thanks to Jeremy Seywer, whose performance at FWAH truly stood out as one of our best FWAHrtists so far. Jeremy's somewhat mellow songs, were smooth and inviting, his lyrics thoughtful and precise, and we truly enjoyed his performance at FWAH. Jeremy, we know you are going places as a solo artist (we haven't yet heard his band, Seashell Radio perform), and we look forward to fwahllowing your rise as a singer/songwriter.

Coming up, we have two exciting events planned. Join us July 12th at 7pm for a Middle Eastern Feast and what was originally planned to be a Strong, Sexy Woman dinner. We pondered this for weeks before deciding that a Strong, Sexy Women dinner would be even better with a few fine gentleman...so invitations are now open to both women and men at our July 12th event. Nicki Santini, a local modern/pop artist with abstract sensibilities, will be showcasing her paintings at this event!

Then, on July 26th at 7pm, join us on a culinary adventure yet to be announced that will be sure to delight your palette with taste, texture and color.