Today’s AZ Restaurant Week spotlight: Cork

Each day during Arizona Restaurant Week (Sept. 17-25), MXSW looks at a special three-course dinner menu being offered by a participating East Valley restaurant.

Today: Cork, the award-winning fine-dining restaurant in south Chandler.

First course (choose one):

• Heirloom tomato salad with basil nage, burrata, olive oil & aged balsamic vinegar
• White runner bean soup with duck broth, confit leg, root vegetable & sage
• Roasted scallop with house bacon, potato latke, fines herb crème fraîche & watercress salad

Second course (choose one):

• Striped bass & shellfish with white wine tomato broth, linguiça sausage, fennel, onion & adobo
• Berkshire pork loin with squished potato, elephant garlic purée, roasted mushrooms & Zinfandel sauce
• Braised beef short rib with sweet Italian sausage risotto, peppers, arugula & raising jus

Third course (choose one):

• Mango mousse with black sesame shortbread, crystallized ginger and toasted coconut
• Flight of three housemade fruit sorbets infused with wine
• Creme brulee with caramelized sugar and fresh raspberries

Cost is $40 per person.

For a list of other East Valley restaurants participating in ARW, click here.