game hen
noun
: an immature domestic hen (such as a Cornish game hen) weighing usually less than two pounds and used especially for roasting
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The Christmas Eve dinner is a prix fixe menu ($85 per person) served from 4 to 9 p.m. Entrees include a choice of prime rib, salmon, a Cornish game hen, wild mushroom risotto, or a surf and turf option of a center-cut filet and lobster tail.
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Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Other meat options include smaller animals such as Cornish game hens or fish such as branzino.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Each course — my favorite was the fried game hen with compressed gin watermelon squares and hot honey — had its own cocktail pairing.
—Emily Bingham, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
Kicking around since 1965, the fine-dining establishment reminds you of a bygone era of white tablecloths, Cornish game hen as the pinnacle of sophisticated cuisine, and learning about gossip inside the walls of a restaurant instead of through a pocket-sized screen.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 5 Apr. 2023
There’s game hen stuffed with chicken-gizzard dirty rice; panang lamb neck; vegan green curry bucatini with pistachio gremolata; and an off-menu dish of lamb chops with fried prawn heads, sautéed morning glory and mint tapioca — Argoti’s take on surf and turf — to round out the larger plates.
—Stephanie Breijostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
Larger portions that serve four to five people are $75.95 for game hens and pork loin and $99.95 for prime rib.
—Audrey Eads, Dallas News, 4 May 2020
Meals that serve two to three people are $49.95 with choices of game hens or pork loin and $64.95 for prime rib.
—Audrey Eads, Dallas News, 4 May 2020
The game hen, stuffed with lemongrass, comes with a ruffle of roti, pliable and laminated, flaky at the edges, ideal for cleaning out the sauce at the bottom of the dish.
—Tejal Rao, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
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Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Other meat options include smaller animals such as Cornish game hens or fish such as branzino.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
Each course — my favorite was the fried game hen with compressed gin watermelon squares and hot honey — had its own cocktail pairing.
—Emily Bingham, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
Kicking around since 1965, the fine-dining establishment reminds you of a bygone era of white tablecloths, Cornish game hen as the pinnacle of sophisticated cuisine, and learning about gossip inside the walls of a restaurant instead of through a pocket-sized screen.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 5 Apr. 2023
There’s game hen stuffed with chicken-gizzard dirty rice; panang lamb neck; vegan green curry bucatini with pistachio gremolata; and an off-menu dish of lamb chops with fried prawn heads, sautéed morning glory and mint tapioca — Argoti’s take on surf and turf — to round out the larger plates.
—Stephanie Breijostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
Larger portions that serve four to five people are $75.95 for game hens and pork loin and $99.95 for prime rib.
—Audrey Eads, Dallas News, 4 May 2020
Meals that serve two to three people are $49.95 with choices of game hens or pork loin and $64.95 for prime rib.
—Audrey Eads, Dallas News, 4 May 2020
The game hen, stuffed with lemongrass, comes with a ruffle of roti, pliable and laminated, flaky at the edges, ideal for cleaning out the sauce at the bottom of the dish.
—Tejal Rao, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
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