So I'm working on a project for class and we have to design our own menu for a theoretical restaurant we would open. Restaurants, while they all have different variations of a particular item, can seem to get kind of generic. I mean, how many different ways can you make a house salad, a club sandwich, baked salmon, a cheeseburger, or some chicken fingers and fries. I'm trying to think outside the box a little bit on this one, and think of stuff that you just don't see on menus that often, or kind of forgotten favorites. I'm open to anything from the traditional italian or mexican to anything you can think of that the average diner would be familiar with. Thinking casual dining so don't get too fancy on me. Casual dining to me is something along the lines of like Outback, Cheesecake, Claimjumpers, PF Changs, etc.. Also, I'm trying to go a little healthier approach on this. Nothing fried is my goal on this menu. Also trying to stay away from stuff thats cooked with a lot of butter, cream, etc.. |||i own a cafe and feel you on the same 'ol menu everywhere. the thing is, people want that stuff. are you asking for the actual design of the menu or the food itself? if you want something healthy, i would suggest having the popular stuff like grilled chicken sandwich, club, etc. but spruce it up a little. i wouldn't recommend doing italian or mexican because they use all of the same ingredients and it's hard to get creative with this. what about doing a contemporary, healthy cafe? i did a lot of research on designing my menu, so if you're interested in this idea, email me and i'll send you my menu items. |||Try this, a healthy and delicious spin on the grilled cheese sandwich. Whole wheat bread, havarti cheese, sliced tomatoes, and fresh basil. Make it just like you would make a grilled cheese but use olive oil instead of butter for a healthier, italian spin on the grilled cheese.|||I would like to see an area dedicated to healthy items, low in fat, carbs, etc. Not a token 2 line thing, but a page...even detailing out the nutritional information.|||I want more veggy side dishes on the menu! Most restaurants serve way too little veggies. And I mean real veggies. Not the ones that are hidden under a big blob of mayo.|||A lot more seafood choices|||I would like to see nutritional information on menus - not just for a serving size, but for the whole entree they are serving (since they are often much larger than an actual serving).
I would like to see more entree salads with interesting combinations. I used to get a grilled salmon salad with artichoke hearts and a spicy creamy lime dressing at a local restaurant, but they took it off the menu. So, I vote for more interesting protein/vegetable/fruit combinations on entree salads. And more interesting dressings as well.
I would also like to see healthier desserts. Most people would love to have a little something sweet after their meal, but the offerings are just too fattening. Maybe whole grain fruit crepes, sorbet, things like that.|||Okay here are a few ideas maybe:
And in real life, fryers really do make life easier. They cook and heat different things so much faster. But I will include oven baked products for your menu here.
Appetizers:
Baked chicken wings (I like mine fried but since you are looking for a healthier alternative) tossed in you choice of sauce. 8.25
Sauces: Honey Soy
Hot Sauce
B-b-q
Oven baked onion rings. Hand breaded and baked to a nice crisp golden brown. Served with ranch or marinera sauce. 6.00
Baked Tater Tots with Melted cheese. 5.75
A plate of homemade ravioli, served with Grandma's marinera sauce. 7.50
A plate of homemade cabbage rolls, Grandma's lent her hand in this dish as well for her secret recipe to cabbage rolls. 7.50
Baked sweet potatoes fries. Your choice if you want cinnamon sugar or salted. 3.50
Salads:
Side Salad (yes generic bbut much needed) Mixed greens (I Hate all romain), peas, tomatoes, shredded cheese, alfafa sprouts, and choice of dressing. 2.95
House Salad: fresh cooked chopped bacon, tomatoes, sliced hard boiled eggs, tomatoes, and sliced olives atop crisp mixed greens, with choice of dressing. 5.50
Dressings: Ranch, House Vinegarette-not quite italian, Blue Cheese, Italian, French, and maybe a Honey Mustard.
Blackened chicken ceassar. House blackeneing seasong, on a grilled chicken breast, served with romain lettuce, corn, and our house ceasar dressing. 7.50
Pollo Verde Salad: Mixed greens inside a baked toritlla bowl, topped with sliced olives, tomatoes, chopped onions, shredded cheese, fresh grilled chicken and a nice creamy green chili sauce. 8.25
Sandwiches, and burgers:
1/2 Pound hamburger with lettuce, pickles, onion, and tomato sliceswith tots, onion rings, and sweet potatoes, cup of soup or side salad. 6.25
with cheese 6.75
with bacon and cheese. 6.95
Grilled mushrooms and onion burger. Our 1/2 pound burger with grilled onions, and mushrooms with a slice of melted swiss cheese.
Hot turkey and cheese sandwich. Toasted bread, with sliced turkey, chedder cheese, bacon, and 2 slices of tomato. With choice of side. 6.25
Cold turkey sandwich. Sliced turkey, alfala sprouts, swiss cheese, avacado slices, and choice of mayo, or tiger sauce. (Tiger sauce is mayo and horseradish)
Turn any of our sandwiches in a wrap.
Vegetarian Fare:
White Lasagna:
Creamy white sauce layered with artichoke hearts, pine nuts, and sun dried tomatoes. Served with choice of soup or side salad. 8.95
With chicken: 10.25
Marinated Grilled Veggie Sandwich: Sliced eggplant, zucchini, yellow crokked neck squash, and red onions, and portabello sandwich, lightly marinted with baslamic vinegar, olive oil and herbs. Grilled and served on toasted foccacia bread with a slice of melted provolone cheese. Choice of side. 8.95
Eggplant Parmesan: Breaded and pan fried white eggplant, with marinera sauce and whole wheat noodles. Choice of soup or salad. 9.95
For the meat eaters:
Chicken Chicken fried steak. Hand breaded and pan fried with choise of fresh squeezed lemon juice or chicken gravy. Served with vegetables, and mashed potatoes. Soup or salad. 9.25
Beef chicken fried steak. Hand breaded and pan fried. Covered in our from scratch chicken gravy. Served with mashed potatoes, baked potato, sweet potatoe fries, onion rings, or tater tots, and the vegetable of the day. Chose soup or salad. 9.50
Steaks:
10 oz hand cut rib eye steak. Grilled the way you want it with choice of potatoes, vegetables and soup or salad.
12 oz steak..........
Surf and Turf:
12 oz steak with 4 fried or grilled shrimp...............
T-Bone steak.............
Hand cut pork chops, grilled to perfection topped with homemade apple sauce and served with choice of potato, and soup or salad.
Desserts: Section of home made pies plain or ala mode.|||You could include a section in which the customer who i s ordering gets to pick what they want to have in their salads...like a minimum of four items to a maximum of 7....
like someone might want a personalised salad or they mite want to choose exactly what they want in their tortilla....so u can charge them per stuffing
you could give a brief description about each item..and approximately how many calories will be in each item.
my favorite foods are baked beans....baked potato salad,tuna salad,jacket potatoes,all kinda of pasta dishes like cannelloni ,lasagna etc
hope i helped and good luck
|||This sounds like a good project. As in a fun one. Outside the box huh?
Ok, well like hamburgers, cheeseburgers. list it, the over put price.
Then under that put list of different toppings. As in grilled mushrooms, onions, bacon, ham, etc. (same with desserts, put toppings that is) and then price for the different toppings.
That can go same for your steaks. and/or grilled chicken.
As far as forgotten favorites, maybe do like sheppards pie, instead of using hamburger meat, use chicken fried steak, or BBQ pulled pork. SPice it up a little.
As far as your salads, your house salad should be simple. Bowl of greens, egg slices, croutons, cherry tomatos, cheese, and cucumber.
Then list other salads, of course chicken cobb, ceasar. and then your can give them the option of adding tuna/chicken salad or pasta salad.
Good luck.|||I love all kinds of Italian foods. Why not add some......
Eggplant Parmesan
Pasta w/ Clams in a white alfredo sauce
Risotto w/ apples %26amp; sausage
Lasagna
Chicken Cacciatore
Lobster in red sauce
Eggplant caponata
Desserts could include
Amaretti Cookies
Gelato
Cannoli
Ricotta cheese pies
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