Groucho yearns for Duck Soup

Aficionados of the films of the Marx Brothers, as well as those with a culinary appreciation of duck dishes, will want to purchase tickets for this week’s Duck Soup Feast at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Chef John Bullington has designed a mouth-watering four-course menu for a mere $50. The feast is Wednesday evening, Jan. 28, at 7pm. Check out the menu and make reservations at www.originalalamo.com.

First course: Duck confit with fresh flax cracker, strawberry-garlic jam, and aged Gruyere

Second course: Duck soup à la Groucho

Third course: Seared duck breast with Meyer lemon glaze, wild mushroom barley, and braised kale

Dessert: Duck egg/goat’s milk ice cream with cocoa nib/peanut crisp

This article appears in January 23 • 2009.

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