LM Restaurants, Chef Katsuji Tanabe Open A’Verde in Cary, North Carolina
3:50 pm, Sunday March 20th, 2022
3:50 pm, Sunday March 20th, 2022
On the Menu
Chef Katsuji Tanabe creates a menu with the goal of showcasing the traditional Mexican flavors of Katsuji’s youth in Mexico City, which are not commonly seen in the Southeast. Chef Katsuji plans on taking full advantage of the seasonality of North Carolina, rotating the menu with different salsas, veggies, and the like. Guests can enjoy white habanero salsa (Katsuji’s personal favorite) and chicharron tacos. The menu is vegetable-heavy, consisting of favorites like okra, sweet potatoes, and butternut squash. Katsuji pulls from childhood favorites, like enchiladas, and gives the dish a twist, char-grilling it to extract the most flavor possible. Creating dishes that stray away from the traditional rice-and-beans seen at many Mexican restaurants in the U.S. is a goal of Katsuji’s, and guests can expect unique dishes like Truffle Mushroom Tacos, Root Vegetable Enchiladas, and other playful iterations of classical dishes.
The dessert menu features a selection of decadent traditional sweets, including Mini Churros with Nutella; Dulce de Leche Flan; and Tres Leches Cake with macerated raspberries and blackberries.
Guests can look forward to a predominantly cocktail-oriented drink menu that showcases the many bottles of tequila the restaurant offers.