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Chef’s Tasting Menu at Table 128 – Saturday, November 8 | Des Moines Dinner Experience

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Chef’s Tasting Menu at Table 128

A Three-Course Seasonal Dinner with Optional Wine Pairings – Saturday, November 8, 2025

Every Saturday evening at Table 128, we offer a one-night-only dining experience designed to celebrate the flavors and rhythm of the season. Each week’s Chef’s Tasting Menu is written by Chef Lynn Pritchard to reflect a moment in time — inspired by the ingredients, textures, and emotions that define it.

This week’s Chef’s Tasting Menu brings together crisp textures, subtle warmth, and elegant simplicity.

We begin with a little gem salad — dressed with pickled red onion, pancetta, garlic chips, and radish, finished in a silky butternut squash dressing that bridges freshness and fall flavor.

The second course, Chilean seabass, pairs tender fish with fingerling potatoes, sweet corn, bacon, and cream — a dish that feels both refined and deeply comforting, finished with a touch of parsley for balance.

Dessert offers a touch of elegance with poached pear — layered with a shortbread and vanilla tart shell, Meyer lemon curd, and almond cream, all kissed with champagne.

Each course can be paired with thoughtfully selected wines to complement the menu.

The Menu

First Course
little gem salad – pickled red onion, pancetta, garlic chips, radish, butternut squash dressing
Optional Wine Pairing: Kuentz-Bas | Riesling | Alsace, FR | 2020

Second Course
Chilean seabass – fingerling potato, sweet corn, bacon, garlic, cream, parsley
Optional Wine Pairing: Les Lunes | Chardonnay | Searby Vineyard, Sonoma Coast, US | 2022

Third Course
poached pear – champagne, shortbread & vanilla tart shell, Meyer lemon curd & almond cream
Optional Wine Pairing: Marques de Caceres | Cava Brut | Xarel.lo, Macabeo, Parellada | Penedes, Catalonia, ES | NV

Event Details

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025
Time: Available from 5 pm until sold out
Pricing: $58 per person; $91 with beverage pairings
Reservations: Recommended but not required.
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From the Table 128 Team

At Table 128, food is a conversation — between the season, the ingredients, and the people gathered around the table. This week’s story is one of balance: the freshness of greens and citrus, the richness of seabass and cream, and the elegance of a pear and champagne finish.

Our Chef’s Tasting Menu is offered every Saturday alongside our regular dinner menu. Whether you join us for the tasting or your favorite classics, we’d be honored to cook for you this weekend.

What is the Chef’s Tasting Menu?
Our Chef’s Tasting Menu is completely optional and offered in addition to our regular à la carte dinner menu. Guests may choose the three-course tasting (with or without wine pairings) or order from the standard Table 128 menu — it’s entirely up to you.

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