Where the chill falls, and a comforting harvest is served.
Winter Menu
FORC restaurant offers seasonal dinner menus created around local proteins. Creative and thoughtful, Allen Hess blends regional flavors with technique to appease even the most discerning palate. This Winter season menu has curated warm & comforting dishes with fresh seafood, four different steak preparations and Dutch oven specials. Compliment a course or meal with our Sommelier’s noted wine recommendation. Indulge more, view our diverse selection of wine and seasonal cocktail tastemakers for a glass or bottle. Viewing this from afar? Click to contact and make reservations. Already here? Mahalo for joining us!
MENU
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Keiki (12 yrs. & under)
Fish and Rice
served with white rice and vegetable
$16.00
Steak and Rice
served with white rice and vegetable
$16.00
Mac N Cheese
home made gnocchi
$16.00
FORC Cheese Galette
Big Island Goat Dairy
A starter portion. Cheese, scallions, salted cured Duck egg
$24.00
Meats
Goat Tacos
Starter dish with (2) Korean style braised goat, daikon, apple salsa, mu shu pancake
[pair red Crossbarn Pinot $19 glass / $75 bottle]
$14.00
Smoked Local Pork “Tinono”
Blistered warm cherry tomato salad with fish sauce dressing
$36.00
Miso Roasted BIG ISLAND Lamb
Lamb leg with caramelized must and chimichurri salad
$48.00
ADD Roasted Bone Marrow
sweet soy garlic glaze
$9
F.O.R.C. Steaks & Preparations
New York Strip Loin 14 oz. (grass-fed, Big Island)
$39.00
Petite Filet Mignon 6 oz. (Snake River)
$47.00
Ribeye 18 oz. (grass-fed, Big Island)
$48.00
Prime Grade Tomahawk 32 oz
$115.00
Select the Preparation. Steak served with paniolo mash and wok charred vegetable. Gluten free preparation available.
Mushroom
Local mushrooms roasted in garlic butter and finished with chopped grilled green onion, herbs, and splash of cream
[pair Girard Cabernet $15 glass / $48 bottle]
Kau Coffee
FORC signature coffee rub using Chef Allen’s family coffee, sea salt, Korean chili flakes, and honey
[pair Barone Ricasoli chianti $11 glass / $38 bottle]
Herbed
Herb salad with chimichurri – micro greens, shiso, basil, radish, and fresh garlic with house made vinegar
[pair Catena Malbec $13 glass / $50 bottle]
Winter’s Dutch Oven
Portuguese Chicken Leg
Cooked in annatto seed and garlic marinade, roasted in Dutch oven with gandule rice, Portuguese sausage served with Big Island feta & olive salad
[pair Barone Ricasoli Chianti $11 glass / $38 bottle
$35.00
Chef’s Hawaiian Meal
Homemade laulau varies on locally sourced protein, served with F.O.R.C. poi, fern shoot salad, house made Hawaiian chili pepper
[pair Catena Malbec $12 glass / $48 bottle]
$35.00
Kona cold lobster
One pound whole lobster and class baked on top of gandule chorizo, rice, local corn, and potatoes
$68
Fish and Shellfish
Poke
Kona Kanpachi. Chef’s special – paleo
[pair sparkling Piper Champagne $19 glass / $69 bottle
pair red Barbera D’ Asti $11 glass / $42 bottle]
$16.00 starter portion
Peppercorn Clams
roasted garlic, stewed tomato cooked in red wine garlic sausage broth
[pair Crossbarn Pinot Noir $19 glass / $75 bottle]
$18.00 starter portion /
$36.00 dinner portion
Roasted Pacific Oysters and Bone Marrow
Oysters roasted, served with chili pepper mignonette and roasted bone marrow, house grilled bread – paleo upon request
[pair vinho verde $11.00 glass / $42.00 bottle]
$32
Chinese style Steamed Kona Kanpachi
Cilantro, ginger, green onions, served with wok charred baby bok choy
[pair DR Thanisch riesling $11.00 glass / $42.00 bottle]
$38.00
Whole Roasted Kona Kanpachi for 2
Big Island catch, charred sweet soy truffle glaze
[pair Domain Serene Pinot Noir $125 bottle]
$110.00
Starch sides
Portuguese Rice
side with jasmine rice, gandule peas, Big Island feta and olive
$11.00
Charred Sweet Potato
Finished with garlic butter and Kona sea salt, roasted on coals – paleo
$9.00
House Baked Portuguese Bread
rubbed with butter
$8.00
Paniolo Mash
green onions, mozzarella, sour cream
$10.00
Vegetable
Fresh Waipi’o Poi “FORC Style”
Side of Waipi’o Valley, fresh harvested,
house made bacon & lomi tomato
$8.00
Ho’io (fern shoot) Salad
Side salad with fish sauce vinaigrette, toasted sesame, ginger
$8.00
Ali’i Mushroom Poke
Local Shirakawa and Alii mushrooms, fresh roasted inamona, ogo, green onion, shoyu (soy sauce), house made Hawaiian chili salt
$14.00
Charred Sweet Potato
Finished with garlic butter and sea salt
$9.00
Roasted beets
Side dish Big Island goat cheese, lihing mui and candied macnuts
$11.00
Paniolo Mash
Side dish with green onions, mozzarella, sour cream
$10.00
Grilled shiitake and Alii mushrooms
Grilled and tossed in grilled green onion vinaigrette
$13.00
Salads
Maluhia Butterleaf Lettuce
Roasted pineapple brown butter dressing, candied macnuts, goat cheese, cucumber, radish
$16.00
Chopped Salad
Kekela romaine lettuce, Keiki cucumber, Leilani tomatoes, house made bacon, aged goat cheese, charred tomato dressing
$9.00 half / $15.00 full
Farmer’s Salad
Entree portion of Big Island greens, Spanish radish, sweet potato, broccoli, tomato, hour, romanesco, and roasted tomato vinaigrette
$28
Dessert
Duck Egg Custard
Salted macnuts and stewed strawberry
$14.00
Chocolate candy bar
Rice cracker crust, whip cream, kabocha pumpkin seeds, subflower seeds and salted macnuts
$15.00
Seasonal Ice Cream or Sorbet
$9.00
Portuguese Egg Pastry
Farm fresh eggs and stewed yuzu strawberry
$15.00
disclaimer: consumption of raw or undercooked eggs, meat, poultry, seafood, or shellfish may increase risk of food borne illness. A credit card processing fee of 3% is assessed on the total bill.
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