Where the merry mist sparkles, and a Winter harvest is served.
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 seasonal menu has curated favorite 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!
Winter MENU
Jump to dishes: Rancher – Ocean – Farmer – Dessert
Keiki (13 yrs. & under)
Fish and Rice $18
served with white rice and vegetable
Steak and Mash $18
Grass fed cut served with mash & vegetable of the season
Mac N Cheese $16
home made gnocchi
Three Course Keiki Meal $28
Small Salad
Cucumber, tomatoes, candied mac nuts, roasted pineapple brown butter dressing
Entree
Choice of fish & rice, steak and mash, or mac n cheese
Dessert
Scoop of seasonal ice cream or sorbet
F.O.R.C. Meats, Steaks & Preparations
Goat Tacos
Starter Portion of Korean braised goat, daikon apple salsa, mu shu pancake
[Pair Broadbent Vinho Verde, Portugal $19 glass / $75 bottle]
$16
Herb Braised Lamb Leg
Cooked in Vinho Verde, finished with
fresh basil, garlic, and shiso
Served with gnocchi, parmesan in shitake ginger broth
$42
Filipino Style Smoked Pork Chop
(Japan) Grilled and tossed in spicy vinegar marinade served with tomato salad, mash and grilled Hudge farms broccolini
$42
F.O.R.C steak (loco moco style) 14 oz.
Hamakua Grass Fed Roasted N.Y. strip, served w/ garlic fried rice, truffle egg, demi gravy
$46
Filet Mignon Prime Grade 6 oz.
Grain fed (ID) beef served with truffle mushroom cream, mash and grilled Hudge farms broccolini
$66
Local Style Bento
Korean braised short rib, mini butterleaf, some salad, fresh poke, namasu, sesame rice
$66
Korean Short Rib 14 oz.
Ka’u sourced,, braised with spicy ginger soy, topped with roasted sesame inamona and green onions, potato mash, grilled Hudge farms broccolini, heart of palm relish
$44
Coffee rub ribeye 14 oz
Hamakua Grass fed, caramelized coffee crust, finished with red wine peppercorn demi glaze, mash and grilled Hudge farms broccolini
$46
Tomahawk 32 oz. (Grain finished, WA)
your choice of preparation below
$145
Add Bone Marrow to any dish
Topped with truffle unagi, bonito flakes
$9
Filipino Style
House chili vinegar, garlic, peppercorn, chili soy
FORC signature Kau coffee rub
Chef’s family coffee, sea salt, paprika, roasted chili flake, brown sugar
Korean style
Garlic, ginger, white-black-pink peppercorn, sweet soy, Korean chili flakes
Dutch Oven
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
$39
Fish and Shellfish
Big Island Fish Poke
Starter portion, Changes weekly, served with pickled ogo salad
$20
Peppercorn Clams & Mussels
Fresh tomato cooked in red wine garlic broth, house sausage, house sweet bread
[pair Crossbarn Pinot Noir $19 glass / $75 bottle]
starter portion 1/2 pound each mollusk $20 /
dinner portion $40
Poke Salad Bowl
Tossed w/ Kekela farms greens, sweet potato, cucumber, radish, tomato, namasu finished with drizzle of wasabi soy dressing
$36
Hawaiian miso fish
Roasted sweet potato, garlic vegetables, house made chili tomato dressing, tempura crunch
[pair Crossbarn pinot noir $19 glass / $75 bottle]
$42
Whole Roasted Hawaiian Fish for 2
Big Island catch, charred sweet soy glaze, truffle finish
[pair Far Niente chardonnay $125 bottle]
MP
Starch sides
Charred Sweet Potato $9
Finished with garlic butter and Kona sea salt, roasted on coals – paleo
House Baked Portuguese Bread $9
Add local wild boar chorizo butter +
$4
Garlic fried rice $12
Cilantro, garlic, fish sauce
Vegetable
Grilled Hudge Farms broccolini $14
Tomato dressing, garlic butter
Ali’i Mushroom Poke $17
Local Shirakawa and Alii mushrooms, fresh roasted inamona, ogo, green onion, shoyu (soy sauce), house made Hawaiian chili salt
Charred Sweet Potato $9
Finished with garlic butter and sea salt
Garlic Fried Rice $12
Side dish with cilantro, garlic, fish sauce
Roasted Beets $14
Waimea grown, served warm with goat cheese, and candied mac nuts
Soup – Salads
Seasonal Soup
varies daily
$12
F.O.R.C. House Salad $20
Roasted pineapple brown butter dressing, Waimea greens, candied macnuts, goat cheese, cucumber, radish
Roasted Waimea Beet Salad $18
Served cold, cucumbers, radish, cherry tomato, li hing mui with white balsamic, goat cheese
Chilled Somen Salad
House made yuzu dashi, cucumber namasu, fresh island poke
$17
Poke Salad Bowl $36
Tossed w/ Kekela farms greens, sweet potato, cucumber, radish, tomato, namasu finished with drizzle of wasabi soy dressing
Dessert
Chocolate Creme Brulée $16
Classic recipe served with coco nib biscotti, gluten free
Coconut E’clair $18
Pastry creme and whipped cream folded together, finished with vanilla pineapple chutney
Seasonal Ice Cream or Sorbet $9
topped with spiced coconut oat crumble
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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