{"id":1204,"date":"2013-06-18T14:39:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:39:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:39:34","slug":"win-free-dinner-at-santa-cruz-restaurant-oswald-learn-about-wed-discount-dinners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1204","title":{"rendered":"Win free dinner at Santa Cruz restaurant Oswald & learn about Wed discount dinners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Halibut dinner entree on Wed May 29, 2013 at Santa Cruz restaurant Oswald<\/p><\/div>\n

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Downtown Santa Cruz restaurant Oswald has graciously agreed to give away a gift certificate for free Wednesday dinner for two to one of my Examiner.com or SantaCruzFoodie.com readers. See end of article for how to enter, and keep reading for more on Oswald.<\/p>\n

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The wonderful Oswald<\/a>, with delicious creations by Chef Damani Thomas, has been offering special three-course prix fixe dinners on Wednesday evenings for about three years now. The dinners cost $29; guests choose one appetizer, one entr\u00e9e, and one dessert. For each of the three courses, you have three selections to pick from.<\/p>\n

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I dined at Oswald on Wed. May 29 and truly enjoyed the prix fixe dinner. My appetizer was a pea soup with cr\u00e8me fraiche and mint and it was simply delightful: smooth, savory, and seasoned well. Other choices included saut\u00e9ed prawns with coconut oil, dates, hearts of palm and citrus. For an entr\u00e9e, I selected Alaskan halibut with broccoli, salsify (a root vegetable, sort of like a parsnip), and lemon-kumquat sauce, and was immensely satisfied. The fish was moist and tender, and the vegetables and sauce, with the sauce having both sweetness and tartness, provided the right contrast. Plus the dish had a gorgeous appearance, which always makes me enjoy food more (see photo above).<\/p>\n

My dining companion chose an entr\u00e9e of roasted chicken with shelling beans, snap peas, and orange reduction. He was very happy that he selected this \u2013 it was actually by default since he often eats red meat but there wasn\u2019t any on the prix fixe menu that night. His second choice would have been fish but I\u2019d already chosen that and he wanted to order something different. It\u2019s not common for a restaurant to do chicken so well that you talk about it for a couple days, but that\u2019s what Oswald did. The meat was perfectly cooked moist with crispy skin, the sauce had a great citrus flavor, and the beans successfully complemented the chicken. For dessert, the vanilla cr\u00e8me brulee dessert hit the spot with its creamy filling and cooked-exactly-right crisp caramelized top. In a word? Yum.<\/p>\n

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The restaurant serves dinner Tuesday-Sunday beginning at 5:30pm, and lunch on Fridays only from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Visit Oswald at 121 Soquel Avenue (at Front), Santa Cruz; call (831) 423-7427 for reservations.<\/p>\n

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THE CONTEST: <\/b><\/p>\n

Fine print: employees of Examiner.com are not eligible for this promotion <\/i><\/p>\n

The winner will receive a gift certificate good for Wednesday prix fixe dinner for 2 at Oswald Restaurant (total value of certificate is $58). If you are the winner, please be sure tip your server!<\/p>\n

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To enter, email your name to tfatemiwalker@yahoo.com<\/a> by Friday, June 21 at 5 p.m. and include the phrase \u201cOswald contest.\u201d The drawing will take place later that evening; the winner will be notified via email.<\/p>\n

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On Twitter? Please follow me @santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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