
13-Course Menu To Be Offered At This Unique 5 Star Indigenous Restaurant In Minnesota
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AWAITS YOU
An award-winning restaurant in the Twin Cities is introducing its winter tasting menu for January. It’s called “The Waniyetu,” (which means winter), and will feature 13 courses! That's a lot of food!
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WELCOME TO OWAMNI IN MINNEAPOLIS
The Waniyetu will begin on January 12th, at Owamni, an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis.
Those interested in dining at Owamni and trying this 13-course tasting menu can pre-purchase their dinner tickets online for a 5 pm, or 7:30 pm seating. Tickets are $175 each.
THE 13-COURSE MENU
Take a look at the Waniyetu menu:
- Sumac Tea – Cedar, Sage and Maple
- Smoked Berries – Trout Roa, Squash Jam and Tostada
- Three Sisters Salad – Squash, Tepary Bean & Corn
- Corn Soup – Corn Dumpling, Corn Jam, & Sumac Popcorn and Tortilla
- Venison Tartare – Duck Fat Squash, Pickled Blueberries Cured Duck Yolk, and tostadas
- Steamed Walleye, Sweet Potato & Braised Green Pot Liquor & White Fish Roe
- Green Tomato – Scallop, Poblano & Epazote
- Duck – Duck Egg Yolk & Wojapi, & Sage
- Braised Elk – White Bean Giadiniera & Fresno
- Smoked Bison Ribeye – Demi & Braised Greens
- Spice Berry Granita – Cedar, Juniper & Maple
- Pumpkin Custard – Meringue
- Sweet Potato Dumplings – Maple & Seed Brittle
Vegetarian and Vegan options are also available at the restaurant.
HELPING NON-PROFIT GROUP 'NATIFS'
10% of each dinner purchased will go to the non-profit group NATIFS, which stands for North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems. NATIFS acquired the restaurant in September of 2023.
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