Chef Thomas Ciszak of Chakra serves up an early option for Father’s Day with a four course dinner paired with single malt scotches and rum all aged in sherry casks on Thursday June 12 at 7pm.

Each spirit has been aged in sherry casks, allowing guests to learn about the influences that sherry-seasoned oak imparts on the spirits. Guests will taste The Macallan 12 year old in sherry-seasoned oak, triple cask aged The Macallan 15 year old, Highland Park 18 year old aged in Oloroso sherry casks, and Brugal 1888 rum, which is double-aged, first in American whiskey oak then sherry casks.

For the menu, Ciszak has chosen dishes like Smoked Pork Tenderloin crusted with coffee-cocoa nibs and 40-hour Short Rib with pastrami spices and duck fat potatoes that play into the nuances of the spirits, while also using fatty meats to cut through the alcohol. Dessert marries the Brugal 1888’s sweet, toffee caramel and licorice notes with a Milk Chocolate and Raisin Bread Pudding with caramelized bananas. Dinner is $79 including food & spirits (tax & gratuity additional). 

During the dinner, Chakra will also raffle off a $300 humidor and each guest will go home with a hand-rolled cigar. Reservations can be made by calling 201-556-1530.

Pre-Father’s Day Celebration Dinner on Thursday June 12, 2014 from 7pm at Chakra, 144 West State Route 4, Paramus, NJ

Dinner Menu
Cured Duck
arugula salad, “granola bar”
The Macallan 12 Years Old
Sherry-Seasoned Spanish Oak Casks from Jerez, Spain

Smoked Pork Tenderloin
coffee-cocoa nib crusted, fennel and grapes
The Macallan 15 Years Old, Triple Cask Matured
Sherry-Seasoned Spanish Oak Casks from Jerez, Spain,
Sherry-Seasoned American Oak Casks &
Bourbon-Seasoned American Oak Casks

40-Hour Short Rib
pastrami spices, duck fat potatoes
Highland Park 18 Years Old
Oloroso Sherry Oak Casks

Milk Chocolate & Raisin Bread Pudding
caramelized bananas, hazelnut ice cream
Brugal 1888, Double-Wood Aged rum
White American Oak Whisky Casks and Spanish Sherry Oak Casks