Guest chef Mike Betts is taking Journeyman cross-continental with two evenings of fusion fare. Saturday, September 3rd and Sunday, September 4th, the Somerville restaurant is opening its kitchen to Betts for a five-course Japanese-leaning menu featuring late summer produce and local seafood. The prix fixe comes complete with drink pairings for $65 per person—see the menu below. Reservations for the dinner can be made online here or by calling the restaurant at 617.718.2333. (The visiting chef will also be handling the bites at backbar all weekend so pop in for a beverage alongside offerings like uni toasts, egg rice bowls and a New Jersey breakfast sandwich.)

FIRST
Cured and smoked swordfish belly, strawberries, grilled fennel, and herbs
Division l’Avoiron Rose 2015

SECOND
Salad of melons, fried speck, buttermilk, lovage
Valdibella Isolano 2014 (certified mafia-free!)

THIRD
Sea scallop, uni butter, smoked cream, caviar
Valdespino Deliciosa en Rama Saca 2016

FOURTH
Grilled miso eggplant, squash confit, summer curtido, scapes
Hitachino Red Nest Ale

FIFTH
TBD