Bonsai 100 Dinner & Sake Evenings - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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Bonsai 100 Dinner & Sake Evenings

Special Events | Evenings

Thursdays, September 11, 18, or 25, 2025 | Seatings 5–8:30 p.m.
Yellow Magnolia Café

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Preregistration Required

Dinners are currently full. Seats may open up; please check back.

In celebration of 100 years of bonsai at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, chef Carinna Acevedo presents a thoughtfully crafted prix fixe menu inspired by the art of bonsai and the spirit of Japanese izakaya culture. Drawing from Brooklyn’s rich multicultural landscape and seasonal farmers’ market ingredients, dishes reflect the core themes of harmony with nature and the beauty of time and patience. Dinner guests are also invited to explore the adjacent C.V. Starr Bonsai Museum.

Sake Pairings by Brooklyn Kura
Yellow Magnolia Cafe is proud to partner with Brooklyn Kura, New York’s first sake brewery, to offer a curated sake pairing. Each pour has been selected to complement the flavors of the menu and honor the spirit of craftsmanship shared by both bonsai and sake.

The three-course menu is offered at $88; optional sake pairing $28 (exclusive of tax and gratuity). BBG members receive a 10% discount.

Reservations are required. Contact Yellow Magnolia Café with any questions at 929-651-0465 or [email protected]. Please note that dinner guests will enter at 1000 Washington Avenue. Garden tickets are not required for this event.

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Inspired by 100 Years of Bonsai at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

88 per person, before tax & gratuity
Optional Brooklyn Kura sake pairing | 28

To Begin

Salmon-Tuna Crudo (ag)
daikon radish, spring onion, cucumber, truffle soy vinaigrette
Sake pairing: Number 14, Junmai Ginjo Namazake, 3 oz

To Continue (choice of one)

Udon Cacio e Pepe (vo)
ikura (salmon roe), bonito-cured egg yolk, scallion
Nori Furikake Crusted Beef Filet (ag)
okinawa sweet potato purée, haricot vert, pearl onion, shiso-garlic butter
Miso Roasted Eggplant (ag, vg)
shiitake, toasted ginger greens, scallion, fragrant herbs, crispy rice
Sake Pairing: BYx Yamahai, Junmai, Yamahai, 4 oz

Dessert (choice of one)

Bonsai Tres Leche Cake (v)
blackberry, plum
Sundae (vg, ag)
mango, toasted coconut
Sake Pairing: Occidental, Dry Hopped Junmai, 3 oz

v | vegetarian, vg | vegan, ag | ingredients and preparation avoid gluten,
vgo | vg option available.

If you have a food allergy, please notify us.

Bonsai Collection Centennial

Bonsai 100th Anniversary Badge

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is celebrating 100 years of its incredible Bonsai Collection with an expanded display of bonsai specimens along with new interpretive signage plus special tours, exhibits, and workshops. Celebrate a century of tiny trees with us!

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