A LA CARTE\GOING FOR THE GREEN.Byline: Larry Lipson There are two scenarios for upcoming St. Patrick's Day celebrants. They can seek out the real Irish restaurant and/or bar, one that is Irish year round. Or they can visit one of the many places that becomes Irish for this particular day only - kind of like all of us tend to become Irish on St. Paddy's Day. Because places like Timmy Nolan's, Gilliland's, Tom Bergin's and spots using the name Brennan, Clancy, Muldoon, McGinty, Malone, Mulligan, Monahan, Callahan and Sullivan will be filled to the brim all day Sunday, here are a few of the usually non-Irish restaurants worth consideration for a meal and a tipple: Cafe Cordiale Address: 14015 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 789-1985. Cuisine: International. Comments: Always enthusiastic about celebrating St. Patrick's Day, this neighborhood favorite reopened recently after the building burned down as a result of the Northridge Earthquake. Picks: Potato soup ($3.95) or smoked salmon ($6.95) provide a good start. Irish-accented entrees with scones are cocklety pie made with scallops, mushrooms and potatoes and a whitefish veloute ve·lou·té n. A white sauce made of chicken, veal, or fish stock thickened with a roux of flour and butter. [French, from Old French vellute, velvety, from velous, velvet sauce ($15.75), Irish lamb stew ($14.25), corned beef and cabbage ($14.75), baked salmon in cream ($16.95) and baked chicken breast with Irish sausage stuffing ($13.50). Desserts (included with entree price) are Bailey's Irish Cream cheesecake, bread and butter pudding Bread and butter pudding is a traditional dessert popular in British cuisine. It is essentially a baked form of French toast. It is made by layering slices of buttered bread scattered with raisins in an oven dish into which an egg and milk mixture (sometimes with vanilla or and apple crumble with fresh cream. Dynasty Room Address: Westwood Marquis Hotel, 930 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (310) 208-8765. Cuisine: French/continental. Comments: This upscale special-occasion restaurant nearly always pleases. Picks: Imported chef Michel Flamme from the Kildare Country Club in Ireland is preparing Irish meals all week long through Sunday. Dishes include nettle nettle, common name for the Urticaceae, a family of fibrous herbs, small shrubs, and trees found chiefly in the tropics and subtropics. Several genera of nettles are covered with small stinging hairs that on contact emit an irritant (formic acid) which produces a soup, Dublin coddle, rack of Wicklow lamb glazed with Boyne Valley honey, Irish whiskey mustard with gratinated crabmeat crab·meat n. The edible flesh of a crab. Noun 1. crabmeat - the edible flesh of any of various crabs crab crab cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce , Limerick gammon with Colcannon col·can·non n. An Irish dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage, seasoned with butter. [Irish Gaelic cál ceannan : cál, cabbage (from Old Irish, from Latin caulis) + potato, rhubarb rhubarb: see buckwheat. rhubarb Any of several species of the genus Rheum (family Polygonaceae), especially R. rhaponticum (or R. rhabarbarum), a hardy perennial grown for its large, succulent, edible leafstalks. tart with gooseberry gooseberry: see currant. gooseberry Hardy fruit bush of the Northern Hemisphere, often placed in the genus Ribes with the currant (or alternatively assigned to the genus Grossularia as its sole member), in the family Saxifragaceae. sherbet sher·bet n. 1. also sher·bert A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice, sugar, and water, and also containing milk, egg white, or gelatin. 2. Chiefly British A beverage made of sweetened diluted fruit juice. , currant and apple roly-poly and Carrageen carrageen: see seaweed; Rhodophyta. Moss flan. A special seven-course St. Patrick's Day dinner on Sunday is $65 per person. McCormick & Schmick's Address: 111 N. Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
Phone: Pasadena, (818) 405-0064; Beverly Hills, (310) 859-0434. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: They go all out every year. Celebrations start today and raffle and contest prizes include a round trip to Southern Ireland and the opportunity to actually own an Irish pub in Killaloe, County Clare This article is about the town. For the diocese, see Diocese of Killaloe. Killaloe (Irish: Cill Dalua meaning Dalua's church) is a town in east County Clare, Republic of Ireland, situated in the midwest of Ireland. . Picks: Green beer, Irish coffees and a happy hour featuring corned beef and cabbage for $1.95 are part of the activities. Irish stew and special green dishes are offered. Pitchers Address: 8232 De Soto Ave., Canoga Park. Phone: (818) 998-1040. Cuisine: American sports bar. Comments: This is the first St. Patrick's Day since this facility changed its name from McGuire's. Former chef/owner Frank McGuire returns to cook the Irish specialties. Picks: Buffet spread for $6.95 includes Irish farm salad, corned beef and cabbage, Colcannon potatoes, Irish beef and lamb stews, soda bread, Irish-style chicken and Irish potato rolls. Taix Address: 1911 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 484-1265. Cuisine: Country French. Comments: 67-year-old Taix doffs its Gallicism and becomes Irish every March 17. Picks: Nightly through Sunday the menu features corned beef and cabbage and all the trimmings ($7.95 for lunch, $9.95 for dinner) served with fresh sourdough, a tureen of soup, a green salad and sherbet. Valley Inn Address: 4557 Sherman Oaks Ave., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 784-1163. Cuisine: American/continental. Comments: Longtime rendezvous of writers and sports figures, it's always buzzing at party times. Lots of green beer and Irish coffee swigged here. Picks: The all-you-can-eat corned beef and cabbage dinner (with soup or salad) is offered nightly through Sunday for $15.95. |
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