A LA CARTE : BASTILLE DAY.Byline: Larry Lipson Ready to give up pizza and pasta for a moment and see what's happening on the French culinary scene? Bastille Day celebrations are a good time to renew acquaintanceship with La Grande Cuisine. Some of the celebrations are on the actual day, Sunday, and others are beginning earlier in the week. Here are a few places that will honor the storming of the Bastille The Storming of the Bastille in Paris occurred on 14 July 1789. While the medieval fortress and prison known as the Bastille contained only seven prisoners, its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution and it subsequently become an icon of the French Republic. : Cafe St. Michel Address: 11929 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 761-9800. Day: Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Menu: Brunch including champagne mimosa, soup de jour or Caesar salad, choice of five entrees (i.e. skirt steak with egg, fresh tuna Nicoise salad), chocolate mousse or vanilla coupe glace. Price: Under $15.95. Cafe Pinot Address: 700 W. Fifth St., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 239-6500. Day: Sunday, dinner hours. Menu: Five-course prix-fixe meal includes a French cheeses with caramelized walnuts and crepes course, plus one of three appetizers, two soups, three entrees and three desserts. Price: $35. Chez Jacques Address: 15466 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 990-8844. Day: Saturday. Menu: Four course prix-fixe dinner includes a glass of wine or champagne; sherried oyster soup with brie or baby greens with smoked salmon; a second course of carpaccio car·pac·cio n. Very thinly sliced raw meat or fish, especially beef or tuna, garnished with a sauce. [Italian, after Vittore Carpaccio, who favored red pigments. with arugula arugula or rocket Yellowish-flowered European herbaceous plant (Eruca vesicaria sativa), of the mustard family, cultivated for its foliage, which is used especially in salads. , escargots or smoked salmon and shrimp; an entree of rack of lamb Noun 1. rack of lamb - a roast of the rib section of lamb crown roast rack - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton lamb roast, roast lamb - a cut of lamb suitable for roasting , breast of duck, Chilean seabass or lobster tail and petit filet mignon; and les mignardises for dessert with coffee. Price: $35. La Cachette Address: 10506 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles
Phone: (310) 470-4992. Day: Sunday. Menu: Three course prix-fixe dinner with choice of four appetizers, four entrees and three desserts. Price: $55. Moonlight Tango Cafe Address: 13730 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 788-2000. Day: Friday. Seatings at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Menu: Rillette (potted meat) with cornichons, starter choice of three, choice of entree (steak frites, roast lamb or halibut halibut: see flatfish. halibut Any of various flatfishes, especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have eyes and colour on the right side. en papillote), special dessert. Price: Includes one-night show featuring French chanteuse chan·teuse n. A woman singer, especially a nightclub singer. [French, feminine of chanteur, singer, from chanter, to sing; see chant.] Janine Tavoularis and quartet. Dancing to Palm Beach Trio. Admission $8, four-course prix-fixe dinner $28.95. Food and drink minimum $9.95. Pinot Bistro Address: 12969 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 990-0500. Day: Sunday. Menu: Four course prix-fixe dinner with warm cheese tart with peppered figs and a fresh pear salad plus choice of one of four starters, four entrees and three desserts. Price: $35. UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Tennis Center Address: 405 Hilgard Ave., Westwood. Phone: French Consulate: (310) 235-3200 for ticket information. Day: Saturday from 5 p.m. Menu: Unspecified French food and beverages for sale provided by the French Chefs' Association. Price: Admission $6 (children under 16 free) includes dancing until midnight with an orchestra and disc jockey. Also French trade fair. Wine Bistro Address: 11915 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 766-6233. Day: Sunday. Menu: Three-course prix-fixe dinner - select one appetizer, one entree and one dessert - from a variety of options such as escargots as a starter; riz de veau, tournedo Henri IV or carre d'agneau roti aux herbes de Provence Herbes de Provence (Provençal herbs) are a mixture of dried herbs from Provence invented in the 1970s.[1] The mixture typically contains rosemary, marjoram, basil, bay leaf, thyme, and sometimes lavender flowers and other herbs. (rack of lamb) as entrees; and patisserie pa·tis·se·rie n. A bakery specializing in French pastry. [French pâtisserie, from Old French pastiserie, from pasticier, to make pastry, from *pastitz, Maison for dessert. Price: $24.95. Add $10 for lobster thermidor. MEMO: Do you have a question about restaurants? Mail it to Larry Lipson, P.O. Box 4200, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91365-4200, and look for the answer in a future Dining Beat column in L.A. Life. |
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