A LA CARTE : CHRISTMAS EVE DINING.Byline: Larry Lipson 'Twas the night before Christmas n. 1. The popular name for a poem by Clement Clarke Moore erson> titled A Visit from St. Nicholas ltname>, a popular poem with the theme of St. Nicholas erson> (Santa Claus) coming to bring gifts to children on Christmans eve. , and restaurants were full of diners. So hope all those restaurateurs who plan an elaborate lunch or dinner on Christmas Eve, a festive time for many of us who celebrate with a special meal away from home. If you fit this description, here are a few restaurants worth your consideration: Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. Address: 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills. Phone: (310) 887-2525. Cuisine: Anglo-American. Menu: Christmas carol luncheon with mimes, carolers, elves, Santa, toy soldier bands and candy makers. Menu includes acorn bisque bisque 1 n. 1. a. A rich, creamy soup made from meat, fish, or shellfish. b. A thick cream soup made of puréed vegetables. 2. Ice cream mixed with crushed macaroons or nuts. , red endive and stilton salad, choice of entree (filet of pepper crusted tenderloin, grilled Pacific salmon, roasted breast of free-range chicken), toasted chestnut praline cheesecake. Time: 11:30 a.m. Price: $49 (children under 10 are $34). Bistro Garden Address: 12950 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 501-0202. Cuisine: Continental. Menu: Three courses and beverage. Choice of bouillabaisse bouil·la·baisse n. 1. A highly seasoned stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish. 2. A combination of various different, often incongruous elements: a bouillabaisse of special interests. soup, oysters, gravlax grav·lax n. Raw, thinly sliced, cured salmon seasoned with dill and served usually as an appetizer. [Swedish : grava, to bury (from the original process of curing it in the ground); see , risotto or salad; choice of venison, pheasant, filet mignon, Alaskan salmon, chicken dijonaise; choice of bread pudding, berries and cookies, chocolate or Grand Marnier souffle souffle /souf·fle/ (soo´f'l) a soft, blowing auscultatory sound. cardiac souffle any cardiac or vascular murmur of a blowing quality. . Time: 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Price: $48. Four Oaks Address: 2181 N. Beverly Glen Blvd., Bel-Air. Phone: (310) 470-2265. Cuisine: French-Californian. Menu: Four courses. Smoked salmon and caviar roulade rou·lade n. 1. Music An embellishment consisting of a rapid run of several notes sung to one syllable. 2. A slice of meat rolled around a filling and cooked. , Maine lobster and crayfish crayfish or crawfish, freshwater crustacean smaller than but structurally very similar to its marine relative the lobster, and found in ponds and streams in most parts of the world except Africa. Crayfish grow some 3 to 4 in. (7.6–10. , lemon champagne interlude, choice of roasted duck breast with sour cherries or wild mushroom-crusted halibut, chestnut and rum-filled chocolate Christmas log. Time: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Price: $70. Il Teatro Address: 19563 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. Phone: (818) 996-8008. Cuisine: Venetian Italian. Menu: Five courses. Baked cod with vegetables and polenta, clam soup, basil tagliolini with Dungeness crab and artichokes, baked sea bass with herbs and white wine sauce, zabaglione and Venetian biscotti Biscotti (plural of Italian biscotto, roughly meaning "twice baked") are crisp Italian cookies often containing nuts or flavored with anise. Traditionally, biscotti are made by baking cookie dough in two long slabs, cutting these into slices, and reheating them to dry . Time: 7 p.m. Price: $39 (includes wine, beverage and tax). JoeJoe's Address: 13355 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 990-8280. Cuisine: New American. Menu: Three courses. Roasted pears with seared foie gras, potato gnocchi gnoc·chi pl.n. Dumplings made of flour, semolina, or potatoes, boiled or baked and served with grated cheese or a sauce. [Italian, pl. or grilled scallops on leeks with port wine sauce; roast venison with pumpkin ravioli, baked wild sturgeon with scallop scallop or pecten, marine bivalve mollusk. Like its close relative the oyster, the scallop has no siphons, the mantle being completely open, but it differs from other mollusks in that both mantle edges have a row of steely blue "eyes" and dumplings or duck breast with potato gratin and baby spinach; gingerbread pudding or chocolate and banana millfeuilles. Time: 5 to 10 p.m. Price: $30. Le Chardonnay Address: 8284 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 655-8880. Cuisine: French. Menu: Three courses. Oysters, endive salad or lentil soup; steamed seabass, roast duck, braised braise tr.v. braised, brais·ing, brais·es To cook (meat or vegetables) by browning in fat, then simmering in a small quantity of liquid in a covered container. leg of lamb, pheasant breast or grilled salmon; chocolate buche de Noel and coffee with chocolate truffles and assorted mignardises. Time: From 5 p.m. Price: $38. Matterhorn Chef Address: 13726 Oxnard St., Van Nuys. Phone: (818) 781-4330. Cuisine: Swiss-continental. Menu: Entrees include roast goose on fluffy dumpling, medallions of venison, wiener rostbraten, grilled filet of striped bass or veal steak. Time: From 4:30 p.m. Price: Above examples from $22.50 to $24.50. Moonlight Address: 13730 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 788-2000. Cuisine: North American. Menu: Roast Canadian goose with brandied peach compote or prime rib with fresh horseradish sauce plus oyster dressing, potato pancakes, baby beets, honey carrots, baby onions, cranberry relish and a dessert buffet. Moonlight Swingers entertain. Time: From 6 to 11 p.m. Price: $19.95. Siamese Princess Ginger Grill Address: 8048 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 653-2643. Cuisine: Thai. Menu: Two prix-fixe dinners. One has chicken sate, yum yai salad, pad Thai noodles with beef or chicken and steamed rice. The stronger meal has beef and lamb sate, Bangkok fisherman's soup, red duck curry, Thai macaroni with seafood and steamed rice. Time: From 6 p.m. Price: $40 for two or $55 for two. Taix Address: 1911 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 484-1265. Cuisine: Country French. Menu: Leg of lamb, roast duck or prime rib dinners include a tureen of soup, house salad and dessert. Time: 4 to 9 p.m. Price: $11.95 to $16.95. Twin Palms Address: 101 W. Green St., Pasadena. Phone: (626) 577-2567. Cuisine: Californian. Menu: Four courses. Butternut and kabocha squash soup, lettuce-almond-orange salad, romaine and bleu cheese salad or poached pear salad; Cornish game hen, grilled salmon on cous-cous, 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 , prime rib or traditional turkey dinner; ice-cream ball, yule log, Christmas pudding. Includes glass of wine. Futrel gospel group entertains. Time: 5 to 10 p.m. Price: $35. |
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