A LA CARTE : FLORIDA STONE CRABS.Byline: Larry Lipson In Miami Beach Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. at Joe's, one of America's most famous restaurants, patient diners wait up to three hours for a table in order to pick away and savor the delicate, sweet meat of Florida's stone crab claws. The harvest never diminishes because fishermen pull one leg off and then throw each crab back into the sea, enabling the regrowth Re`growth´ n. 1. The act of regrowing; a second or new growth. The regrowth of limbs which had been cut off. - A. B. Buckley. of the lost claws. In season now, the stone crab legs may be found in a handful of local restaurants. The cost is high, the demand is great and Joe's purchases most of the catch. Consequently, Los Angeles-area kitchens cannot stock them in large quantities. So it makes sense to check first before making a special restaurant visit. When fresh, they're best served cracked on ice with sauce. When frozen, they seem to taste better steamed and served warm. Here are a few restaurants where you are likely to find this delicious import from Florida: Brandywine Address: 22757 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. Phone: (818) 225-9114. Cuisine: Continental. How served: Available as an appetizer, the cracked claws, approximately a half-pound per serving (three to five claws) are chilled on ice and brought with mustard-horseradish dressing. Price: $16. Miscellaneous: Promised a Thursday delivery by supplier. Buggy Refers to software that contains many flaws. Many in the software industry swear that bugs are inevitable, and perhaps they are right. As long as we work in the competitive, pressure-cooker environment of our high-tech world, products will more often than not be developed too hastily and Whip Address: 7420 La Tijera Blvd., Westchester. Phone: (310) 645-7131. Cuisine: American. How served: As an appetizer with four claws or as an entree with as many as seven, with a house-prepared mustard dressing. Price: Appetizer $18.95, entree (with soup or green goddess salad) $29.99. Crab House Address: 350 N. Lantana lantana (lăntā`nə): see verbena. lantana Any of more than 150 shrubs that make up the genus Lantana in the verbena family, native to the New World and African tropics. St., Camarillo. Phone: (805) 987-4979. Cuisine: Seafood. How served: The frozen claws are steamed, served with butter, vegetables and choice of potato or rice. Price: $15.95 per pound. Gardens Address: Four Seasons Hotel, 300 S. Doheny Drive Doheny Drive is a major north/south thoroughfare for Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. It starts a few blocks south of Pico Boulevard and travels north past Sunset Boulevard. Doheny encounters few traffic lights, making it a relatively quick trip north/south. , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Phone: (310) 273-2222. Cuisine: International. How served: With greens, tropical fruit and whole grain mustard sauce. Price: Appetizer (one or two large claws) $18, entree (two to four claws) $36. Granita gra·ni·ta n. A granular dessert ice with a sugar-syrup base, usually flavored with fruit purée, coffee, or wine. [Italian, from feminine past participle of granire, to make grainy, granulate Address: 23725 W. Malibu Road, Malibu. Phone: (310) 456-0488. Cuisine: Mediterranean. How served: In a dramatic combination seafood platter on ice along with Gulf prawns and Glidden Point oysters. Price: $32 to $34. Feeds two. Grill on the Alley Address: 9560 Dayton Way, Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . Phone: (310) 276-0615. Cuisine: American. How served: As appetizer (three large claws) or entree (five large claws) with house-prepared sauces, spicy mustard and traditional cocktail sauce on a bed of crushed ice with fresh lemon. Price: Appetizer: $24; entree: $42. 2087 - An American Bistro Address: 2087 E. Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Blvd., Thousand Oaks. Phone: (805) 374-2087. Cuisine: New American. How served: On ice with a sweet mustard sauce and cocktail sauce. Available in appetizer (four claws) or entree (eight claws) size. Price: Appetizer: $22.50; entree: $45. Water Grill Address: 544 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 891-0900. Cuisine: Seafood. How served: The cracked Florida stone crab The Florida stone crab, Menippe mercenaria, is a crab found in the western North Atlantic, from North Carolina to Belize, including Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and the Bahamas that is widely caught for food. claws, weighing a half-pound per serving, translates into three to five claws. They arrive handsomely presented on ice with cocktail sauce. Price: $18. |
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