A LA CARTE : HEART SHAPES FOR VALENTINE'S DAY.Byline: Larry Lipson It can be the view, the decor, the opulence, the music or what's on the plate. But if your definitive romantic meal has something to do with heart-shaped food, here are a few restaurants worth consideration on Valentine's Day: Coco Pazzo Address: Mondrian Hotel, 8440 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Phone: (213) 848-6000. Cuisine: Italian. Menu: A la carte. At either lunch or dinner, new chef Paolo Sari offers heart-shaped ravioli with Beluga caviar, or at breakfast, heart-shaped panettone pan·et·to·ne n. pl. pan·et·to·nes or pan·et·to·ni A festive Italian yeast cake flavored with candied fruit peels and raisins. French toast. Price(s): High. The special ravioli with caviar is $16. Miscellaneous: Great view if you get the right table. Emi Address: 6602 Melrose Ave., Hollywood. Phone: (213) 935-4922. Cuisine: Italian. Menu: Prix-fixe five-course meal begins with oysters and features heart-shaped ravioli stuffed with Dungeness crab. Ending is chef-owner Enrico Glaudo's unusual goat cheese creme brulee, which is on the cover of the new book ``Elegantly Easy Creme Brulee.'' Price(s): $48 per person. Miscellaneous: Couples enjoying this meal will receive a for-lovers-only votive candle and a copy of the creme brulee book that will be signed in person by author Deborah Puente. Lola's Address: 945 N. Fairfax Ave., West Hollywood. Phone: (213) 736-5652. Cuisine: Californian. Menu: A la carte. Heart-shaped chicken and vegetable-stuffed ravioli in vodka sauce will be a special feature of the evening. Price(s): $9.50. Miscellaneous: Heart-label wines and the debut of the French Kiss martini made with Stoli vanilla vodka. Moonlight Address: 13730 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 788-2000. Cuisine: American and continental classics. Menu: Prix-fixe dinner ends with a chocolate heart with passion fruit mousse or a tiramisu tir·a·mi·su n. A dessert of cake infused with a liquid such as coffee or rum, layered with a rich cheese filling, and topped with grated chocolate. heart with mocha Mocha (mō`kə), town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port in the late 19th cent. with the rise of Hodeida and Aden. creme Anglaise. It starts with an appetizer assortment of 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 and shrimp ceviche ce·vi·che or se·vi·che n. Raw fish marinated in lime or lemon juice with olive oil and spices and served as an appetizer. [American Spanish, from Spanish cebiche, fish stew, from with red corn tortillas, crab and avocado croustade in puff pastry and clams casino. Then there's a mixed greens salad followed by a choice of entree (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 , lemon-herb chicken, petite top sirloin). Price(s): $46.50 per person. Miscellaneous: Three seatings. Dance to the music of the Moonlight Swingers with vocals by Lenetta Kidd. Prego Address: 362 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills. Phone: (310) 277-7346. Cuisine: Italian. Menu: Prix-fixe dinner features heart-shaped lobster ravioli with saffron sauce and asparagus tips after smoked goose breast 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 foie gras pate. Main courses are striped bass filet and beef tenderloin with morel mushroom sauce. Dessert is a flourless chocolate-filled cherry tartlet tart·let n. A small pastry tart. Noun 1. tartlet - a small tart usually used as a canape tart - a small open pie with a fruit filling with melted white chocolate. Price(s): $40 per person. Miscellaneous: Dinner includes two glasses of Italian sparkling wine. Sisley Italian Kitchen Address: 15300 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (Also at 24201 W. Valencia Blvd., Valencia, 805-287-4444; and West Los Angeles
Phone: (818) 905-8444. Cuisine: Italian. Menu: A la carte. Heart-shaped pizzas will be offered with the regular menu. Pizzas include those topped with Italian sausage and pepperoni, hearts of artichoke and palm with grilled eggplant and one with goat cheese, bell peppers and sun-dried tomatoes. Price(s): Pizzas range from $7 to $11.95 each. Miscellaneous: Some heart-shaped desserts also are promised. 72 Market Street Address: 72 Market St., Venice. Phone: (310) 392-8720. Cuisine: French-Californian. Menu: Prix-fixe dinner features a chocolate biscuit heart with chocolate sauce as a dessert option. Truffle and artichoke bouillon Bouillon, town (1991 pop. 5,468), Luxembourg prov., SE Belgium, in the Ardennes on the Semois River, near the French border. It is a small manufacturing and tourist center. with grilled prawns, scallops and Beluga caviar, veal medallions with prosciutto pro·sciut·to n. pl. pro·sciut·ti or pro·sciut·tos An aged, dry-cured, spiced Italian ham that is usually sliced thin and served without cooking. sauce also are part of the meal. Price(s): $65 per person. (Dishes also available a la carte.) Miscellaneous: Framed photos from chef Roland Gibert's latest cookbook hang in the dining room. Twin Palms Address: 101 W. Green St., Pasadena Phone: (626) 577-2567. Cuisine: French-Californian. Menu: Prix-fixe dinner ends with puff pastry hearts or sponge cake hearts. Heart-shaped croutons are in the Caesar salad option. Scallops with prawn prawn: see shrimp. risotto, prime rib, Sonoma lamb shank or grilled Atlantic salmon are entree highlights. Price(s): $40 per person. Miscellaneous: Long-stemmed red rose to each couple. Dancing. Jazz music earlier, rock group later. |
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