A LA CARTE : LAST-MINUTE VALENTINE DINING.Byline: Larry Lipson You've procrastinated. You haven't made reservations for Friday's Valentine's dinner. Here are a few places that still may have a table left. Good luck. Bistro Garden at Coldwater Address: 12950 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 501-0202. Cuisine: Contemporary continental. Comments: There's not a more romantic dining room in the Valley than that of the Bistro Garden. The special dinner here is $48. Picks: You could start with a half-dozen Malpeque oysters and move on to one of two salmon choices or Indonesian 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 and finish with a chocolate or Grand Marnier souffle or cherries jubilee. Cava Address: Beverly Plaza Hotel, 8384 W. Third St., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 658-8898. Cuisine: Spanish. Comments: It's the foods of Spain and the vision of talented chef Toribio Prado. Picks: Tapas tapas Ascetic practice carried out to achieve spiritual power or purification. In Hinduism, it is associated with Yoga as a way of purifying the body in preparation for the more exacting spiritual exercises leading to liberation. , paellas and lots more. The overnight romance package here is $136 with champagne and breakfast in bed. Cafe Bellissimo Address: 22458 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills. Phone: (818) 225-0026. Cuisine: Italian. Comments: They sing and serve here with a performer-waiting staff. Ask for your favorite love song. Picks: Order anything made with tomatoes and be careful about garlic unless your companion also consumes it. Geoffrey's Address: 27400 Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Phone: (310) 457-1519. Cuisine: Californian-continental. Comments: Great view and celebrity art (for heart disease charities) make this a distinctive dining pick for Valentine's Day. Picks: Special dinner is $75, and it includes oysters or artichoke heart appetizers, a glass of Moet & Chandon bubbly, beef Wellington or a double veal chop as entree choices and a variety of desserts. Matterhorn Chef Address: 13726 Oxnard St., Van Nuys. Phone: (818) 781-4330. Cuisine: Swiss-continental. Comments: Chef-owner Ueli Huegli keeps impressing diners with his wide range of European specialties. Picks: The special menu offers a bounteous boun·te·ous adj. 1. Giving or inclined to give generously. 2. Generously and copiously given. See Synonyms at liberal. four-course meal for $75 per couple featuring a New York steak and Australian lobster tail combo entree. On the a la carte side, there's everything from goulash gou·lash n. 1. A stew of beef or veal and vegetables, seasoned mainly with paprika. 2. A mixture of many different elements; a hodgepodge. soup or clam and pesto soup to smoked pork loin or grilled lemon sole. Mi Piace Address: 801 N. San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , Burbank. Also in Pasadena. Phone: (818) 843-1111. Cuisine: Italian. Comments: Inexpensive yet trendy, this is the hit of the area. Picks: House-smoked salmon salad, venison stroganoff stroganoff Noun a dish of sliced beef cooked with onions and mushrooms, served in a sour-cream sauce Also called: (beef stroganoff) [after Count Stroganoff, Russian diplomat] , peppercorn-crusted ahi tuna in red pepper nage and the obvious heart-shaped ravioli. Twin Palms Address: 101 W. Green St., Pasadena. Phone: (818) 577-2567. Cuisine: Country French. Comments: It's a weekend-long celebration for lovers with a special Perrier-Jouet champagne flower bottle and two hand-painted flower flutes for the champagne dinner ($85). The Armand Blais Orchestra plays Friday night. Picks: Good hearty stuff like a garlicky fish soup, pork loin, brandade bran·dade n. A dish of Provençal origin prepared from salted cod. [French, from Provençal brandado, from Old Provençal, past participle of brandar, to shake, from brand, of cod or roast beef plus a rum baba dessert will make you think you're dining in Provence. Valencia Inn Address: 25864 Tournament Road, Valencia. Phone: (805) 287-9999. Cuisine: Italian-continental. Comments: Restaurateur Giancarlo Zaretti has taken his act to the former Mel's Landing facility. Picks: The four-course prix-fixe dinner is $25 and consists of scampi Dolce Vita, fettuccine fet·tuc·ci·ne n. In both senses also called tagliatelle. 1. Pasta in narrow flat strips. 2. A dish made with such strips of pasta. [Italian, pl. with lamb ragout ra·gout n. A well-seasoned meat or fish stew, usually with vegetables. [French ragoût, from ragoûter, to revive the taste, from Old French ragouster : re-, , torte di fragole, coffee and a choice of entree (filetto al pepe verde, Dover sole with shiitake mushrooms or turkey breast with spinach and wild mushrooms). |
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