A LA CARTE : MOTHER'S DAY DINING.Byline: Larry Lipson As usual, just about every restaurant of consequence does something special for Mother's Day, May 9. Hotels, of course, generally proffer To offer or tender, as, the production of a document and offer of the same in evidence. proffer v. to offer evidence in a trial. elaborate brunch buffets. And some of the larger hostelries present a whole slate of dining options. Whatever the choice, reservations (if taken) should be made immediately. Here are a few Mother's Day dining opportunities worth consideration: Bistro Garden Address: 12950 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 501-0202. Menu highlights: Champagne sit-down brunch is three courses with five to eight options per course. Also Bouvet sparkling wine and coffee or tea. Price: $48 (children under 12, $30). Miscellaneous: Special three-course prix-fixe dinner with two wines is $55 (children under 12, $30). Boomerock Address: 61 Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Phone: (626) 440-0088. Menu highlights: Three Aussie-style prix-fixe meals include options like Illawara plum-glazed barbecued baby-back ribs and citrus-marinated tree trunk chicken. Also regular hot-rock items. Price: $22 to $27 per person. Miscellaneous: Soft jazz combo and gift of fresh Australian flowers. Cha Cha Cha Encino Address: 17499 Ventura Blvd., Encino. Phone: (818) 789-3600. Menu highlights: Brunch buffet includes poached poach 1 tr.v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es To cook in a boiling or simmering liquid: Poach the fish in wine. salmon, swordfish, curried beef salad and chile-crusted lamb. Separate special dinner items. Price: Brunch buffet is $20 (children 8 and under, $10). Regular dinner prices. Miscellaneous: Magician 6:30 to 9 p.m. Charlie G's Prime Steakhouse Address: 18663 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana. Phone: (818) 344-1191. Menu highlights: Champagne sit-down brunch with lox platter, crab cake (or steak or chops) and eggs includes juice and muffins. Price: Brunches range from $13.95 to $23.95. Dinner at regular prices. Denari Address: 17329 Ventura Blvd., Encino. Phone: (818) 907-8107. Menu highlights: Brunch includes champagne and features eggs, omelettes and salads. Price: $12.95. Miscellaneous: Regular dinner menu. Courtyard patio. Derek's Address: 181 E. Glenarm St., Pasadena. Phone: (626) 799-5252. Menu highlights: Sit-down three-course brunch features numerous choices including steak and fries, smoked Chinese duck salad and red berry tart with rose petal ice cream. Price: $34.50 (children under 10, half-price). Miscellaneous: Long-stemmed roses to moms. Greek Bistro Address: 17337 Ventura Blvd., Encino. Phone: (818) 789-2888. Menu highlights: Three-course prix-fixe meal includes soup or salad, several entree choices like roast lamb, chicken or swordfish kebab and combo platter, also rice pudding and coffee or tea. Price: $18.95. Miscellaneous: Regular menu available all day. Bouzouki bouzouki Long-necked lute used in Greek popular music. Developed from a Turkish instrument early in the 20th century, it has a pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard. music from 5 p.m. Le Chardonnay Address: 8284 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (323) 655-8880. Menu highlights: Four-course prix-fixe dinner includes vichyssoise vi·chys·soise n. A thick creamy potato soup flavored with leeks and onions, usually served cold. [French, from feminine of vichyssois, of Vichy.] Noun 1. or goat cheese salad, tournedos of beef or grilled whitefish whitefish: see salmon. whitefish Any of several silvery food fishes (family Salmonidae, or Coregonidae), inhabiting cold northern lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America. and cassis cas·sis n. 1. A Eurasian currant (Ribes nigrum) bearing black berries. 2. A cordial made from the berries of this plant. parfait. Also a la carte menu. Price: $37.50. Louise's Trattoria trat·to·ri·a n. pl. trat·to·ri·as or trat·to·ri·e An informal restaurant or tavern serving simple Italian dishes. [Italian, from trattore, host, from trattare Address: 12050 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. (Also in Valencia and elsewhere.) Phone: (818) 762-2662. Menu highlights: Three-course meal includes shrimp-stuffed artichoke artichoke, name for two different plants of the family Asteraceae (aster family), both having edible parts. The French, or globe, artichoke (Cynara scolymus or fire-roasted corn and crab chowder chowder, stew of fish or shellfish with potatoes, onions, and pork (usually salt pork), thickened with crumbled hard bread. The name chowder seems to have originated from the French word chaudière , grilled swordfish or 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 creme brulee with fresh berries. (Items available inividually.) Price: $19.95. Miscellaneous: Free photo of your party for mom. Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa Address: 1401 S. Knoll Ave., Pasadena. Phone: (626) 577-2867. Menu highlights: Buffet breakfast, buffet brunch, fashion-show teas and dinners in various rooms and areas. Omelettes, pasta and waffles in the Grill for breakfast. Eggs Benedict, breakfast sausages and house-produced blintzes in the Terrace for brunch. Price: Fashion tea $40; Ballroom brunch $52 (children under 12, $25); Terrace brunch $48 (children under 12, $25); Terrace dinner $50; Grill breakfast $20; Grill dinner $60 or $80 with wine. Miscellaneous: Rose and makeover for mom at tea. Music and champagne at Terrace and Ballroom brunches. Entertainment at Grill and Terrace dinners. Sisley Italian Kitchen Address: 15300 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (Also in Valencia and West Los Angeles
Phone: (818) 905-8444. Menu highlights: Brunch and dinner served. Honey chili garlic shrimp over linguine is a special item. Also regular menu. Price: Entrees and pastas range from $8 to $18. Miscellaneous: Complimentary champagne for mom. Tortilla Inn Address: 18114 Parthenia St., Northridge. Phone: (818) 993-9711. Menu highlights: Sit-down breakfast-brunch with champagne, rice and beans Rice and beans, "arroz y habas" or "arroz con habichuelas" "arroz con frijoles" or similar in Spanish, "arroz e feijão" or "feijão com arroz", in Brazilian Portuguese, "du riz a pois/haricots" in French, and "diri ak pwa and sweet Mexican bread includes choice of omelettes (ham and cheese, Denver, Spanish, Pepe's special) or huevos New Mexico (tortilla, chicken, eggs, avocado). Price: $9.50 (children under 12, $4.95). Miscellaneous: Regular menu after 2 p.m. Toto di Notte Address:15627 Ventura Blvd., Encino . Phone: (818) 981-9293. Menu highlights: Regular menu of appetizers, salads, pastas, entrees and desserts plus a handful of special items. Price: Entrees and pastas range from $7 to $12. ($5 extra charge per person in dance room.) Miscellaneous: 15-piece big-band dance party from 6 to 11 p.m. Vines (Hyatt Valencia Hotel) Address: 24500 Town Center Drive, Valencia. Phone: (805) 799-1234. Menu highlights: Buffet brunch includes seafood bar, carved ham, baron of beef two sirloins not cut asunder at the backbone. See also: Baron , pastries, waffles, omelettes, pastas, eggs Benedict, blintzes, stir-fried items, blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. fish and chicken marsala. Separate buffet for children. aratePrice: $36 (children 12 and under, $18; 5 and under, free.) Miscellaneous: Live jazz. Separate kiddie kid·die or kid·dy n. pl. kid·dies Slang A small child. kiddie Noun Informal a child entertainment. |
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