A LA CARTE : MOTHER'S DAY DINING.Byline: Larry Lipson Lots of possibilities for the biggest dining-out day of the year, most of them for brunch meals, both sit-down and buffet styles. With only 10 days to go, better get those reservations in fast. Here are a few local restaurants worth consideration: Antonio's Address: 7470 Melrose Ave., 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: (213) 655-0480. Cuisine: Mexican. Menu information: In addition to the regular menu specials are a beef tamales entree and zucchinis stuffed with chicken. Price: Tamales ($12.75), zucchinis ($11.75). Miscellaneous: Moms dining at Antonio's between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. will receive margaritas and fresh flowers with their meal. Bistro Garden Address: 12950 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 501-0202. Cuisine: American/continental. Menu information: Three-course prix-fixe brunch with coffee has a choice of four appetizers, eight entrees and four desserts. And there's also a three-course dinner. Price: Brunch: $32, dinner: $48. Cafe Sierra Address: Universal City Hilton and Towers, 555 Universal Terrace Parkway, Universal City. Phone: (818) 509-2030. Cuisine: American and Chinese. Menu information: Champagne buffet brunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. includes dim sum dim sum n. A traditional Chinese cuisine in which small portions of a variety of foods, including an assortment of steamed or fried dumplings, are served in succession. , sushi, waffles, bacon, sausages, shrimp, crab claws, fruit, salads, pastas, potatoes, carved beef, seafood, poultry and Cantonese food. Prime rib and seafood dinner from 5:30 to 9 p.m. includes baked lobster, ginger wok-fried crab, prime rib, oysters, clams, mussels, king crab king crab: see crab; horseshoe crab. king crab or Alaskan king crab or Japanese crab Marine decapod (Paralithodes camtschatica), an edible crab. legs, sushi rolls, sashimi, scallops, calamari, spring rolls, chowders, salads, breads, desserts. Price: Brunch, $32 (children 3 to 8, $16). Dinner, $24.95 (children 3 to 8, $15). Miscellaneous: Live keyboard music. Complimentary self-parking. Cha Cha Cha Encino Address: 17499 Ventura Blvd., Encino. Phone: (818) 789-3600. Cuisine: Carib-Californian. Menu information: Brunch buffet (salmon, swordfish swordfish, large food and game fish, Xiphias gladius, of the warmer Atlantic and Pacific waters, related to the sailfish. It is named for its sharp, broad, elongated upper jaw, which it uses to flail and pierce its prey of smaller fish, rising beneath a school , chicken, eggs Benedict, shrimp and curried beef salads, pasta, eggs, plantains, black beans) and specials for dinner (paella, pecan chicken, rack of ribs). Price: Brunch, $20 (children under 9, $10), dinner at a la carte varying prices. Miscellaneous: Magician noon to 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Complimentary chocolate-dipped strawberries. Crustacean crustacean (krŭstā`shən), primarily aquatic arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea. Most of the 44,000 crustacean species are marine, but there are many freshwater forms. Address: 9646 Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. Blvd., 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) 205-8990. Cuisine: Euro-Asian. Menu information: Whole roasted Dungeness crab Dungeness crab Edible crab (Cancer magister) found along the Pacific coast from Alaska to lower California, one of the coast's largest and most important commercial crabs. The male is 7–9 in. (18–23 cm) wide and 4–5 in. (10–13 cm) long. and royal prawns with garlic noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. are featured dishes. All a la carte. Price: Varies. Miscellaneous: New ``lite'' vegetarian dishes. Dickenson West Address: 185 E. Glenarm St., Pasadena. Phone: (626) 799-5252. Cuisine: Contemporary Californian. Menu information: Three-course prix-fixe brunch includes choice of starters (fruit with yogurt sauce, french toast, gazpacho, clam 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 or raw oysters raw oysters food consumed as a love potion. [Popular Folklore: Misc.] See : Aphrodisiacs ), entrees (wild mushroom and brie omelette with white truffles, steak and fries, Maine lobster and marsala pasta, salon, smoked duck salad, pizza) and dessert. Price: $32.50 (children under 10, half price). Miscellaneous: Long-stemmed rose for mom. Regular dinner menu. Le Chardonnay Address: 8284 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (213) 655-8880. Cuisine: French. Menu information: Four-course prix-fixe dinner includes sauteed scallops provencale or green salad, asparagus or mushroom soup, roast veal with mashed potatoes and vegetables or peppered salmon in lemon dill sauce and choice of desserts. Price: $36.50. Miscellaneous: Same dinner available May 9. Regular dinner menu available both days. Steak Joynt Address: 4354 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. Phone: (818) 761-9899. Cuisine: American. Menu information: Special three-course prix-fixe meal served all day is a petite Joynt salad with choice of dressing, a 6-ounce filet mignon with vegetables and potato or fries or onion rings and choice of four desserts. Price: $19.95. Woodside Address:11604 San Vicente Blvd., Brentwood. Phone: (310) 571-3800. Cuisine: Contemporary American. Menu information: Dinner only. Specials include red and gold tomato tart with goat cheese sauce, mushroom-crusted halibut halibut: see flatfish. halibut Any of various flatfishes, especially the Atlantic and Pacific halibuts (genus Hippoglossus, family Pleuronectidae), both of which have eyes and colour on the right side. , ginger pannacotta with oven roasted plums. Price: Tart $9, halibut $21, dessert $8. Miscellaneous: Regular dinner menu. |
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