A LA CARTE : OSCAR VIEWING PARTIES.Byline: Larry Lipson Watching the Oscars has become a national pastime. Congruent with it is the enjoyment of a reasonably good meal. If you're not invited to one of the Oscar bashes put on by movie-biz entities - some of this year's biggies are the Miramax party at Coco Pazzo in the Mondrian Hotel, the annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Elton John AIDS Foundation is a charity fund that was started by Elton John to help fight HIV, AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases. He was inspired by the death of Ryan White & Freddie Mercury who both suffered from AIDS and were close friends of his. event at Maple Drive, Morton's Vanity Fair party, Columbia/Tri-Star at Eclipse and the Governors Ball at the Music Center - there are a smattering of parties for John and Susie Q. Public. By the way, Spago will actually be closed on Oscar night this year. Here are a few spots worth consideration: Arbuckle's Address: 829 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles. Phone: (310) 657-9220. Cuisine: American. Comments: This is both an Oscar and a birthday celebration, this day being late actor Roscoe ``Fatty'' Arbuckle's 110th birthday. A Roaring '20s show featuring Richard Halpern, Cheryl Chase, the Bamboo Babies and Kelly Foster follows the telecast. Cost: $50 per person. Menu: American caviar and yellow corn blinis, lobster medallions, Scharffenberger sparkling wine and a buffet with Caesar salad, beef Wellington, galantine gal·an·tine n. A dish of boned, stuffed meat or fish that is poached and served cold coated with aspic. [Middle English galauntine, a kind of sauce, from Old French of roast chicken, mashed potatoes, wild rice pilaf, artichoke hearts, Parker house rolls, wines. Barsac Brasserie bras·se·rie n. A restaurant serving alcoholic beverages, especially beer, as well as food. [French, from brasser, to malt, brew, from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin Address: 4212 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. Phone: (818) 760-7081. Cuisine: Continental. Comments: Two big-screen televisions plus the bar screen. And there's a complimentary appetizer buffet from 5:45 to 8 p.m. plus the regular dinner menu. Prizes for ballot winners. Menu: Buffet includes bruschetta bruschetta Noun an Italian open sandwich of toasted bread topped with olive oil and tomatoes, olives, etc [Italian] , goat cheese-stuffed eggplant rolls, skewers of grilled chicken sausage and vegetables, fried calamari and assorted cheeses and fruits. Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. (Crystal Ballroom) Address: 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills. Phone: (310) 289-8660. Cuisine: Continental. Comments: This annual bash hosted by Norby Walters, dubbed the ``Night of 100 Stars Gala,'' has every actor and Hollywood personality you've ever heard of, from A (Tom Arnold, Ed Asner, Ed Ames and Ally Sheedy) to W (Vanessa Williams, Ken Wahl, Stuart Whitman and Mykelt Williamson). Cost: $500 per person. Sponsor is Nygard Fashions. Benefits Film & Performing Artists Foundation. Menu: Hearts of palm and grilled asparagus salad, roasted boneless Bone´less a. 1. Without bones. Adj. 1. boneless - being without a bone or bones; "jellyfish are boneless" breast of chicken in chardonnay sauce stuffed with spinach, sun-dried tomatoes and shiitake mushrooms, and chocolate silk pie. Open bar. Bistro Garden Address: 12950 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 501-0202. Cuisine: Contemporary continental. Comments: Sony 45-inch television monitors will be on hand for this party. Cocktail and appetizer reception at 5 p.m. Cost: $45 per person. Menu: Buffet features gravlax grav·lax n. Raw, thinly sliced, cured salmon seasoned with dill and served usually as an appetizer. [Swedish : grava, to bury (from the original process of curing it in the ground); see with honey dill sauce, cold asparagus vinaigrette, cold poached poach 1 tr.v. poached, poach·ing, poach·es To cook in a boiling or simmering liquid: Poach the fish in wine. salmon, penne with tomato and basil, chicken burgers, canneloni, cold cucumber salad, cheese quesadillas, chicken curry, roast turkey breast, mashed potatoes, Bavarian sausages, sauerkraut, broiled broil 1 v. broiled, broil·ing, broils v.tr. 1. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element. 2. To expose to great heat. v. tri-tip, chili, assorted desserts. 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: 23715 W. Malibu Road, Malibu. Phone: (310) 456-0488. Cuisine: Seafood. Comments: Screens around restaurant. A five-course prix-fixe meal for $60 per person begins at 5 p.m. Menu: Assorted appetizers (crispy potato gallette with smoked salmon, pizzas), then caviar-stuffed potatoes, shrimp tempura Tempura - Language based on temporal logic. "Executing Temporal Logic Programs", B. Moszkowski, Camb U Press 1986. , beef satay sa·tay also sa·té or sa·te n. A dish of southeast Asia consisting of strips of marinated meat, poultry, or seafood grilled on skewers and dipped in peanut sauce. , chopped Chino vegetable salad with lobster medallions, grilled free-range chicken with wild mushroom 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-, , petits fours and chocolate truffles. Hollywood Entertainment Museum Address: 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Phone: (213) 960-4833. Cuisine: International. Comments: This is titled ``A Taste of Hollywood'' and there will be giant screens, a montage of foods and prizes for game winners. Tickets: $50 for nonmembers. Menu: Food provided by Cafe des Artistes, Windows on Hollywood, California Pizza Kitchen California Pizza Kitchen (NASDAQ: CPKI, known within the food industry as CPK) is a casual dining restaurant chain that specializes in California-style pizza. The restaurant was started in 1985 by attorneys Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax in Beverly Hills, California, , Hamburger Hamlet, Fix, Off Vine, Paradise at the Hollywood Roosevelt, Tidal Wave and Pink Pepper Thai. ObaChine Address: 242 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. Phone: (310) 274-4440. Cuisine: International. Comments: This is fund-raiser for Earth Communications Office, a charity that calls itself the Environmental Voice of the Entertainment Industry. It's a black-tie event with Toni Childs performing post-telecast. Tickets: $250 each. Organizers say James Woods, Woody Harrelson, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Donna Mills, Shirley MacLaine and Oliver Stone will be there. Menu: ObaChine appetizers (potstickers, samosas, Vietnamese eggrolls et al.) and a complete constantly replenished Asian seafood buffet all night. Pinot Bistro Address: 12969 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Phone: (818) 990-0500. Cuisine: French bistro. Comments: Champagne reception and prix-fixe four-course dinner at annual event with prizes for ballot winners. Cost: $45 per person. Menu: Warm vegetable salad, salmon with grilled onions, lamb with couscous cous·cous n. 1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina. 2. A North African dish consisting of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew. and dates, trilogy of pastries. Twin Palms Address: 101 W. Green St., Pasadena. Phone: (818) 798-6793. Cuisine: Mediterranean Bistro. Comments: Glitzy event to benefit Five Acres, the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society of L.A. County, has giant screens, searchlights and such, and is co-hosted by restaurant's owner Cindy Costner and actress Marlee Matlin. Tickets: $135. Menu: Appetizers (chicken, crabcakes and mushrooms in pastry), salad, choice of entree (pasta, salmon or pork), lemon tart dessert. |
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