A LA CARTE : TIME FOR SPRING ROLLS.Byline: Larry Lipson Spring being officially here - though you wouldn't know it from our recent weather - the season points to the light and tasty versions of Asian-influenced spring rolls that local restaurant chefs seem to have a great time fashioning. With the season in mind, here are a few restaurants with spring roll-style appetizers, soft or crispy, hot or cold, worth consideration: Cafe del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
Address: 4451 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey. Phone: (310) 823-6395. Cuisine: Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . Description: The curried chicken and shiitake mushroom Noun 1. shiitake mushroom - edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Lentinus edodes, Oriental black mushroom, shiitake spring roll here is a menu favorite. It comes with both a wasabi cocktail sauce and a papaya papaya (pəpī`ə), soft-stemmed tree (Carica papaya) of tropical America resembling a palm with a crown of palmately lobed leaves. relish. Price: $7. Lumpy Gravy Address: 7311 Beverly Blvd., 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: (323) 934-9400. Cuisine: Californian. Description: The applewood-smoked chicken spring roll is wrapped in thin wonton dough, stuffed with poblano po·bla·no n. A cultivar of the tropical pepper (Capsicum annum) having a mild or fairly pungent dark green, thick-skinned fruit used in cooking. chiles, ranchero ran·che·ro n. pl. ran·che·ros Southwestern U.S. A ranch owner; a rancher. [American Spanish, from rancho, small ranch; see ranch.] cheese and sun-dried tomato paste. It is served with Asian vegetables and plum sauce. Price: $7. Marvel Mania Address: CityWalk, 1000 Universal Center Drive, Universal City. Phone: (818) 762-7835. Cuisine: International. Description: Long, crispy, sunfire spring rolls are stuffed with stir-fried vegetables and spicy coconut chicken and arrive with a Thai-style spicy peanut dipping sauce. Similarly stuffed are the Shang-chi Chinese tacos made with crispy wonton dough. Price: Spring roll dish is $6.50. Chinese taco plate is $5.95. ObaChine Address: 242 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. Phone: (310) 274-4440. Cuisine: Multi-Cal-Asian. Description: The popular Vietnamese-style spring roll here is wrapped in rice paper and served with a Thai chile dipping sauce. It is served chilled with an exotic mixed vegetable stuffing. Price: $5.95. One Address: 672 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (323) 692-0540. Cuisine: Euro-Cal-Asian. Description: At his just-opened restaurant Chef Serge Burckel calls them classic firecrackers. He uses duck meat as a filling and presents them dramatically with bitter greens, mint and an oyster sauce. Price: $10. Pangaea (Hotel Nikko) Address: 465 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles. Phone: (310) 246-2100. Cuisine: Pacific Rim. Description: Filled with an array of vegetables, the spring rolls here are delivered with a spicy Thai-style peanut dipping sauce. Price: $8. Papashon Address: 15910 Ventura Blvd., Encino. (Also in Pasadena and Long Beach.) Phone: (818) 783-6664. Cuisine: Pacific Rim. Description: Chef Sean Sheridan's spring roll is hand-prepared from scratch, filled with pork and vegetables, paired with a colorful presentation of Asian coleslaw cole·slaw also cole slaw n. A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise or a vinaigrette. , and served with a citrus-chile dipping sauce. Price: $9. 72 Market Street Address: 72 Market St., Venice. Phone: (310) 392-8720. Cuisine: French-Cal-Asian. Description: Chef Roland Gibert's signature spring roll is stuffed with both the duck meat and julienned vegetables and presented with an orange-ginger sauce and a side of greens. Price: . Typhoon typhoon: see hurricane. Address: 3221 Donald Douglas Loop South, Santa Monica Airport Santa Monica Airport (IATA: SMO, ICAO: KSMO, FAA LID: SMO), also known as Santa Monica Municipal Airport, is a general aviation airport located in the heart of the residential community of Santa Monica, California, United States. , Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 390-6565. Cuisine: Pan-Asian. Description: Three types: vegetable spring roll with sweet and sour sweet and sour adj → agridulce dipping sauce; Vietnamese fried ``chagio'' eggroll with do-it-yourself stuffings (cilantro, lettuce, carrot, cucumber, mint, basil) and spicy sour plum sauce; and Vietnamese ``goicuon'' shrimp roll with rice wrapper and peanut sauce. Price: Vegetable: $7.50, shrimp: $8.25, fried eggroll: $8. Wolfgang Puck Cafe Address: In the Promenade Mall, 6100 Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Woodland Hills. (Also in Universal City, Los Angeles, Santa Monica and elsewhere.) Phone: (818) 710-9653. Cuisine: Californian. Description: Crispy spring rolls come with a choice of three stuffings: vegetables, chicken or shrimp. They come with plum and mustard sauce and are garnished with Asian cabbage. Price: Vegetable roll is $6.95, chicken $7.95, shrimp $8.25. |
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