A LA CARTE : YEAR OF THE RABBIT.Byline: Larry Lipson Although this is the Year of the Rabbit This article is about the band. For the Chinese Zodiac animal, see Rabbit (zodiac). Year of the Rabbit is a rock band assembled and fronted by Ken Andrews, formerly of Failure and ON. , according to the Chinese calendar, and China produces almost a third of the world's rabbit meat, you won't find any rabbit dishes on local mainstream Chinese restaurant menus. But you will find numerous delicious rabbit recipes at Italian, French and other European-accented restaurants. One chef in Boston described rabbit, which has been a staple or a delicacy for humans for some 3,000 years, as ``the other, other white meat.'' Here are a few local restaurants where you can enjoy a rabbit dish: Cafe des Artistes Address: 1534 N. McCadden Place, Hollywood. Phone: (323) 469-7300. Cuisine: French bistro. Dish description: Chef Jean Pierre Bosc's terrinelike rabbit compote as an appetizer is served with a small lentil lentil, leguminous Old World annual plant (Lens culinaris) with whitish or pale blue flowers. Its pods contain two greenish-brown or dark-colored seeds, also called lentils, which when fully ripe are ground into meal or used in soups and stews. salad. Price: $9.25. Capo Address: 1810 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 394-5550. Cuisine: Italian. Dish description: Rabbit terrine ter·rine n. 1. An earthenware container for cooking and serving food. 2. Any of various dishes prepared or cooked in a terrine. [French; see tureen. here is made with carrots, artichokes and herbs and served with a balsamic vinegar sauce. Price: $20. Celestino Address: 141 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena. Phone: (626) 795-4006. Cuisine: Italian. Dish description: Pan-roasted leg and loin loin (loin) the part of the back between the thorax and pelvis. loin n. The part of the body on either side of the spinal column between the ribs and the pelvis. of rabbit with bell peppers is paired with an aged balsamic vinegar sauce and served with seasonal vegetables. Price: $18.50. Chiaso Address: 23329 Lyons Ave., Santa Clarita. Phone: (661) 286-2105. Cuisine: Italian. Dish description: Roasted rabbit comes with a mushroom demi-glace, herbed herbed adj. Flavored with herbs: herbed vinaigrette. polenta po·len·ta n. A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in water or stock. [Italian, from Latin, crushed grain, barley meal.] Noun 1. and grilled vegetables. Price: $20.95. Drago Address: 2628 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 828-1585. Cuisine: Italian. Dish description: Pan-roasted rabbit leg and loin is flavored with a black olive pesto and served with vegetables of the season. Price: $21. Il Fornaio Address: 301 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills. (Also in Pasadena, Santa Monica and elsewhere.) Phone: (310) 550-8330. Cuisine: Italian. Dish description: Rabbit wrapped in pancetta pan·cet·ta n. Italian bacon that has been cured in salt and spices and then air-dried. [Italian, diminutive of pancia, belly, from Latin pantex, pantic-.] is brushed with fresh herbs and cooked on the rotisserie. It arrives with mashed potatoes and vegetables. Price: $16.95 (lunch $15.95). L'Arancino Address: 8908 Beverly Blvd., West Hollywood. Phone: ((310) 858-5777. Cuisine: Sicilian/Italian. Dish description: Pan-sauteed leg and loin of rabbit is brought forth with ``agrodulce,'' which is a Sicilian-style sweet and sour sweet and sour adj → agridulce sauce made with green olives and celery. The plate also includes seasonal vegetables. Price: $21. Matterhorn Chef Address: 13726 Oxnard St., Van Nuys. Phone: (818) 781-4330. Cuisine: Swiss/German/Italian. Dish description: Chef-owner Ueli Huegli roasts his rabbit with a red wine-balsamic vinegar sauce and serves it with porcini mushrooms and polenta. (Note that his traditional hasenpfeffer ha·sen·pfef·fer n. A highly seasoned stew of marinated rabbit meat. [German : Hase, rabbit (from Middle High German, from Old High German haso; see kas- - stewed rabbit - will be available during Oktoberfest, beginning Sept. 9.) Price: $19.50. Melisse Address: 1104 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. Phone: (310) 395-0881. Cuisine: New American/French. Dish description: Columbia River Farm rabbit loin with eggplant caviar, roasted red peppers, sweet garlic and a carrot cardamom cardamom (kär`dəməm): see ginger. cardamom Spice consisting of whole or ground dried fruit, or seeds, of Elettaria cardamomum, a perennial herb of the ginger family. sauce. Price: $27. One Address: 672 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. Phone: (323) 692-0540. Cuisine: Contemporary/Fusion. Dish description: Roasted and then braised braise tr.v. braised, brais·ing, brais·es To cook (meat or vegetables) by browning in fat, then simmering in a small quantity of liquid in a covered container. rabbit on a bed of ``sauerkraut'' of turnips. Served with boiled potatoes. Price: $17. Posto Address: 14928 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Phone: (818) 784-4400. Cuisine: Italian. Dish description: Rabbit loin wrapped in pancetta is pan-sauteed with white wine and sage, then served with mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes and tortino of cauliflower. Price: $22. |
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