DINING BEAT : IT'S A WRAP ON MELROSE.Byline: Larry Lipson Are you ready for the ultimate wrap? Yujean Kang's, 8826 Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood, has added Beijing menu items including Peking Peking: see Beijing, China. (or Beijing) duck in Bao Bing crepes crepe (krāp), thin fabric of crinkled texture, woven originally in silk but now available in all major fibers. There are two kinds of crepe. The hard-finished, typically dyed black and used for mourning (which tends to retain the old spelling crape, as a single course ($30) or as a double course ($35) with duck soup. More in line with chef-owner Kang's version of China's capital cuisine for the common man are wraps with bell pepper beef ($12), with lamb loin loin (loin) the part of the back between the thorax and pelvis. loin (loin) n. plus ginger and chili sauce ($14), with mu shu vegetables ($10), with mu shu pork ($12), with chicken breast and tomato ($12), with prawns prawn: see shrimp. and pickled cabbage plus blackened chiles ($14), and with pork loin and scallions scallion: see onion. with sweet bean sauce ($12). The part of the body on either side of the spinal column between the ribs and the pelvis. There are 16 more ``unwrapped'' Beijing specialties priced from $8 to $18. Information or reservations: (310) 288-0806. Ethnic fare in Chatsworth Chatsworth is looking up as an area of diverse culinary venues. Adventurous diners can now find Filipino food at Tryst Bar & Grill, 21352 Devonshire Devonshire, England: see Devon. St., (818) 993-3043, and Eastern European fare at the nearby Golden Duck, 20951 Devonshire St., (818) 341-2791. Napkin notes Chef-broadcaster Piero Biondi will be personally doing the cooking every Wednesday and Thursday in the kitchen of his Piero's Seafood House, 2825 Olive Ave., Burbank, now more a trattoria than a fish eatery. Chef Piero has had his own radio show on KIEV-AM (870) for many years, produces his own flavoring products and makes many personal appearances around the nation. Information and reservations: (818) 842-5159. ... Winners of the recent Pasadena Chili Cook-Off are chef Layne Wootten from Country Star in Universal City in the overall category, chef Pat Campbell of Barney's Ltd. in Pasadena in the judge's choice category and chef Laura Veoth of Beckham's Place in Pasadena as the people's choice victor. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Yujean Kang, pictured with his wife, Yvonne, has added Beijing menu items to Yujean Kang's in West Hollywood. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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