DINING BEAT : PASSOVER FEASTING.Byline: Larry Lipson With Wednesday the first night of Passover, certain restaurants are again honoring the Jewish holiday
A Jewish holiday or Jewish Festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history. with special meals. It has become increasingly popular over the last few years for families, couples, solo diners and groups of friends to celebrate Passover in a restaurant rather than at home. Again this year, Cava, 8384 W. Third St., Los Angeles, will hold a Sephardic Seder dinner Wednesday featuring international Passover dishes from India, Morocco, Uzbekistan, the former Soviet republic of Georgia, Afghanistan and Turkey cooked by chef-owner Toribio Prado with Karen Berk and Jean Brady of the Seasonal Table Cooking School. Also featured will be Mount Maroma/Madrona kosher wines. Price is $50 per person. Reservations: (213) 658-8898. At India's Tandoori tan·door·i adj. Cooked in a tandoor. [Hindi tand  ri, from tand , 19006 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, both matzo and matzo ball soup will be available during Passover with regular Indian dinners. Reservations: (818) 342-9100. A few tables in front were still available at press time for the Passover dinner Wednesday at Tempo, the Israeli restaurant at 16610 Ventura Blvd., Encino. The meal will begin with traditional appetizers and follow with chicken soup chicken soup Chicken broth Folk medicine Jewish penicillin A fowl broth with a long tradition as a home remedy for URIs, which may be a nasal decongestant, inhibit growth of pneumococci in vitro, and stimulate immune responsiveness in WBCs Mainstream medicine A , gefilte fish, a choice of entree (salmon filet, mixed grill, vegetable or beef moussaka mous·sa·ka n. A Greek dish consisting of layers of ground lamb or beef and sliced eggplant topped with a cheese sauce and baked. [Serbo-Croatian, from Turkish mussakka , lamb shank shank (shangk) 1. leg (1). 2. crus ( 2). shank n. The part of the human leg between the knee and ankle. ), Passover cake and kosher wine. Price is $49 per person. Reservations: (818) 905-5855. Junior's, 2379 Westwood Blvd., West Los Angeles
For takeout only, Koutoubia, the Moroccan restaurant at 2116 Westwood Blvd., West Los Angeles, is again offering its Sephardic kosher Seder dinner for $25 per person, a veritable feast of salads, a fish course, chicken or lamb entrees and seasonal fruits. Details: (310) 475-0729. And the annual Italian-Jewish Passover dinner at Prego, 362 N. Camden Drive, Beverly Hills, will include the usual traditional dishes plus a lamb 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. entree and a flourless chocolate cake dessert for $24.95 per person on both Wednesday and Thursday nights. Reservations: (310) 277-7346. |
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