HOT SPOTS : TRADITIONAL ITALIAN.Byline: Larry Lipson New Portofino, 13251 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, 818-986-3190. You'll find a good, old-fashioned Bolognese sauce Bolognese sauce (ragù alla bolognese in Italian, also known by its French name sauce bolognaise) is a meat based sauce for pasta originating in Bologna, Italy. on mostaccioli mos·tac·cio·li n. Pasta in short tubes with slanted ends. [Italian, pl. of mostacciolo, cake, bun, from Latin must or linguine, a fine version of chicken cacciatore, hearty lasagna and veal parmigiana like you enjoyed as a kid. And an expanded menu under new ownership gives this friendly restaurant an even greater dimension. Bizoumania reigns Tabu Bistro, 18607 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, (818) 758-9368. Cafe Bizou-inspired fare and prices, perhaps even lower, with the dollar salad (and soup) with entree, crusted fish items in the fore and inviting minimal corkage cork·age n. A charge exacted at a restaurant for every bottle of liquor served that was not bought on the premises. corkage Noun a charge made at a restaurant for serving wine bought elsewhere fee for wine collector diners. No wonder it's crowded. Java jubilation Sudi Mampir, 12728 Sherman Way, North Hollywood, (818) 764-1892. Delicious Indonesian food in a no-frills setting at ridiculously low prices. We're talking serious Western Javanese fare here. And a host who will eagerly fill you in on the whys and wherefores of the foods and mores of everything east and west of Bali. No myth steak Arnie Morton's, 435 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 246-1501. Aged three weeks, large, thick, prime and juicy, the steaks here as good as you're going to get in L.A. And the martinis are just as big. Pasta hangouts Mi Piace, 25 Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, (818) 795-3131. Also in Burbank. Soon in Calabasas. Constantly packed, these inexpensive Italian, trattoria-style eateries perpetuate their pasta power over parsimonious par·si·mo·ni·ous adj. Excessively sparing or frugal. par  si·mo Pasadenans and budget-minded Burbankers. Ribbing the world Lawry's the Prime Rib, 100 N. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, (310) 652-2827. Chomping the ultimate slab of juicy beef in this nearly always crowded, palatial pa·la·tial adj. 1. Of or suitable for a palace: palatial furnishings. 2. Of the nature of a palace, as in spaciousness or ornateness: a palatial yacht. , warm setting, is an L.A. tradition. And now there is a fish option and - sacre bleu - even an occasional lobster. Marina magic Cafe del Rey, 4451 Admiralty Way, Marina del Rey, (310) 823-6395. This waterside rendezvous of frou-frou food fanciers finds health-conscious types munching on colorful strands of 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 and cucumber or nibbling nibbling Nutrition The consumption of multiple–up to 17–'mini-meals' per day, as opposed to the usual 3 meals/day. Cf Bingeing, Gorging. crab cakes nestled in pink grapefruit sauce. It's hip. It's hot. |
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