SMALL BITES FEEL THE LOVE IN SIMI.Food that's taboo? Sounds exotic. Simi Valley's new Coco D'Amour, 2321 Tapo St., has cleverly billed its fare as "taboo cuisine." A look at the menu reveals a Carib-South Pacific accent fused with plenty of basic French cooking. The kitchen pan-sears sole in a passion-fruit butter, serves pork ribs in a mango-pineapple sauce, covers its baked mahi-mahi with macadamia macadamia (măk'ədā`mēə), name for the nut of the Macadamia ternifolia, an evergreen tree native to Australia, but cultivated in Hawaii. The nuts, also called Queensland nuts, are eaten roasted or raw. nuts and delivers a rum dessert flambe flam·bé tr.v. flam·béed, flam·bé·ing, flam·bés To drench with a liquor, such as brandy, and ignite: flambéed the steak at the table. adj. of banana, mango and pineapple on puff pastry. Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the French touch? Try the bouillabaisse bouil·la·baisse n. 1. A highly seasoned stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish. 2. A combination of various different, often incongruous elements: a bouillabaisse of special interests. , duck confit, lamb provencal, escargots, French onion soup French onion soup is an onion and beef broth based soup traditionally served with croutons and cheese as toppings. Although ancient in origin, this dish underwent a resurgence of popularity in the 1960s due to the growth of French cooking in the United States. or steak Bordelaise Noun 1. bordelaise - brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine sauce - flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food . Starters range from $6 to $10, entrees from $15 to $26 and desserts from $6 to $12. Coco D'Amour, with its tropical atmosphere and full bar, is open for lunch Tuesday through Friday, dinner nightly except Monday, and for champagne brunch Saturday and Sunday. Information and reservations: (805) 578-2622. PRIME EXPANSION: By acquiring the Smith & Wollensky steak house chain of 13 restaurants, Joachim Splichal's Patina Restaurant Group may look for a Los Angeles location. With a Nick and Stef's Steakhouse downtown, Patina's Nick Valenti doesn't rule out the possibility of one more under the Splichal-Valenti banner. Information: www.patinagroup.com. SIPS AND NIBBLES: The 500-unit Round Table Pizza Round Table Pizza is a large chain of pizza parlours in the western United States. Round Table Pizza's official mascots are, as of 2006, Matt and Marcus, who both appear on the company's television commercials. chain, by producing a prosciutto-topped pizza, claims it is the first of the large pizza chains to do what only high-end Italian restaurants do. Information: www.roundtablepizza.com. ... Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra will raise funds for itself by performing at Zucca Ristorante, 801 S. Figueroa St., downtown L.A., on March 11. Tickets ($200) include a four-course dinner and appropriate wines. Information: (310) 458-4504. ... Looking for a little green beer on St. Patrick's Day? The Zagat Survey has joined forces with Irish Spring to publish the "Irish Spring Body Wash Zagat Guide to America's Top Irish Pubs." Of the 200 pubs listed, 13 are in the L.A. area. Release date is March 9. Information: (212) 977-6000 or www.zagat.com. ... Only two more days (through March 4) for Marie Callender's semi-annual pie sale (pies sell for $5.99 each). Information: www.mcpies.com. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion