SMALL BITES SMOKE HOUSE HITS THE BIG 6-0.Byline: - Larry Lipson Still four days left for the almost month-long (through Oct. 31) 60th birthday celebration of the Smoke House, 4420 Lakeside Drive, Burbank. Festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. began Oct. 12 -- the actual date of its debut in 1946. This means that for dine-in patrons, there's the daily $19.46 menu -- and the restaurant's famed garlic bread at only 60 cents per order. For those customers with October birthdays, especially if it's Oct. 12, and even more so if it's Oct. 12, 1946, there are various free food offers. And a free dessert is ready for all those born in 1946. Current owner-hosts are Marti and Lee Spencer. For detailed information, call (818) 845-3731, or visit www.smokehouse1946.com. MUSHROOM MANIA: A novel way to boost Monday-night business has been initiated at the NineThirty restaurant of the W Hotel, 930 Hilgard Ave., Westwood. Dubbed Mushroom Mondays, the least-busy night of the week now has a slew of mushroom dishes ($12 to $16) available for fungi fanciers. They can partake of such items as a pickled shimeji mushroom salad with an enoki e·no·ki n. pl. e·no·kis Enokidake. [Short for enokidake.] mushroom and porcini vinaigrette, a wild mushroom soup with black truffle-foie gras emulsion, a chanterelle chanterelle Highly prized, fragrant, edible mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius, order Polyporales), rich yellow in colour, found in woods in summer and autumn. Its similarity to the poisonous jack-o-lantern (Clitocybe illudens, order Agaricales), an orange-yellow fungus of mushroom mac 'n' cheese recipe with boschetto al tartufo, a pan-roasted hen of the woods Noun 1. hen of the woods - large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees Grifola frondosa, hen-of-the-woods, Polyporus frondosus mushrooms offering with creme fraiche crème fraîche n. Cream that has been slightly fermented and thickened with lactic acid, often used as a topping or an ingredient in sauces. [French : crème, cream + fraîche, fresh.] atop grilled soudough toast with truffle oil Truffle oil is a modern culinary ingredient added to foods, which is intended to impart the flavor and aroma of truffles to a dish. Most truffle oils are not, in fact, made from actual truffles, but are instead a synthetic product that combines aromatic hydrocarbons , and a smoked lobster mushroom Lobster mushroom (Hypomyces lactifluorum) is not a true mushroom. It is a parasitic mold that grows on mushrooms, turning them a reddish orange color that resembles the outer shell of a cooked lobster. and duck confit spring roll with a mushroom-soy ponzu. Information: (310) 443-8211. SIPS AND NIBBLES: Recently opened Tommy Ray's, 12345 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, has begun serving dinners. Information: (818) 506-2412. ... The latest Patina Group restaurant by Joachim Splichal, Leatherby's Cafe Rouge, has made its debut at the Orange County Performing Arts Center's Renee and Henry Segerstom Concert Hall. Information: www.rapatina.com. ... Hugo's, 8401 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, has secured a full liquor license. Information: (323) 654-3993. |
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