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The Gossiping Gourmet: Truffle still golden after three decades
Alan Greeley's Golden Truffle has been around for more than 30 years, and there is a reason why this neighborhood bistro has had such longevity. The food is good! The restaurant has added a full bar. The menu offers an ever-changing variety, according...
Tags: Whipping Cream, Sausages, Mashed Potatoes, Iron (dietary supplement), Sauerkraut
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The Gossiping Gourmet: Carmelita's misses getting the details right
Bienvenidos a Carmelita's, Laguna's newest Mexican restaurant. It replaces the long-gone Vietnamese Cajun restaurant on Broadway with a spiffy new renovation. With its tasteful tile and stonework accents, the remodeled interior might be called modern...
Tags: Steaks, Tortillas, Chile, Soups, Dining and Drinking
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The Gossiping Gourmet: Chef puts magic in her Persian dishes
Soheila Siadate is an amazing chef, working quietly in the kitchen of her little Persian restaurant, Green Rice Kabob, in a Huntington Beach strip mall, where she turns out some wonderful cuisine. Chef Soheila has a distinctive way with Middle Eastern and...
Tags: Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Restaurants, Onions, Lifestyle and Leisure
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The Gossiping Gourmet: Laguna Thai has its ups and downs
The tiny eatery Laguna Thai by the Sea has had a face lift this past year and added bamboo wainscoting and more mobile-type paper decorations swinging in the breeze, but the major new addition is a fancy wood, floor-to-ceiling wine cabinet that...
Tags: Tomatoes, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Shrimp, Limes, Foods and Beverages
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Greer's OC: Roy's offering special Monday menu
At Roy's Restaurant, you'll want to take advantage of its My Prix Fixe Mondays that was just reintroduced for a limited time. At both its Fashion Island and Anaheim GardenWalk locations, its three-course prix fix dinner will be available Mondays for $36....Tags: Passenger Cars, Walnuts, Roy's Restaurant, Photography and Video, Alcoholic Beverages
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The Gossiping Gourmet: A Restaurant that's like time machine travel
Stepping into A Restaurant is like stepping into a time machine and finding oneself back in a 1940s steakhouse with dim lighting, nail-studded, dark red leather booths, wood paneling, a roaring fireplace and a buzzing bar. When oil was discovered in...
Tags: Steaks, Seafood, Dining and Drinking, Cheese, Restaurants
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The Gossiping Gourmet: New treats abound at an old favorite
It's always a pleasure to dine with an old friend and 230 Forest Avenue is one of our favorites. No matter how many times we visit, the food is always reliably good. With occasional changes in the menu, there is always something new to try, if that's your...
Tags: Tomatoes, Soups, Dining and Drinking, Cucumbers, Cheese
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The Gossiping Gourmet: Barbecue is main attraction at Korea House
There are quite a number of Korean restaurants in the Irvine area and new ones seem to be opening every week. This is a cuisine with which we are less familiar and so we asked a Korean friend for a recommendation. She suggested Korea House, and off we...
Tags: Radishes, Restaurants, Seafood, Pancakes, Foods and Beverages
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The Gossiping Gourmet: Peony and Sushi Corner a pleasant surprise
We were flabbergasted. We found ourselves eating possibly the best shrimp we had ever tasted. Caught in the wild, the shrimp were jumbo in size, incredibly tender, moist, juicy and tasting so fresh. We chose the shrimp with honey garlic from a selection...
Tags: Vegetarian Diet, Mangos, Sweet Potatoes, Shrimp, Chinese Restaurants
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The Gossiping Gourmet: Enjoy mussels without going to Brussels
Short of eating outdoors at one of the multitudinous restaurants on the main square in Brussels, where mussels and fries ("moules frites") are the specialty, you can replicate the experience — minus the airfare — by dining at Brussels Bistro...
Tags: Tomatoes, Pies and Tarts, Restaurants, Foie Gras, Apples
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The Gossiping Gourmet: Bear Flag Fish Co. expands to Newport Coast
Folks in Laguna Beach and Newport Coast won't have to journey to the Balboa Peninsula anymore to get their sensational, fresh fish tacos from Bear Flag Fish Co. This casual restaurant and seafood market has opened a location in the Crystal Cove...
Tags: Salads, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Fishing, Tacos, Seafood
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The Gossiping Gourmet: An Italian restaurant by another name
The name Rothschild's evokes the Old World, not Italian food. Helmut Reiss named his restaurant after his mother's family. Until its recent remodel, when a large sign was put up advertising "Fine Italian Food," people often wondered what kind of...
Tags: Restaurants, Shrimp, Foods and Beverages, Pasta, Lifestyle and Leisure
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