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Villa Nova special offer
One of our favorite waterfront restaurants invites you to receive $10 off any $50 food purchase or 20% off a bottle of wine. (Fine print: Offer not valid Saturdays and cannot be combined with any other discount. One offer per table. Expires Nov. 30, 2008.) www.villanovarestaurant.com. 3131 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach. 949.642.7880.
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FOUR GOURMET COURSES, $40
Four gourmet courses for just $40, that's right up our alley. Now, every night through Sunday, you can dine on special prix-fixe dinners created by chefs at South Coast Plaza's finest eateries celebrating the center's 40th anniversary.
Whether you're in the mood for modern French at Marche Moderné, the best in Northern Indian cuisine at Royal Khyber, or delicious Northern Italian cuisine at Quattro Caffe, you can treat yourself to fabulous dining. The dinners begin with an appetizer or amuse bouche, followed by an imaginative second course, entrée and dessert.
A sampling of menus offered:
Chat Noir: Chilled shrimp gazpacho; poisson picholine — chef’s selection of fish with spinach, capers and olive sauce; Callebaut chocolate soufflé, Cointreau cream.
Marche Moderné: Big-eye tuna, avocado-yuzu sorbet; braised Four Story Hill Farms lamb palette and roasted lamb noisette, mint, olives, leek, cumin; Fitzgerald peach and Greek fromage blanc gateau pêché mignon gelato, crème fraiche Chantilly.
Quattro Caffé: Funghi con Parmigiano--portobello and shiitake mushrooms sauteed in white wine sauce with shaved Parmigiano; certified organic Dakota New York steak with sauteed spinach or Chilean sea bass with Asiago mashed potatoes, grilled vegetables.
Pinot Provence: Dungeness crab and avocado "cannelloni," nori, soy fondue, yuzu cilantro "caviar"; grilled duck breast, frisee salad, duck prosciutto, 62° celsius egg, red wine emulsion; summer berry semi-freddo, balsamic meringue, white chocolate "soil."
Royal Khyber: Samosa salad with spicy greens and tamarind–ginger-basil-honey dressing; Khyber’s Nectar, reputed aphrodisiacal lamb shank simmered for 14 hours served with basmati rice pilaf, vegetable and tandoori naan.
Scott’s: Roasted beet salad with Laura Chenel chevre, chardonnay vinaigrette, basil, oregano, thyme; pan-roasted halibut with summer corn, English peas, oyster mushrooms, crème fraiche, thyme; strawberry shortcake with ginger-lemon biscuit.
The $40 menus include food only. Dinner service starts at 5 or 5:30 p.m.
Participating restaurants at South Coast Plaza, South Coast Plaza Village and the theater district, include:
Antonello Ristorante, 714.751.7153; Chat Noir French Steakhouse & Jazz Lounge, 714.557.6647; Leatherby’s Café Rouge, 714.429.7650; Marché Moderne, 714.434.7900; Nello Cucina, 714.540.3365; Quattro Caffé, 714.754.0300; Pinot Provence, 714.444.5900; Royal Khyber Fine Indian Cuisine, 714.436.1010; Scott’s Seafood Grill & Bar, 714.979.2400; and Turner New Zealand, 714.668.0880.
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