Dining
Nirvana’s Summer Menu
06.23.14
Nirvana Grille in Laguna Beach, a delicious farm-to-table dining experience will launch its new summer menu on Tuesday. In celebration of the season and the restaurant’s recent six-year anniversary, Executive Chef Lindsay Smith-Rosales and her husband/co-owner Luis Rosales invite you to enjoy any of the new dishes at half price and select wines at 25% off from Tuesday through Sunday, June 29. And, the rooftop Bliss Bar Patio and Lounge will open Tuesday, July 1 for the summer season nightly offering bar, lounge and rooftop dining.
Highlights from the new summer menu include housegrown organic roasted figs – honey goat cheese stuffed Turkish figs, parma de prosciutto, wild arugula, balsamic reduction; Burrata and Heirloom Tomato Salad with heirloom tomatoes, burrata, balsamic reduction, basil pesto, kalamata olives, micro arugula, olive oil, smoked black salt, pepper; Sunflower and Beet Salad with sunflower sprouts, arugula, feta, roasted beets, ruby grapefruit, roasted sunflower seeds, preserved lemon and balsamic Dijon vinaigrette; Pistachio Dijon Rack of Lamb with pistachio panko crust, rosemary demi-glace, goat cheese mashed Yukon gold potatoes, broccolini with shallot butter; Coriander Spiced Black Cod with asparagus, fennel, tomato, citrus and herb saffron cream sauce, organic jasmine and grain rice with baby daikon and garbanzo.
For dessert, there is a Cashew Almond Salted Caramel Pie with Lecuma macadamia and almond crust, pink Himalayan salted caramel, raw cacao chocolate, cashew almond and coconut milk custard (vegan, gluten-free, raw and organic); and Glazed Seasonal Fruit - A seasonal offering of fruit (apricots or housegrown organic figs depending on availability) glazed with Grand Marnier and vanilla sugar, served atop housemade goat cheese maple ice cream.
Open 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Happy hour is available all night, every night in designated bar areas throughout the year.
Nirvana Grille is at 303 Broadway, Ste. 101 in Laguna Beach on the corner of Beach and Broadway. 949.497.0027.
New Summer Flavors at Casey’s
06.18.14
Casey’s Cupcakes is offering fun and glamorous flavors this summer such as Brilliant Banana, Smokin S’mores and Ravishing Raspberry Lemonade cupcakes. Brilliant Banana, available through June, is filled with a banana-vanilla cream pudding, whipped cream frosting, decorated with yellow confetti and banana Runts. $3.50 per cupcake.
Smokin S’mores, available in July, is a vanilla bean cupcake with marshmallow filling and milk chocolate frosting, decorated with dark chocolate curls and topped with a chocolate drizzled graham cracker, Hershey’s chocolate piece & chocolate drizzled marshmallows and gold glitter. $3.50 per cupcake.
Ravishing Raspberry Lemonade, available in August, is a raspberry flavored cupcake with a lemon curd filling, creamy raspberry frosting decorated with pink and yellow sugar crystals, topped with candy flowers. $3.50 per cupcake.
Casey’s Cupcakes is at Irvine Woodbury Town Center at 6258 Irvine Blvd. in Irvine. Open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 949.333.2228.
At Fashion Island in Newport Beach. Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. 949.706.2525.
At Bella Terra in Huntington Beach. 7777 Edinger Avenue, Suite 174. Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, and Tuesday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, Monday; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 657.400.9097.
At Irvine Spectrum Center is at 59 Fortune Drive Suite in Irvine. Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. 949.379.7300.
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