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Dining Bistro le Crillon Fall Wild Game Menu

09.28.10

For the first time, the acclaimed restaurant Bistro le Crillon is offering its in-season non-farmed wild game menu nightly throughout the fall. Up until now, you had to wait once a year for a Hunter’s Dinner & Cigars evening, a feast on American wild game and a selection of fine cigars. The extravagant five-course menu begins with an assorted hunter’s plate of wild boar proscuitto from San Geminiano, Italy; chef/owner Chantal Betron’s homemade terrine of wild duck with pistachio; breast of venison; and venison and wild boar salami.

Guests will enjoy a second course of Chantal’s casserole of wild boar pappardelle, followed by a third course of rack of elk with chestnuts puree, green apple puree and mushroom sauce Grand Veneur. The fourth course is a selection of fine cheese from France, and ending with a final sweet course of blueberry tart.

The dinner costs $150 per person prix fixe or is available a la carte, and excludes wine, cognacs, cigars, tax and gratuity.  Suggested wine and fine cigar pairings are available with each course. Cigar selections include Winston Churchill Blenheim by Davidoff, and the Jose Padron 1926 No. 1 Double Corona, among others.

Open for dinner Monday through Saturday from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday; closed on Sunday. Eastbluff Village Center , at 2523 Eastbluff Drive at Vista del Oro, in Newport Beach .  949.640.8181, or visit www.bistrolecrillon.com.

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Serious Slurping in Anaheim

09.12.10

Kappa Ramen just opened in Anaheim sporting a funky ambience in the same strip mall spot as former ramen-ya Lai Lai Ken. Kappa Ramen is a restaurant for serious slurping.

Only those up on Japanese folklore will know Kappa as the mysterious water creatures with a fondness for food, mischief, sumo wrestling and of all things, good manners. It’s chef/partner Eiji Kanazawa hails from Kyoto, Japan and is a familiar face from some of Orange County’s best-known Japanese restaurants, including Genkai in Irvine and Corona Del Mar, and Japon in Lake Forest.

Whether you’re a traditionalist ramen devotee or are open to new classics, you’ll be more than satisfied with the selections at Kappa Ramen. Highlights from the menu include Kyoto style, tonkotsu pork broth ($7.45); ton ton ramen ($8.75), tonsoku pork knuckles served on top of tonkotsu ramen; and Kapp’s signature ramen ($9.95), chef’s tonkotsu broth infused with organic kimchi and served with avocado, spinach, bean sprouts and corn; and chicken ramen ($8.75), char-grilled boneless chicken thigh served on top of shoyu ramen.

Customize an order with extra toppings ($.50 to $2 each) including egg, kimchi, avocado, spinach, diced tomato, bean sprouts, corn,
scallions, garlic, and ginger. Extra chashu and noodles (kaedama) are also available.

Mention Greer’s OC and receive a free Kappa shaved ice with a meal through September! Kappa shaved ice is available in sour apple, mango, pomegranate or blue raspberry.

Other drinks include Japan’s favorite distilled Shochu cocktails ($6) sake and beer by the bottle and pitcher.

Open 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.

3024 W Ball Road, in Anaheim. 714.828.2210.

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