Dining
Sustainable Beast Feast Dinner at CUCINA enoteca
04.13.23
Taking a walk on the culinary wild side, CUCINA enoteca in Newport Beach is bringing back one of its most innovative dining experiences—BEAST FEAST, an off-menu, whole-animal dinner at SoCal’s iconic California-Italian kitchen & wine shop on April 26th at 6:30 p.m. Executive Chef Cesar Sarmiento will utilize the entirety of a seasonal “beast,” to avoid waste and embrace sustainable cooking practices.
This carnivorous occasion offers an intimate family-style experience with a prix fixed menu centered on LAMB. Start with the braised lamb neck tortelloni paired with spring minestrone soup, then sink your teeth into tender lamb ribs accompanied by molasses glaze, shishito gremolata and herb creme fraiche. This indulgent experience is priced at $85 per person with optional wine pairings available for purchase. Due to limited seating, reservations are required and tickets can be purchased here.
Future Beast Feast dinner dates will be announced later this year with plans for a vegetarian Beast(less) Feast as well.
First Course (plated)
+ house made focaccia
+ braised lamb neck tortelloni + spring minestrone soup
+ suggested wine pairing: far niente chardonnay 2021
Second Course (served family style)
+ lamb ribs + molasses glaze + shishito gremolata + herb creme fraiche
+ grilled split lamb head +red onion pepper slaw + oregano flatbread
+ asparagus + lamb belly +tomato + spiedini
+ salt roasted herb potato
+ primavera salad + fennel + radish + sugar snap peas + cucumber + lemon mint vinaigrette
+ roasted leg of lamb + pistachio + jus
+ suggested wine pairing: chateau musar rose 2017 / bindi sergardi chianti classico gran selezione 2017 / azalia barolo 2018
Third Course (plated)
+ sheep milk ricotta zeppole + strawberry jam + lemon curd
Lulu’s Caafe in Rancho Santa Margarita
03.23.23
Renowned chef Pascal Olhats has helped consult for Lulu’s Caafe, a new restaurant owned by Mr. Samrat Bhosle and his wife Susan.
It is a fine dining-casual restaurant with a relaxing setting open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Rancho Santa Margarita. It mostly served French Cuisine and American favorites. Some of the menu items are influenced by Pascal’s specialty dishes served in his past owned restaurants.
Popular dishes include a Lyonnaise omelet, breakfast burrito, brioche French toast, and eggs Benedict for breakfast.
For lunch, there’s French onion soup, Croque Monsieur, ham and cheese baguette sandwich, warm baguette French dip sandwich, spinach salad with grilled chicken tenders and roasted pepper dressing. And for dinner, there’s steamed beet salad with goat cheese and roasted walnut, sauteed shrimp scampi Magali, authentic Plymouth style fish and chips, Trout almond meuniere, pan-seared salmon orange basil sauce, sauteed beef ribeye au Poivre, Chicken breast with olives and roasted tomatoes, thyme crusted seabass with seafood essence chardonnay sauce.,
The restaurant serves beer and wine with a well-balanced wine list to pair with the food menus.
Open 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. breakfast to lunch, Tuesday to Sunday; 3 to 6 p.m. happy hour, Tuesday to Saturday; and 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday to Saturday. Closed Monday
LULU’S CAAFE is at 22312 El Paseo, suite A, Rancho Santa Margarita. 949.329.6233
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