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Inaugural ‘Haven Dinner Series’ with Southern Italian Cuisine
08.21.19
Haven Craft Kitchen+Bar presents its inaugural Haven Dinner Series event on Friday, August 23 at 6:30 p.m., when Executive Chef Craig Brady will treat guests to a Southern Italian menu, as he highlights one of his favorite regional cuisines.
Chef Brady is introducing his Haven Dinner Series as a way to express his personal style and creativity to create an innovative, chef-driven menu using the season’s most vibrant ingredients and produce. The goal is to create an unparalleled dining experience with dishes that guests aren’t likely to find on the restaurant’s daily menu.
For the first Haven Dinner Series on August 23, Chef Brady will present a 5-course dinner based on his favorite flavors and techniques from Southern Italy. Guests can expect a few surprises along the way, including tableside preparations and courses created a la minute. To complete the dining experience, each of the courses will be expertly paired with Italian wines.
Seating for Haven Dinner Series event is limited. The dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m.; tickets are $75++ and must be reserved in advance here: havendinnerseries.eventbrite.com.
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Escape to Italy before summer at AVEO
08.21.19
AVEO Table + Bar, the award-winning Mediterranean restaurant located within the Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point is hosting their final wine dinner of the summer on Wednesday, August 28 at 7 p.m.
Executive Chef Jason Adams and Chef de Cuisine Chef Donald Lockhart have prepared a four-course dinner paired with exclusive bottles from Italy’s various wine growing regions. Take your taste buds on a culinary journey through the Italian wine country while enjoying views of the Pacific Ocean.
Begin the evening with a sunset reception and toast with Prosecco by Aneri Valdob followed by a seated dinner featuring artfully plated dishes like Seafood Antipasti, Oven-Roasted Tomato Tagintelli, and Saba Glazed Colorado Lamb T-bone Steaks each paired with a luxurious old-world wine from Italy. Guests will end the evening with dessert - a dark chocolate semifreddo topped with crème de cassis blackberry compote paired with a Fernet Branca cocktail.
Priced at $125 per guest, reservations are required and can be made by calling 949.234.3900.
1 Monarch Beach Resort N, Dana Point.
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