The Dose

Select South Coast Plaza Restaurants Celebrate Lunar New Year

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By Greer Wylder
February 04, 2021

Select South Coast Plaza restaurants will celebrate Lunar New Year with special menus for home and outdoor dining. Confectioners and bakeries offer an assortment of treats, some with festive Year of the Ox gift packaging. OUTDOOR DINING WATER GRILL -- Water Grill honors Lunar New Year with an à la carte menu of four symbolic dishes. Enjoy shrimp shumai with crispy chili sauce ($15), garlic noodles with jumbo lump crab and green onion ($17), whole crispy black sea bass with cilantro, tangerine, radish and XO sauce ($41 by the pound) or wok-fried local spiny lobster ($56 by the pound). Order…

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Super Bowl Take-Out For the Win

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By Greer Wylder
February 03, 2021

Leave the cooking to the pros and support local eateries on Super Bowl Sunday. Here’s a round-up of take-out focused Super Bowl menus and specials from Orange County and Los Angeles.   Baltaire Chef Travis Strickland, Brentwood, LA Baltaire kicks off Super Bowl Sunday with a feast celebrating football’s biggest night. For the perfect at-home football party, Baltaire offers Super Bowl packages for four, with FLINT by Baltaire-inspired platter options including the Mezze Platter, Burrata & Prosciutto Platter, Wood Grilled Lamb Chop Platter, and the Spicy Lamb Meatball Platter. The Brentwood-based restaurant also offers a Whole Roasted Mary’s Chicken dinner…

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The Perfect Spot for a Valentine’s Pic and Romantic Lunch

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By Greer Wylder
February 02, 2021

Sherman Library & Gardens calls this spot 'Ruby Glow' and it's a perfect spot for a Valentine's pic! Just one of many picture worthy spots in Sherman Library & Gardens. The Gardens are open daily 10:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. and admission is only $5 for non-members, FREE for members.    And, Café Jardin just resumed outdoor table service for a romantic lunch spot. Chef Pascal Olhats creates a coastal garden cuisine at Café Jardin that marries vibrantly fresh California produce with a French pedigree. The restaurant is located in full view of the central flower gardens. Open 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.…

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Off Broadway’s Hilarious Tupperware Star Returns with Dixie’s Happy Hour

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By Greer Wylder
February 01, 2021

She’s back! Everyone’s favorite Alabama redhead is entertaining, enthralling, and maybe even shocking to fans and newbies alike with her all-new streaming show, Dixie’s Happy Hour. If you’ve seen Dixie’s smash off-Broadway hit Dixie’s Tupperware Party or spent time with her in Dixie’s Never Wear a Tube Top While Riding a Mechanical Bull (and 16 other things I learned while I was drinking last Thursday), then you know Dixie’s sweet charm and infectious Southern drawl is going to keep you in stitches! Performances are virtual February 9-21 at 7 p.m. p.m. each night. Dixie’s gone digital to bring you 95-minutes…

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OC Based Wine Chips Only Chip To Be Paired With Wine

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By Greer Wylder
January 29, 2021

Huntington Beach-based WineChips.com, a trailblazing company that officially launched at the end of 2019, has finished 2020 with over $1M in online orders. Wine Chips was created by serial entrepreneur Jonathan Strietzel and a small group of passionate oenophiles and exuberant chip connoisseurs. The company assembled a talented team of Master Sommeliers that includes Jonathan Pullis, Emily Wines, and Jill Zimorski to create an elegant line of artisanal potato chips designed specifically to be enjoyed with wine. Jonathan first speculated about the marriage of wine and cheese with a non-traditional salty snack back in 2017 over a Pinot Noir and…

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