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Press, 28 March 1980, Page 10

RESTALRWTS ’. . I fjfic Esplanade | It is a favourite dream —to sit by the sea in a 2 Mediterranean cafe, with a glass of wine, watch- | ing the sun go down — and waiting for,a meal of simple splendour. And now I can • — at THE s ESPLANADE (by the Clock Tower) at Scarborough. 8 Under the . guidance of Gorg Spiteri the cafe is a transformed at nightfall (Wednesday to Sunday | nightfalls) into a gourmet's guide to the Med. To g begin — soup with hot garlic bread, followed by | Peperoni Ripieni then the choice of Canard a i I'orange, scampi or crayfish with an incredible I (ingreds. a secret) sauce. Then crepes sucre for § dessert. Of course the menu changes each day, | but what was last Friday’s offering. Isn't it nice | that some dreams do come true? THE 5 ESPLANADE, Scarborough. 8.Y.0. Phone Sumner g 1 6987. • I greenhouse | Leon Langley calls it 'peasant cuisine.’ Well it’s his restaurant so I guess he con call it what he $ likes. But if this is peasant fare, you can kiss | goodbye to The Revolution. No peasant is going to ® overthrow a regime of • . . South Pacific j Bouillabaise, avocados with crabmeat, chicken g Veronique, enchiltadas, shasliks, blue fin tuna with | cucumber sauce, hot rum babas with apricot sauce £ .. . are we? THE GREENHOUSE menu changes daily, $ twice on Fridays. All the food — pickles, pastries, g bread, desserts, EVERYTHING —is made on the g premises. The restaurant is upstairs (along from | Ballantynes.) and has acres of glorious daylight | pouring in via huge skylights and windows. THE 5 GREENHOUSE, Colombo Street. Lunch 11.30 —2.30 | Monday—Friday. Friday nights 5—9.30 p.m. 8.Y.0. | Phone 68-524. £ X Spratts I It is nice to be able to go out for a meal, and eat well in a pleasant easy-going restaurant without | all this nonsense of getting-dressed-up-first. u Eating at SPRATTS is like going to friends' for. g dinner or lunch. Nice people, nice food and the S prices aren’t too bad either. Remember too, that x SPRATTS is next door to "Wine Out Cellars," and g handy to The Clarendon bottle store, so no need k to trail round all day with that bottle-in-a- | briefcase-feeling. From Thursday to Sundays (and ft Sunday lunch at SPRATTS is FUN) bookings are a s good idea — but do ring first if you decide to pop out for a meal on the spur of the moment. And | yes, they will be open Good Friday and Easter p Monday for dinner. SPRATTS, 182 Oxford Terrace. | 8.Y.0. Phone 67-817. | Sophistication comes to after-dark Christchurch. wS DUX DE LUX are hosting a professional Revue from S| 11 p.m. on Saturday nights — something our K Wellington and Auckland cousins have been IS enjoying for some time —so 0.k., we won't be the & first, but we may well be the best. Professional people like Michael Wilson, Malcolm McNeill and others will give us the best in satirical revue, : music. DUX DE LUX will give us the best in late- r night suppers ... a waitress service with such { esoteric delights as light and lovely sorbet, J liqueur icecreams, .tirropitta, mushroom quiche, pepper flan. Iced coffees etc. If you prefer, dine | first and stay on for the Revue. There will be a ; $3.00 cover charge for the Revue. DUX DE LUX, > Montreal Street. 8.Y.0. Phone 66-919. if you are coming to town for Easter or having s guests relax ' — you can still dine at i SHAKESPEARE'S. Though Easter Saturday is booked, | they will be open all over the Easter break — but ?5 don’t dalay making your reservation. The g restaurant is open from 6 p.m., and as they are in | Merivale Village, no parking problems. The g I atmosphere at SHAKESPEARE'S is quite delightful — from the garden courtyard to the decor — even H the waitresses are part of the aide English vj atmosphere with their attractive "serving wench" & outfits. The food of course is excellent, and the $ menu very cleverly incorporates the || Shakespearean theme .. . Salmon Orlando, Roast ® Beef Othello, Oberon's Coffee Cream,, and many Hi many other special dishes. SHAKESPEARE'S, 186 1 Papanui Road. 8.Y.0. Phone 559-571. Si A new place, a new restaurant, and right in the Ki centre most centre of town — the White Hart H Arcade. Enter from High Street or Cashel Street, IB M and MARTINI'S is just about in the centre of the Bs arcade. All upstairs and downstairs of it, with I® stained floors, plants, pictures, checkered cloths, | beaut people — and good food. The ambience is | provincial European — a trattoria style, with i simplicity nicely balanced with sophistication. a Lots of excellent touches like the house speciality a — crepes. And the platter of various breads « offered tableside to diners. And the desserts arranged a la counter. The dinner menu in true blackboard style is small and adventurous — and | inexpensive. MARTINI'S. White Hart Arcade. Open Sj for lunch and dinner (till late). 8.Y.0. Phone ' 69-363. 1 The "Game Fayre" and "Fisherman's Wharf Evenings" (held every two weeks) are marvellous E aren't they? But then every night is rather special § at LEINSTER HOUSE ... so don't wait for special | nights — eating out is a pleasure to be enjoyed at J least weekly (always the optimistl) A quick look S; through the LEINSTER HOUSE menu yesterday, | gave me at least five good reasons for not | cooking. Calamari — sliced, lightly crumbed, pan i fried; kidneys marinated in port then'sauteed with | bacon then flambeed in a cream sauce; chamois, | the tenderest of game served in kebabs; and the | desserts — well they pull the stops out here. Walnut forte, lemon meringue (nothing like the ones you make), melon in port ... LEINSTER ; HOUSE, Cnr Papanui and Aikmans Road. 8.Y.0. : Phone 558-866. CftSH DEL SOL Maxine and Peter Jenkin of CASA DEL SOL, take H pleasure and pride in serving the finest of foods. Maxine Jenkin Is the Chef — and her dishes and - recipes are orginal — laced with inspiration — ; and love. The two pages of hors d'oeuvre and entrees alone will leave you in a quandary — how 3 to choose from stuffed vine leaves, avocado L mousse, marinated mushrooms, belgnet o'fromage, delicate frogs legs in a fabulous sauce? I There are pages and pages of such decisions in the ; menu at CASA DEL SOL — the dessert selection is almost iinfull CASA DEL SOL, Open 7 evenings (yes, Sundays). 178 High Street; 8.Y.0. Phone 60 822 ' Phone Kate Fraser, 529-871 ■ “ ■ . / with regard to this column J