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Press, 26 September 1980, Page 11

| Li a O®lG6 Wfea i I Truly the good life, the sweet life. The setting of this a very fine restaurant is grand. One of tho large double K I brick homes in Latimer Square has undergone a H I clever con version, and emerged.es LA DOLCE VITA. L | The French and Italian cuisine (two Italian chefs) LA M 3 DOLCE VITA are famed for now has the proper set- | ting. They have a full licence (the lounge bar for pie or | | post dinner drinks is intimate, cosy, well-stocked), H | there are three separate dining areas with elegance a e I keynote .. . glittering chandeliers, crystal goblets, L a gleaming silver plate. LA DOLCE VITA Is not expen- E I slve — entrees range from 42—45; main course || | s6—sl4; desserts 43-44. Smail parties are catered for B | too at LA DOLCE VITA, 2 Latimer Square (cnr B I Hereford St, entrance in Hereford St), open | Tues.—Sat from 6 p.m. Reservations. Phono 63-581. [ | i Good news. Chef, Tony McKenna is at | SHAKESPEARE'S. You already know that Mr McKen-. I na is a devotee of nouvalie cuisine ... he has now. | devised Nouvalie Zealande nouvelle cuisine to over- | come the sometime lack of necessaries for th* I purists. So dinner may produce a poached seafood S 3 | mousse with a watercress sauce, boned duckling in Sg | phyllo pastry with mango/green peppercorn sauce I ... or other light delights. But. The great news of the a I weekis. LUNCH. AT SHAKESPEARE'S. FROM MON- ffl 1 DAY 23 SEPT. (12-2 p.m.) N.Z. nouvelle cuisine of ffi | course. You will iove this. Potted shrimp with aj I avocado sauce, cold rack of lamb with mint and | watercressed centre, pork fillet in champagne sauce $ I ... and that is only a glimpse! SHAKESPEARE'S ® | GARDEN RESTAURANT. Lunch and Dinner. 8.Y.0. i Phone 553-571. I This is advance notice time. And don’t think it I* too 0 early — bookings are filling up already — and r| you/ your firm should be making arrangements too. R For what? The-End-Of-Year, the Christmas Function fei of course. THE CANTERBURY INN la the Ideal place., E They are licensed so you drink or don't drink what It N you want, not what you carry, they provide great H entertainment (country music), their food is super, B and there are no parking problems. All this — In the g rather fun, rather interesting new-look CANTER- K BURY INN, and it is reasonable too. In November the H price per head at such functions will be $15.60, in a December it will be $18.50 per head. Book now, soon ■ it will be too late. (Soon it will be • January;) CANTERBURY INN, .110 Mandeville Street. Phono h 45-049. ’ | Rostoapaet Budapest Hare it Is. The news you have been waiting for. RESTAURANT BUDAPEST opens on SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER. The best news — for lovers of Hungarian food, lovers of fine food, Lover*. . Hungarian rhapsody time ha* arrived. The restaurant is intimate — seating for 50 only, so If you plan on go-' ing to the OPENING NIGHT book now. Game dishes are a feature of the menu — all served with zeemiegomboe (the Chef will translate). The dishes f are traditional Magyar dishes, traditional Central | European cuisine. Veal, pork dishes, chicken, fish... I all with the correct Ingredients, and accompaniments & ■ ... like caposzota. The desserts too are traditional, |i I with palacsinta, rich tortes, mousse heavy with B I cream and chocolate. RESTAURANT BUDAPEST, 107 | Manchester Street. 8.Y.0. Phone 60-778. I i The whitebait are running. Right Into the frypan at | SPRATTS. Are these the best whitebait pattiss tn the | East? The nice things people have been saying about | SPRATTS has resulted in — Bookings Essential. Yes, I during the week too. A good idea for concert-goers. H Park your car in the Oxford Tea. Car Park, dine’ I leisurely at SPRATTS, after dinner stroll quietly | around to the Town Hall. No fuss, no rush (no dishes). I SPRATTS open at 6 p.m. you know, so after the I Saturday Races, or the lawn mowing or the Jot--1 boating or the whatever, have an early meal at I SPRATTS. Sunday too. Sunday evening at SPRATTS | is quiet and casual — restores the.mind and tho body | to a peaceful pleasant calm. Eat SPRATTS Sunday, i SPRATTS, Oxford Tee. 8.Y.0. Phono 87-817. I Such lovely food. The menu has been prepared with | love, with imagination, with care. It does change I I each month - but If either Fisherman's Bowl or I ■ Groper Cheeks are on — ORDER THEM. The Fisher- ! | man's Bowl is unique I think in the field of New-Zild- j 1 fish-cooking. Groper cheeks are Just that (tho face of | t the fish as it were) and the taste is somewhere bet- | H ween veal and scallops. Lee Waby is devising a | i summery menu at the moment — there are culinary I treats In store! They had a wedding last week. In th® I 1 Banquet Room. Wedding Of The Year according to a tho guests who were fated beyond compare. Wed- 8 8 dings, Christmas functions, everything catered for.. | fl . but Nov./Dec. bookings filling up fast Sorry, I LEINSTER HOUSE is not open for lunch. JuSt dinner. | Seven days a week though. LEINSTERHOUoE, H Aikmans Road. 8.Y.0. Reservations. Phone 558-SSS. 1J ’ - 1 Esplanade H They’re not exactly next-door, so PLEASE dot. . >st 4 go. THE ESPLANADE is small, they are frequently 3 booked out, so join the rush, use the 'phon* My IH Italian, not to mention my Maltese is improving. I '4 translated this menu all by myself. You try. Soppa pre 1 zuto. Cannelloni (stuffed with chicken, tomato 8 sauce). Peace fritto. Coquliles St Jacques. Polla ■fl Asparagus. Daub d'eansrd Sauvage. Crepes Hrenze. H Cafe. Give in? (Froo translation, freely translated;. Ham soup. Pasta thingies. Groper pan fried in little I drops of olive oil. Scallops. Chicken in asparagus and 5 brandy sauce.. Wild duck. Crepes with caramel/ W orange. Coffee. For a mere $13.00 the delights of the H Mediterranean are yours. THE ESPLANADE. ScarH borough. 8.Y.0. Phone Sumner ®B7. I mfißKf ~~~ N JTERK HOWE H There is a new face behind Tho Grill. Two face* B actually. The Halliday family (from Waikato) have H taken over MARKS STEAK HOUSE. Of course comfl Ing from the Waikato they know all about beef. They H must do, because the steaks are just so tender, They M like tho idea of lunchtimes too, so they have n new || idee. A lunchtime special.. thismonthStaakSandS wich. lama steak sandwich fanatic and thia is THE H BEST yet. They add mushrooms and onions,’ plus a H baked spud, plus salad, plus coffee - for only W.90! Ifl Same price for an omelette too. That, my friends, is H real value. Who said the North Island is taking SdvonI® tage of the South? The steak dinners are groat too. They open for LUNCH, Mon.-Fri. From 8 p.m. for DlN- || NER V Mon.-Mon. MARKS, High Street Arcs-*-H Phone 731-151. M if vou wish to advertise In this column, ®L please contact KATE FRASER, 790-940, Ext 884. J