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Press, 24 October 1980, Page 2

RESWRANTS I No, no, no. Not JUST a coHaa ahop. Thursday and ■ Friday evening* it dot* a Cinderella act and become* ■ a restaurant - where the very creative Lorraine North -fl and Kerry Abarhart cook and serve beautiful food., ■ Advanturoua, freah, original food. Uka hot cucumber fl poached cod Andalouae, chicken in orange and ■ coconut, fiah cooked Ruaaian.atyle (Coulibiac), beef fl stripe in sherry and sour cream ... vegetarians will fl always find a speciality dish on the menu, and at the ■ other extreme, the House pate is also always on the ■ menu. EVERYTHING is made there, even the bread, fl LYTTELTON COFFEE SHOP. Cnr Oxford and London ■ St, Lyttelton. Coffee shop open every-day except fl Sats. Dinner Thursday and Friday only. Reservations fl - YESI Ph Lyt. 7164. ■ Spratts I Never a month goes by without an innovation — a fl new fish, a new salad, a now dessert. This month the fl taste sensation is smoked cultivated mussels, fl' SPRATTS believe in simplicity, and these are served ■ - with just lemon and fresh black popper. Worth every fl rave. Salads at this time of year become wildly adven- ■ turous at SPRATTS, and for dessert? Banana fritters fl — luxurious with cinnamon, caramel, cream. Or fresh fl strawberries? SPRATTS is a very popular restaurant I fl . know, but as their tables only seat four to six people, fl big parties and big groups are practically impossible, fl Reservations — YES. Even if you just ring that night, fl to see if there is room, will save embarrassment all ■ round. SPRATTS. Oxford Tee. BYO.. Reservations. Ph fl 67-817. I COKERS HOTEL fl The boardroom scene seems to have moved to fl COKERS. Obviously businessmen and women ap- ■ predate the calm efficiency, the excellent table, the fl quiet atmosphere, and probably the ease of getting fl there and parking there. Not to mention being able to fl have a quiet drink in the bar, or. at lunch, with colfl leagues or clients. Sunday Lunch continues to be the ,fl place where you meet every second person you over fl know -it is everybody's fevourite Sunday Place. It is fl not just the food, it is not just the,comfort, or the at■fl mosphere, or the people. The prices at COKERS have fl a lot to do with why people go there in the first place. | Is that why successful businessmen and woman are S ;fl successful? They recognise valuel COKERS HOTEL, ; ■ E2 Manchester St. Ph 79#-s®o. :I . V. : / I I Just reading the menu is enough to trigger the taste ;fl buds. The new dinner menu suggests entrees like — ! fl globe artichoke hearts braised In madeira served with f | hollandaise sauce, or galantine "of duckling with : fl orange and watercress; main dishes — young salmon ■ fl> baked, and served with hollandaise, beef fillet fl medallions dressed with a crustacean sauce and a fl Blue Vein sauce, a nouveils cuisine style chicken/rab- | bit/ mushroom dish. The naw dessert trolley is laden fl each day with fre*h gateau (Gateau-Tuscany is-a fl. >nust), sorbet, mdusse,'fresh fruit salads, and wheel.fl ed up for your delectation. Experience Chef Tony fl McKsnne's new creations soon at THE | SHAKESPEARE, 186 Papanui Rd. Dinner from 6pm ! fl onwards. BYO. Reservations. Ph 556-571. ■ fl Yesterday, tomorrow, today.- Any day is the day to fl lunch at THE ESPLANADE. A pleasant drive along the | Parade to Scarborough, sit in the sun, admire the view | eat super food. What else could you want? The BB fl menu changes every day but this was last Tuesday's. | Carrat soup with rye bread garlic butter ($1.30). Mainfl dish — either poulet saut Normandie (chicken in a fl creamy Calvados sauce) or Frogo tal-hutu (whitebait fl fritters Mediterranean style) both $3.96 both served fl with fresh side salads. There is always a salad of the fl day (Cottage cheese last Tuesday), always pate and fl salad. Take your wine, oat indoors or outdoors, relax. B fl Tea, coffee, sandwiches, cakes too. Lunch every day. ■ fl Dinner Wed - Sun. BYO. Reservations. THE B fl ESPLANADE, Scarborough. Ph Sum. 6987. - fl The unusual Is easy at LEINSTER HOUSE. Especially . fl when It comes to food. Probably because everyone—- . fl .from the chef, to the manageress, to the picker- ; fl upper-of-last-night's-crumbs — Is so enthusiastic i fl about (a) the restuarant itself; (b) the food. Some sug- : fl gestions .from the current menu. Crayfish tails, fl . steamed and served in an exquisite sauce derived : fl from pounding and pounding the body of the fl erayfish; marinated raw fish in creamy coconut dressfl Ing; fresh asparagus; Cantonese pork steak; coeur a k fl la creme served with fresh fruit; walnut Ice-cream; | strawberry sorbet. Do you wonder at the en- : fl thusiaam? LEINSTER HOUSE diners know why. fl LEINSTER HOUSE, 158 Leinster Rd. BYO. Reserva- ■ tions. Ph 668-866. I Restaurant I Budapest i | Word gets ebout very quickly... bookings for dinner fl ara hoavy. Yes, mid-week as well as the Friday, Saturi fl day, Sunday evenings. Ring on the same day if you ' I like — but bookings are a good Idea. The new "in" | place in town for lunch is the RESTAURANT ; fl BUDAPEST. The menu is Hungarian, much like the fl dinner menu, though the meals are smaller, lighter. ■ fl Some suggestions: Rantoff Csirke Maj (chicken livers fl in paprika sauce); artichoke hearts, Tejfolas Gombas ' fl Szeletek (veal In .creamy mushroom sauce); always, fl always fresh fish of ths day (grilled), and Hungarian > fl salads are a specialty." Lunch from 11.30 Mon. • Frl. ■ I Dinner from 6pm, seven days a week. BYO. Reservefl .dons. Ph 60-788 RESTAURANT BUDAPEST, 107 Man- : fl cheater St. !.Tj./ Ba Seise (Pita fl Truly the good life, the sweet life. The setting of this fl very fine restaurant is grand. Ono of the large double H brick homes in Latimer Square has undergone a | clever conversion and emerged as LA DOLCE VITA, fl The French and Italian cuisine (two Italian chefs) LA fl DOLCE VITA are famed for now has the proper sotfl ting. They have a full licence (the lounge bar for pre or fl poet-dinner brinks Is intimate, cosy, well-stocked}, fl there are throe separate dining areas with elegance a fl keynote . . . guttering chandeliers, crystal goblets, | gloaming sliver plate. LA DOLCE VITA Is not expenfl shre - entrees range from $2-86; main course fl $6-$l4; desserts $3-$4. SmaN parties are catered for fl toe at LA DOLCE VITA, .2. Latimer Square (cnr ■ fl- Hereford St, entrance in Hereford St), open. | Tues.-Set from <e.m> -Reservations. Phone 63-581.

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