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ORANGE
LA BRASSERIE
The Orange institution looks, smells, tastes and sounds like the French eateries your grandparents frequented, the type of elegant dining experience that once required pearls, a dining jacket and an irony-free martini. All the French entrées Americans endlessly stereotype are here""duckling a l'orange, frog legs, pâté, escargot and the like. But La Brasserie also stays true to its rustic Alsatian roots by preparing nine different types of veal, each consisting of young cow slices cut into large portions, battered with egg and nearly floating over myriad tasty sauces. 202 S. Main St., Orange, (714) 978-6161. $$$
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311 S. Brookhurst
Anaheim, CA 92801
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Catalina Fish Kitchen
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Category: Restaurant > American
Region: Costa Mesa
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Region: Garden Grove
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Category: Restaurant > Grocery
Region: Garden Grove
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Category: Restaurant > American
Region: Laguna Beach
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Category: Restaurant > Bakery
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Category: Restaurant > American
Region: Newport Beach
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Lurking within this seemingly mundane Mexican restaurant are delicious, complex rarities from the central state of Puebla, platters more familiar to an ethnography than an Orange County menu""dense mole poblano, pale goat menudo and guilotas, a chewy type of quail so region-specific that it's not even listed in most Spanish dictionaries. 1221 E. First St., Ste. C, Santa Ana, (714) 834-9004. $
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