This week in Stick a Fork In It:There was breaking news a-plenty, from Jamie "You Callin' Me Chubby?" Oliver bringing his anti-obesity crusade to the US to Pascal Olhats' imminent arrival at French 75 at Fashion Island to the dismal revelation that only two local bars made it on to Esquire's "Best Bars in America" rundown.Meanwhile, Gustavo chowed down at Napa Rose, finding that it's still holding up its mantle as a great OC restaurant. The fried asparagus sounded truly wonderful, and this from
The 16th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night will be held this Thursday.
1550 Superior Avenue, Costa Mesa 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM VIP Party 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
$60 - advance registration onlyVIP Party $150 - advance registration only
There's limited availability, No tickets sold at the door
For those who haven't been, this is the charity event to benefit Share Our Strengh, which pits some of OC's best chefs against each other in creating the...well, the wildest and craziest tacos (no, Kogi won't be
http://www.lazydogcafe.com/From the ashes of failure, sprouts new life. First French 75 in Newport Beach's Fashion Island was spared an uncertain future when Pascal Olhats of Tradition and Cafe Jardin came to the rescue. It's now revived and more French than ever as Brasserie Pascal.
And today I confirmed that the abandoned space vacated by the long-defunct French 75 at the Irvine Marketplace won't go fallow for much longer. Lazy Dog Cafe, the casual chain that features such dishes as "Nac
Courtesy Sony Pictures
Another Pascal-related post? Can you say movie tie-in? All this week (ending Saturday) in conjuction with the opening of "Julie & Julia," that French chef of OC's French chefs, Pascal Olhats, is offering a few of Julia Child's favorite French dishes at Tradition by Pascal and Brasserie Pascal.
The two-course ($40) or three-course ($55) dinners can be chosen from a list that includes:
- Beef bourguignon- Lamb stew- Sole meu
Tomorrow is Bastille Day, or as you Franco-philes and French transplants call it, Fête Nationale. To celebrate, your fellow countryman Pascal Olhats is throwing a bash coinciding with the official grand opening of his Brasserie Pascal at Newport Beach's Fashion Island.
Here are the details that I got since I'm still on the old Culinary Adventures mailing list (CLICK TO ENLARGE):
Jonathan HoI am not a Frenchman, but I know one. He's Pascal Olhats, the owner/chef of Brasserie Pascal and others. And Frenchmen, especially chefs like Olhats who know wine, are celebrating this Thursday's release of the 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau.
Since I'm not oenophile, I had to rely on Wikipedia for this tibdit: "Beaujolais nouveau is a red wine made from Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France. It is the most popular vin de primeur, fermented for just a few weeks th
