dineLA Restaurant Week is back for 2010

dineLA Restaurant Week is coming up starting Jan 24 – 29 and Jan 31 – Feb 5. Their live to eat line-up includes over 200 restaurants across Los Angeles offering up special lunch and dinner pixe fix menus ranging from $16-$44. Reservations fill up quickly so book yours right away.

Below are some of my favorite menus – Campanile (Grilled Duck Breast with fennel, lemon-thyme potatoes and crisp leeks), Susan Feniger’s Street (Susan’s Mother’s Peanut Butter and Jelly cookies), Joe’s Restaurant (Santa Barbara Black Cod with mushroom soy dashi, baby shiitake, and mezuna lettuce crispy rice) and Sugarfish by Sushi Nozawa (dinner for only $26).
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CAMPANILE
624 S. La Brea
Los Angeles, CA 90036-3568
323.938.1447

LUNCH $22
Choice of Appetizers:
Soup of the Day
Warm Beluga Lentil Salad – Poached egg, spinach and shaved parmesan
Wild Mushroom Risotto – parsley pesto and shaved parmesan
add truffles for $10

Choice of Entrees:
Pulled Pork Sandwich – coleslaw, mustard dressing and french fries

Pan Roasted Tai-Snapper – fingerlings, sobrasada, arugula and aioli

Grilled Chicken Scaloppini – wild mushroom duzelles and cavolo negro

Choice of Desserts:
Chocolate Pudding with whipped cream and chocolate chip cookies

Apple Cobbler with vanilla ice cream

DINNER $34
Choice of Appetizers:
Soup of the Day

Herbed Goat Cheese Ravioli with pancetta, spinach, currant and pine nuts

Red Lettuce Salad with blood orange, avocado and shaved fennel

add blue lump crab for $10

Choice of Entrees:
Risotto Cakes – roasted tomato sauce, zucchini and black olive

Pan Roasted Tai-Snapper – sauteed escarole and rosemary aioli

Grilled Duck Breast – fennel, lemon-thyme potatoes and crisp leeks

add seared foie gras for $10

Choice of Desserts:
Chocolate Pudding with whipped cream and chocolate chip cookies
Apple Cobbler with vanilla ice cream

SUSAN FENIGER’S STREET
742 N Highland
Los Angeles, CA 90038
323.203.0500

LUNCH $22
Choice of Appetizers:
Burmese Lettuce Wraps – gin thoke style lentils, toasted coconut, peanuts, fried onions and sesame ginger dressing

Choice of Entrees:
Vietnamese Pulled Pork Sandwich – slow roasted pork shoulder with licorice root, anise, and peppercorn; spicy kaffir lime sauce, pickled vegetables and served with a side of fried plantains

Crispy Lamb Taquitos – crispy corn tortillas filled with spiced lamb picadillo served with refried white beans, finely shredded lettuce, cucumber mint sour cream, marinated tomatoes and grated cheese

Hawaiian Ono Sashimi Plate – with spicy sesame mayonnaise, yuzu ponzu sauce, smoked salt, pink peppercorn and micro wasabi

Choice of Desserts:
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies – Susan’s Mother’s recipe

Mini Eqyptian Basbousa Cake – lime soaked semolina cake with cranberry compote, lime curd and whipped cream

DINNER $34

Choice of Appetizers:
Burmese Lettuce Wraps – gin thoke style lentils, toasted coconut, peanuts, fried onions and sesame ginger dressing

Indonesian Peanut Noodles – fresh yakisoba noodles stir fried with asian choy sum greens and a sweet and spicy peanut sauce

Massamun Beef Curry – traditional Southern Thai curry with beef, red yam, and mushrooms simmered in coconut milk and spices of Muslim Indian influence

Choice of Desserts:
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies – Susan’s Mother’s recipe

Mini Espresso, Chocolate and Halva
triple layer dessert with espresso jelly, chocolat ganache and sesame halva cream; served with sesame-matzo candies

SUPPLEMENTS
Kaya Toast – a uniquely Singapore experience toasted bread spread thick with coconut jam; served with a soft fried egg drizzled in dark soy and white pepper $11

JOE’S RESTAURANT
1023 Abbot Kinney
Venice, CA 90291-3386
310.399.581

LUNCH $22

Choice of Appetizers:
Tuna Tartar – cucumber salad, tomato and lemon confit

Split Pea Soup – with Benton Farms Ham Hocks

Entrees:
Braised Tri Tip – Barbecue swiss chard, kabocha squash puree crispy potato

Pan Roasted Whitefish – roasted cauliflower, fennel puree and beurre blanc

Choice of Desserts:
Apple Tarte Tatin Creme Fraiche Whipped Cream

Chocolate Pot au Creme Noisette

DINNER: $34

Choice of Appetizers:
Celery Root and Endive Salad – with toasted walnuts, pomegranates, baked goat cheese croustade

Bouchot Mussels – steamed with leeks and fresno chili

Choice of Entrees:
Beef Cheeks – Daube provencal braised beef with vegetables and orange

Santa Barbara Black Cod – Mushroom soy dashi, baby shiitake, mezuna lettuce crispy rice

Choice of Desserts:
Coconut Cake “Huckleberry”

Warm Chocolate Tart, blood orange sorbet

SUGARFISH BY SUSHI NOZAWA BRENTWOOD
11640 San Vicente Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310.820.4477

LUNCH $16
Edamame Starter
Tuna sashimi served with scallion and ponzu sauce
1 piece of albacore nigiri
1 piece of Nozawa style shrimp nigiri
1 piece of salmon nigiri
1 crab handroll

DINNER $26
Edamame Starter
Tuna sashimi served with scallion and ponzu sauce
2 pieces of albacore nigiri
2 pieces of Nozawa style shrimp nigiri
2 pieces of salmon nigiri
2 pieces of halibut nigiri
1 crab handroll
1 toro handroll

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