Great Taste Magazine

Sunset Marquis
1200 Alta Loma Rd,
CA-90069
(310) 657-1333
www.sunsetmarquis.com

CuisineType : French

Escoffier Society Dinner

Menu Includes:

Escargot wellington

Lobster sashimi Vichyssoise

Filet of rouget bourguignon

Pecking duck breast with beet infuse couscous

Braised veal cheeks with truffles

Tarte tatin with Godiva crème anglaise

For more info contact:

(310) 657-1333

Or visit

www.sunsetmarquis.com

GO WITH OC’S “BEST STEAKHOUSE” THIS YEAR!!

AWARD- WINNING AGORA CHURRASCARIA OFFERS TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING WHERE YOU CANHAVE YOUR TURKEY AND YOUR TOP SIRLOIN, TOO!

Thursday, November 24, 2011, Thanksgiving Day – from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Agora Churrascaria, Irvine’s award-winning Brazilian Steakhouse, just honored in the“Best Of” edition of OC Weekly as the Best Steakhouse in “ The OC,” offers guests Thanksgiving with a Brazilian twist. A traditional Thanksgiving meal,including offerings of roasted turkey, Brazilian-style stuffing, turkey gravy with champagne, cream mashed sweet potatoes and pumpkin purée will accompany Agora’s regular menu, which includes a selection of the 16 finest skewer-roasted meats and a hot and cold salad bar.

The meal will be priced at $43 for adults and children are half price.

To make reservations, please call the restaurant directly at (949) 222-9910.

Agora Churrascaria
1830 Main Street,
CA-92614
(949) 222-9910
www.agorachurrascaria.com/

CuisineType : American, Brazilian, Fine Dining, Steak

An event for the one percent—with room for the other 99. This is an evening of FIVE c’s: caviar, charity, cuisine, champagne, and classical music, a multi-course repast prepared by one of the world’s top chefs interspersed with live musical performances as well as education. A caviar lover’s paradise, the event benefits The Harold Robinson Foundation. It also features exotic foods guest will simply NOT be able to find ANYWHERE else, including: a smoked alligator, an actual sturgeon from which Osetra caviar is harvested, and a giant Alaskan smoked salmon.

The meal will be helmed by Marcel Vigneron, considered one of the country’s top chefs and among its foremost exponents of “molecular gastronomy.” Vigneron was the second-season runner-up on Top Chef. Vigneron, who’s worked alongside chefs ranging from Joel Robuchon to Michael Mina, got his own show on the SyFy Channel this year called Marcel's Quantum Kitchen.

The Harold Robinson Foundation, based in Los Angeles, is dedicated to enriching the lives of inner city and underprivileged children by providing them the means, free of costs, to attend a safe, nurturing and non-competitive camp environment where they will experience nature and participate in diverse recreational programs designed to strengthen confidence and independence, build character and develop leadership skills.

Address available upon credentialed RSVP
CA-90077
310-285-5321
bit.ly/t1qtmm

CuisineType : Fine Dining, Seafood

This year we will honor five special people:

Curt and Alexis Pringle,
Stan and Teresa Powloski,
and the passing of Mark Minassian.

Tree Lighting & Dedication at 7pm
Dinner to immediately follow.

The evenening is an affair to remember and always sold out, so please sign up as soon as possible – no later than Friday, November 11th.

Please bring an unwrapped toy that will be given to the motel children of Caterina's Club. If you haven't made arrangements for your holiday party yet, call (714) 772-1381 now to check for availability.

Anaheim White House
887 S. Anaheim Blvd.,
CA-92805
(714) 772-1381

Join us for Share Our Selves 21st Annual Celebrity Chef Dinner, "A Celebration of Service." The event features and exquisite five course dinner prepared by a group of outstanding local chefs who are committed to providing for the poor in Orange County. Each delicious course is paired with specialty wines. The evening also includes a silent auction, and a live auction where chefs will offer exciting one of a kind dining packages. Proceeds from the event benefit the SOS Orange Aid Project which collects retrievable food from restaurants, grocery stores, bakeries, and caterers to distribute to homeless and low income Orange County residents.

Wyndam Hotel Costa Mesa
3350 Avenue of the Arts,
CA-92626
714-7515100
www.ocweekly.com/microsites/decadence/

Join us for Decadence 2011 – a swanky evening filled with the best food and drink Orange County has to offer!This event will be held Waterfront at the Wyndham Hotel in Costa Mesa and will feature close to 40 restaurants sampling some of their most delicious dishes, plus wine, beer and spirits purveyors pouring their finest sips.

Don’t forget the live band – they’ll be playing music all night for your dancing pleasure!Pre-sale tickets will be offered for just $15, and the price will be raised to $20 at the door. To purchase tickets, click the following link: http://www.brownpaperticke​ts.com/event/185326. This is sure to be a fantastic event to attend with a group of your friends. Enjoy a fabulous Southern California Summer evening while you nibble, drink and dance on the waterfront. Ages 21+ only, please.

Encore / Happy Sushi’s
2640 Cushing Road,
California-92016
www.SanDiegoUkeFestival.com

CuisineType : Asian

UKERS JAKE SHIMABUKURO AND JAMES HILL HIT THE SAME PARTY!The San Diego Ukulele Festival Comes to Town Finally!

On July 14th through July 16th, 2011, the inaugural San Diego Ukulele Festival is coming to town at Ingram Plaza, Liberty Station in the newly renovated NTC McMillan shopping center of Point Loma area in San Diego! Xceptional Music Productions and the Amigo Bros. Event Management are proud to bring this event to this fantastic new venue; a venue that many San Diegans do not even know about yet, and should!

Featuring both infamous ukulele aficionados Jake Shimabukuro and James Hill at the same Festival is quite a feat in itself! Jake, from Maui, will be opening the Festival on Thursday, and James, from Canada, will be closing the Festival Saturday night. These two men have been known to do some amazing and magical things with this small musical instrument underdog; making their ukuleles literally sing as their fingers fly! It’s a sight to be seen and heard, and well worth the concert cost! Fantastic front row VIP table dinner concert seats will be available.

It is said of Jake…“It’s rare for a young musician to earn comparisons to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis”…“Yes, the ukulele, in the hands of Shimabukuro, the traditional Hawaiian instrument of four strings and two octaves is stretched and molded into a complex and bold new musical force.” The San Francisco Gate recently posted: “The sounds the boyish 33-year old wrings from his ukulele…are unlike anything else in the history of the instrument.”

The rest of the Festival in between Thursday and Saturday nights will have tons of free Polynesian themed fun and entertainment for the public! Including ukulele biggies like Hawaii’s Derick Sebastian, Los Angeles’s Ukulele Bartt, and San Diego locals Fred Thompson and Sarah Maisel. There will be other well-known performers from all over as well, a beer and wine garden right in the middle of the fun, Polynesian hula and fire dancer shows, tropical art, food and merchandise to partake in! You will feel like you are on the Islands, without having spent the airfare!

Sponsors are stepping up to join in on the tropical fun like Ohana Ukulele, Kanile’a Ukulele, Kimo Ukulele, Komoa Ukulele, Kala Brand Music Company, Aquila Corde Armoniche Strings, Ballast Point, Constellation Wine, Svedka Vodka, Oggi’s Liberty Station, Encore Catering, Tarantino’s Meats, with more coming! The San Diego Ukulele Festival is looking for a qualified charity to give their Beverage Garden proceeds to. The Polynesian drums are stirring excitement and rumblings about this event; that looks to bring in 1000s from all over the USA, to San Diego for this 3-day Festival.For all information and tickets, go to the website – www.SanDiegoUkeFestival.com .If you’d like more information, please call Fred Thompson at 619-296-4435 or email at Ukulelefred@cox.net .

Pacific Coast Win Festival, wine tasting and silent auction, all proceeds go to Pacific Symphony. Cocktail attire $250 per person.Cocktail attire $250 a person.

Island Hotel

www.pacificcoastwinefestival.com

We Would like to announce our first wine dinner the meal will be 4 courses and the menu is amazing for specifics please visit http://www.opentable.com/restaurant_profile.asp?ID=7729&restref=7729 or to make reservations call Jason or Don at 714.429.7640

EVENT:    KIMERA RESTAURANT TO FEATURE SPECIAL INAUGURAL CELEBRATION
•    On January 20, Kimera Restaurant will host a special event for inauguration day.
•    Arrive dressed up and have fun celebrating America’s new President with all of your friends.
•    A unique set of complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served between 6:00 p.m.and 8:00 p.m.
•    Guests are also invited to enjoy the full no-host bar, which features a wide variety of cocktails.
•    Complimentary valet parking and validation for self-parking is available.

DATE & TIME:     Tuesday January 20, 2009
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be served between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

LOCATION:    Kimera Restaurant
19530 Jamboree Road
Irvine, CA 92612

INFORMATION:    (949) 261-1222

COST:        Complimentary hors d’oeuvres (bar not included)

PLEASE RSVP:    info@kimerarestaurant.com