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...night to remember last May at the Italian restaurant Bice in downtown Tokyo. The room was agog because among the diners were two middle-aged men, one burly, the other downright fat. They sat around jawing about sports -- soccer, tennis, Formula 1 auto racing. At one point they turned to chat about fashion with a neighboring party of awed Italians. The cause of the stir was that the two amiable gents were the world's most famous opera singers and among the richest and best-known entertainers in any field: Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti...
...Sandi Tang, a partner with her husband in Tommy Tang's, N.Y. and L.A., which serves Thai cuisine. "But on Melrose Avenue, it's rice and noodle dishes, all prepared with olive oil." And the waiter had better be , on top of that information. Warns Paul Guzzardo, who runs Bice, a Milanese restaurant that has branches in both cities: "In our Beverly Hills place, people really question and challenge. Is the vinegar balsamic? What is the exact pedigree of the house wine? Is the lettuce organically grown...
HOTTEST RESTAURANT DESIGNER Suave, clubby dining rooms with mellow wood- paneled walls, glistening brass and a glowing wash of light are trademarks of the year's most popular restaurant architect, Adam Tihany. He is responsible for the quietly formal Huberts and Metro in Manhattan, and Bice, which will also open in Los Angeles and Chicago next year...
CUISINE OF THE YEAR Italian food is the no-contest fashion favorite, especially in new casually chic cafe-trattorias. Enticing antipasti, new thin pizzas, and the pasta, fish and vegetable dishes suit modern ideas of good nutrition, as well as the desires of grazers. The Milan import Bice took Manhattan by storm last summer, and hopes to do the same in Beverly Hills in '88, when it opens another branch. Both Avanzare and Spiaggia are seeing heavy action in Chicago, and Restaurant Associates is planning to expand its Vivande format from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., and Livingston...
...Yorkers can expect even more on their plates if the plans of other European restaurateurs pan out. Alain Senderens, formerly of the three-star Archestrate and now of Lucas-Carton in Paris, expects to open on a midtown site. In addition to the fashionable Milan favorite Da Bice, other popular Italian restaurants, such as the posh El Toula chain and the sublime San Domenico in Imola, near Bologna, are seeking locations. Not all agree that New York is the only place to be. Michael Hutchings explains why he and the Roux brothers chose Santa Barbara. "This is a cosmopolitan town...