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Chelo— n. Indian. Chelo is a rice dish made of basmati rice (long grained, nutty-flavored rice), that is commonly found in Iran. Chelo is made with butter and saffron, and in exceptional cases, raw egg yolk. i.e.: Iskendar often enjoyed eating at Spanish restaurants like Dali or Tapeo, as their ample poritions of tapas and paella reminded him of Iranian meze and chelo...
Extra-virgin olive oil, with its intense fruity taste and low smoke point of 250°, should be added for flavor after cooking a dish, mixed into dressings or drizzled on bread. Use plain olive oil (smoke point 410°) for cooking...
...menu is American in the main, freshened up by Italian and Mexican accents and one or two playfully errant Oriental items (Vietnamese spring rolls, Thai crispy noodles). We start with sesame-crusted scallops with “My Favorite Stir Fry Green Beans” ($12), a rather pointless dish, ineptly executed. The scallops are parched and petrified by over-zealous heat, and the beans make a dubious accompaniment, sitting forlornly in a thin gingery broth. The other starter, however, is sensibly composed—the slick fatty warmth of grilled duck sausage and bruschetta slathered with...
Hebah M. Ismail ’06, a devout Muslim, said she accidentally ate pork meatballs at Annenberg because the dish was labeled as beef...
Oleana’s entrees are hearty, satisfying and excellent. Sortun is mindful of using as much organic meat and produce as possible, and does so with the help of local farms. An earthy sort of goodness is evident in dishes such as the seared scallop special ($23). Five fresh, tender and juicy scallops surround an herbalita red wine reduction of bacon, celery, onion, carrot and gigante beans atop a mild turnip puree. The bland turnip does not add much to the scallops, which are quite tasty in their own right, and the bread pudding-esque herbalita is fatty...