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at Citrus   Los Angeles,California

    A most charming restaurant hiding behind a row of ficus trees on Melrose Avenue. The general manager escorted us to our table under a large ecru's umbrella, as are all the tables in the large airy room. The color of the umbrellas gives the whole room a wonderful soft hue, most becoming to the patrons. Really we all left the wrinkles at the door! 

    Hugo is our waiter, I hope you are lucky enough to get him, and as he presents the menu he also suggests having a Kettle-one martini, "any thing you wish." He also suggests appetizers that we can share when we tell him we want to sample different things. It was fun trying the array of delicious appetizers such as the best calamari I have ever had, crisp and tasty, not oily at all, a really nice mound on a beautiful plate. By the way all of the china, glassware and silver are all top of the line and add so much to the charm of our luncheon. Porcupine Crab Cakes with tomato mustard seed sauce was great, and my how the crab cakes looked like a sea urchin with lots of fine potato shreds that really did look like a tiny porcupine - and it tasted great besides. Sautéed Scallops with onion rings and chardonnay sauce was elegant. Now we sit back and relax while Hugo suggests wines to go with our lunch. 

    Chilean Sea bass with black chanterelle crust and onion sauce is an experience not soon forgotten. Chef Daniel Rossi can do more with fish than can be imagined, and also with everything he touches. Beef Paleron Steak Bourgonone sauce is a meltingly tender filet mignon with delicately garlic flavored potato curie on the side. Fettuccine with lobster and leaf greens with oriental sauces is not only exciting but surprisingly very comforting. The flavor all complimented each other and the tasty sauce somehow makes it almost homey. Chef Rossi will probably kill me for suggesting such a thing as "homey" pertaining to his cooking.

   Wonderful vintages of chardonnay, cabernet and merlot are served with all this great food. We are sure we cannot eat another thing, but we did not recant with the persuasive Hugo. We end up with the crunchy napoleon with butter scotch sauce and a small plate of sorbet and ice cream. Hugo also recommended a beautiful lite, blush port wine to accompany our treats, we did not refuse, and it was the most delicious ambrosia to ever grace my lips. the perfect cappuccino was also served to top off a most wonderful experience, a lunch with such class, it distinguished itself above all the rest. need I say more, it was simply divine.

   Citrus also has a menu composed by you, the customer. A four course with dessert for $55 including a choice of three in each category with appetizer & dessert.  By Carol Wyckoff

Citrus
6705 Melrose Ave. - Los Angeles - CA - 323-857-0034 

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