Entertainment > Dining

Posted on Fri, Nov. 28, 2008

e-mail	print	RSS	reprint
AIM	Digg it	del.icio.us	Facebook

THREE NEW DISHES AT YIA YIA'S

Yia Yia's Eurobistro at 8115 E. 21st St. has a new chef _ Jeremy Wade _ and therefore many new menu items. Among them:

1. Ravioli: From the appetizer menu comes this potato and goat cheese ravioli with pancetta rosemary lemon butter sauce. It's $8.95.

2. Diver sea scallops: Seared and served with saffron orzo with vegetables and crab, lemon butter, orange gastrique and chervil. The dish is $24.95.

3. Double cut pork chop: Served with Yukon gold fontina spinach gratin and apple ginger demi for $21.95.

A GOOD DEAL

Cocoa Dolce, the chocolate shop at 7730 E. 37th St. N., is celebrating its third anniversary with a few specials on Monday. Shoppers will receive one free chocolate with every three chocolates purchased and enjoy 3-ounce samples of coffee, hot chocolate and steamers. From 6 to 9 p.m., the Cocoa Dolce wine bar will feature live music by Roberto Bernardinello. Throughout the entire month of December, customers will receive a $5 gift card for every $30 spent.

QUICK BITES

Abuelo's holiday specials

Abuelo's, the Mexican restaurant at 1415 N. Waterfront Parkway, is celebrating the holidays with a few limited-time menu items, available now through Dec. 31. Among the dishes are wood-grilled beef tenderloin medallions served with a spicy, chipotle cream sauce and accented with blue cheese crumbles. There's also the wood-grilled beef tenderloin medallions smothered in a mushroom burgundy wine sauce and topped with roasted Poblano peppers. Chocolate flan, a rich dessert, also is on the holiday menu.

Wood fired fish

Red Lobster has recently introduced wood-fire grilling at all of its restaurants, including Wichita's at 555 S. West St. and 333 S. Armour. The grilling is said to create a clean, crisp flavor that enhances the taste of the seafood. Along with the new cooking method, the restaurant is also offering eight new wood-fire grilled items, including wood-grilled lobster, shrimp and scallops; peach bourbon barbecue shrimp and scallops; maple-glazed chicken; and jumbo shrimp with lobster butter.

Denise Neil