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Seafood On California Highways
Travelers
come from around the world to experience the latest in seafood
menus along the California coast, and area locals also indulge
themselves in these highway 1 and 101 venues as well. Below
are a sampling of memorable plates I recommend that are served
in renowned restaurants to enjoy if you are hungry and traveling
the highways from Monterey to Malibu.
Hyatt
Regency Monterey, Monterey California
TusCA Scallop & Lamb Plate
Scallops & Lamb Plate TusCA, Monterey
Combination
plates are a favorite prepared by Chef Steve Johnson at the
TusCA Ristorante in the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa,
and are very popular among guest visiting the hotel. The Hyatt
Regency Monterey is a resort designed with sport loving and
health conscious guests in mind, and not only offers renowned
Niman Ranch meat entrees but has a bevy of wonderful California
seafood specialties on their menu. The TusCA Ristorante entree
recommended is a combination of Niman Ranch lamb chops presented
with perfectly prepared local sea scallops, served on a parsnip
puree with grilled carrots and paired well with Twisted Roots
Petit Syrah 2013 from Carmel Valley, California.
InterContinental
Clement Hotel C Restaurant + Bar, Monterey California
C Restaurant + Bar Scallop Plate
Scallop Plate C Restaurant + Bar, Monterey
InterCotinental
The Clement Hotel is a beautiful and sophisticated venue on
Cannary Row that features a stunning restaurant and bar with
expansive Monterey Bay ocean views and a gourmet menu filled
with sensational seafood surprises to please any world traveler.
Executive Chef Matt Boltin offers some gastronomique surprises
in this versatile menu. He not only offers exceptional plates
like a specialty duck with smoked farro paired with Bella Glos
Pinot Noir, but the chef also offers local Monterey Red Abalone
best enjoyed with a petit champagne flight. The Day Boat Scallop
plate with carmelized fennel, dungeness crab, whipped potatoes
and blood orange emulsion is highly recommended and perfectly
paired with Hahn SLH white wine. For additional C Restaurant
+ Bar menu information visit: www.ictheclementmonterey.com
or www.theC@pahotel.com.
LIDO
Ristorante, Pismo Beach, California
LIDO Oyster Plate
Oyster Plate LIDO, Pismo Beach
Dolphin
Bay Resort Hotel & Spa is an ocean lovers escape from stress
on Pismo Beach, where Executive Chef Kurt Steeber has created
a new menu in the LIDO Ristorante so healthy and delicious it's
mind boggling. The Chefs Oysters on the half shell served 6/18
or 12/32 with fresh lemon slices are served on a bed of hot
sea stones and seaweed, accompanied by home-made sauces and
are a tribute to everything good about California seafood. The
oyster plate pairs quite well with Robert Sinskey 'POV' a Bordeaux
Blend. The LIDO menu also features a tender hanger steak with
unique frites and crunchy cipollini onions, shitake mushroom
marmalade and shallot butter that is outstanding. Wine paired
with the oyster dish was Ultraviolet Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Napa Valley. Chef Kurt Steeber's menu focuses on clean, vegetable
forward Mediterranean flavors and his plates are truly unique
and delicious! For LIDO information visit: www.dolphinbayresort.com/lido.
By Bonnie Carroll
About Bonnie Carroll
Bonnie Carroll has been a food/travel/lifestyle writer since
1983. She is the founder & publisher of Bonnie Carroll's
Life Bites News - www.lifebitesnews.com,
does travel and food reporting on KZSB1290 radio, and contributes
to a variety of national and international travel/lifestyle
publications. Her first children's book C.C. Charles was published
in 2002 and she is currently working on a second book. Contact
her at Contact her at writebc@aol.com.