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Bargain Bytes: Lobster dinner at An
Submitted by gregcox on 11/15/2008 - 09:20
OK, so maybe $35 per person sounds a little high for a Bargain Byte. But wait until you hear what it buys at the first annual Lobster Fest, which An (www.ancuisines.com) is featuring through November 30:
California roll (with Alaskan crabmeat, cucumber and avocado)
Baby mixed green salad with ginger balsamic vinaigrette
Steamed 1-1/4 pound Maine lobster
Truffle scalloped potatoes
Sesame green beans
Tarte tatin with house-made brandy ice cream
Call 677-9229 for reservations.Â
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Greg Cox
Greg Cox is the restaurant critic for The News & Observer. He was born in El Paso, Texas, and grew up in North Carolina on a diet of Southern fried chicken (the real thing, cooked up in a big, black cast iron skillet), fried okra, sweet sliced summer tomatoes and the best biscuits on the planet. He has cooked, catered, waited tables and dined in Europe, Canada, Mexico and much of the U.S. (especially the South, Southwest and Midwest).
Though not a graduate of a professional culinary institute, he has been a passionate student of the world’s cuisines for more than three decades. He learned to make a soufflé from Michel Pasquet, erstwhile owner of a Michelin two-star restaurant in Paris. He explored Moroccan cuisine with Paula Wolfert, long before couscous was cool. Jean Yueh, author of "The Great Tastes of Chinese Cooking," taught him a few chop sticks tricks. Biscuits, of course, he learned from his mom.
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Sat, 11/15/2008 - 09:43 — george32ken thompson of gutted wachovia is eating any lobster my wife and i might have ordered.