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Rice is nice; risotto is special
Think of risotto as rice on steroids, pumped up with herbs, butter and broth. It compares to sticky, white, plate-lunch rice the way vanilla ice cream compares to a triple banana split with hot fudge.Auntie Pasto's is celebrating this classic Italian dish with a Risotto Festival tomorrow through March 30 at its South Beretania and Kapahulu restaurants.
Owner Ed Wary describes the event as a way to visit Italy "without breaking the bank or going through security at the airport."
Prices run from $13.95 to $18.95 for daily risotto specials: pork loin and sweet potato with risotto with balsamic syrup (Monday); lemon chicken with risotto Milanese (Tuesday); veal chop topped with mushroom risotto (Wednesday); osso buco with asparagus risotto (Thursday); shrimp, scallop and garlic risotto with crab cake (Friday); osso buco with risotto Milanese (Saturday); and New York steak with gorgonzola risotto (Sunday).
Risotto may also be ordered as a side dish or appetizer.
Call 523-8855 (Beretania) or 739-CIAO (Kapahulu).
COURTESY OF AUNTIE PASTO'S RESTAURANT
Rice lovers will be in seventh heaven at Auntie Pasto's Risotto Festival, being held tomorrow through March 30.
Menu specials
Art of Food and Wine: Through March the Surf Room at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel is offering a three-course dinner featuring wines from Wente Family Vineyards. The menu: Shichimi-Spiced Shrimps on a Stick (with San Francisco Bay Sauvignon Blanc), Braised Midwest Boneless Beef Ribs (with Wente Cabernet Sauvignon) and Poached Pear Stuffed with Milk Chocolate Custard. Cost is $55. Call 931-7194.Meritage: The new Restaurant Row eatery is beefing up its nighttime fare with a dessert bar on Sundays, 5 to 10 p.m. Get a selection of pastries, plus coffee, for $10. Meritage has also introduced live jazz, 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, and $3 martini specials Wednesdays and Thursdays. Call 529-8686.
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