Restaurant Recipes

Blue Crab and Shrimp Linguini With Baby Arugula

Restaurant: Varalli Restaurant | Philadelphia

This Upstares & Sotto Varalli staple is a prime example of how head chef William Carroll combines classic seafood dishes with Mediterranean and Northern Italian twists. Meaty hunks of crab and shrimp combine with tender cooked linguine and the slight zest of the arugula. Goat cheese is a surprising addition that brings the textures and tastes together and makes this dish so much more than just seafood and pasta.

Chile Chipotle Salsa

Restaurant: El Fandango | San Diego

This sauce can be added to almost any dish. For example, it goes nicely with tamales and enchiladas.

Tuna Tartare Tower

Restaurant: Truluck's | San Diego

Standing proud with five colorful layers, the Tuna Tartare Tower makes for an impressive spectacle, and an even more delicious appetizer. With Asian undertones and light, fruity notes, the fresh crab and tuna mingle together in a blissful fusion of the senses. To top it off, use some crackly shrimp chips for dipping and sit back and enjoy your masterpiece!

Salmon Mousseline Stuffed Zucchini Squash Blossoms

Restaurant: Bernard'O Restaurant | San Diego

Salmon Mousseline Stuffed Zucchini Squash Blossoms is an impeccable dish. Impress your friends and family with this delicious French entree that consists of fresh salmon mousseline--a mousse-like filling--stuffed inside a zucchini, creating a flavor combination that will invigorate anyone's palate. Paired with a refreshing white wine, the Salmon Mousseline Stuffed Zucchini Squash Blossoms are a great experience for anyone who fancies French cuisine.

Fennel Crusted Tuna Loin "Nicoise" Style

Restaurant: Aureole | Las Vegas

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Roasted Beet Salad

Restaurant: Cafe La Boheme | Los Angeles

Roasted Beet Salad is a personal favorite of the chef’s. She fancies the interplay of taste and texture as the pulpy sweetness of the beets blends with the meaty muscle of the trout. The deep red of the beets and mellow green of the avocados light up a vibrant palette of colors that lend visual appeal to the dish. Over the years, Christine has added horseradish for extra clout and concocted a tasty champaigne vinaigrette whose heady accents of mustard and honey add punch to each forkful.

Hommos

Restaurant: Aladdin | San Diego

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Hummus

Restaurant: Aladdin | San Diego

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Cajun Corn Chowder

Restaurant: Humphreys | San Diego

This refreshing chowder exemplifies the diverse flavors of Chef Murphy's inspired global cuisine, combining the sweetness of corn, the spicy heat of Cajun cuisine, and the salty subtleties of shrimp. Whether supping on this satisfying soup on a brisk afternoon, or impressing guests with this inventive and flavorful dish as a starter for a dinner party, Chef Murphy’s Cajun Corn Chowder manages to impart the simple satisfaction of comfort food with complex and bold culinary influences.

Faith's Warm Smithfield Ham and Cheese Toast

Restaurant: Town Hall | San Francisco Bay Area

Although it seems strange to have breakfast for dinner, Town Hall's Faith's Warm Smithfield Ham and Cheese Toast is a signature dish offered during their dinner service. A more rich and fulfilling dish is hard to imagine. It looks much like a traditional eggs Benedict and is served in the center of a round plate with the cream sauce spilling over. The poached egg and toast almost seem to exist solely to accompany the jalapeño sauce, which captures the true flavor, not the heat, of jalapeño extraordinarily well.