28 Fridai,'AiMust 5, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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27822 ORCHARD LAKE RD.

At 12 Mile, Just

8 5 1 - 4094
Open Mon. thru Sat.
1 1:30 a.m.-2:30 a.m.

Off U.S. 696

ITALIAN-AMERICAN FOOD

PRIVATE CATERING AND BANQUET fikClUTIES
■ Businessmen's Luncheons • Dinners

SPECIAL STYLINGS OF

NOW FEATURING

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BAR 13-11 RIBS

TURNED IN ITS OWN JUICES
ON A ROTISSERIE!

• DINING ROOM
• CARRY OUT
• FREE DELIVERY

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GRAND OPENING SPECIAL

1OFF

ALL RIB
DINNERS
AFTEIC9 p.m.

LO OR SHORT ENDS
LONG

MIKE CHUDLER'S

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1745 COOLIDGE HWY.,

OF 11 MILE

JUST NORTH

(west side of Coolidge)

546-7880

Open Til 12 Tues. Thru Thurs.
Fri. & Sat. Til 1 a.m. Sun.. Til 11 p.m.

Closed
Mondays

• Chicken • Seafood • Sandwiches

The Best of Everything

DOWNTOWN DETROIT
crowded at night? ... On a
Wednesday - evening yet? ...
It's true—at least at the
Hotel Plaza in the Renais-
sance Center ... In fact, ac-
cording to Kuno Fasel, as-
sistant executive head and
food and beverage director,
on the weekends you can
hardly walk around. there
are so many people ...
Even between one and
three in the morning. says
Kuno.
The Detroit Plaza and
Renaissance Center are cer-
tainly fairylands come true
for the City of Detroit ...
Everywhere inside is a veri-
table "out of this world"
land of fantasy ... People
are all over ... in the lob-
bies, cocktail lounges, din-
ing rooms. escalators, eleva-
tors, etc.
The Renaissance Center
is the greatest thing to hap-
pen to Detroit ... there's ab-
solutely nothing like it in
the world.
Our latest nitery trek was
to the recently- opened Mi-
kado, a very gracious, very
authentic Japanese restau-
rant and newest addition to
the impressive list of ea-
teries at the Detroit Plaza.
We were highly im-
pressed by the Mikado's pri-
vate entrance off Renais-
sance Drive South (on the
river side of Renaissance
Center) and its own person-
al doorman.
Mikado is the first ethnic
restaurant run solely *by
Western International ... Un-
like its others (Yamato's at
Century Plaza in L.A., Tra-
der Vic's, etc.) this is com-
pletely a "house - oper-
ation.
It combines the delicate
balance of Japanese cuisine
and decor with western-
style comfort ... concentra-
tion on fresh foods and new
items, many of which are
shipped by air freight from
the West Coast ... plus color
control.
Everything is served with
a separate dish ... and each
one, many hand painted,
are a different design and
color.
The pretty waitresses
with obi wrapped around
their colorful kimonos are
naturally most gracious ...
but above this, the eye can

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ROOMS
AVAILABLE
FOR YOUR
NEXT PARTY

10 1- 0 100

• Weddings
• Bar Mitzvas
• Showers Etc.

565-4848

SUNDAY SPECIALS

COMPLETE DINNERS

VEAL CUTLET
MILANESE
PRIME RIB

$

00

INCLUDES: SALAD, SOUP, SPAGHETTI,
BREAD, BUTTER & BREAD STICKS

OPEN TUES.-SAT., 11 a.m.-2 a.m. SUN., 2 p.m.-10 p.m.

see they have been trained
and dry-run drilled to satis-
factory perfection ... Many
western world waitresses
would do well just to go and
learn how to smile.
About 70 percent of the
help at Mikado are Japa-
nese ... the rest. Korean and
Chinese ... with perhaps
some other oriental blood
tossed in.
Frieda and ourselves had
dinner with Kuno and his as-
sistant. Steve Lee, food and
beverage manager, who
leaves this month ... and so
many will be sorry to see
him go ... to take over at
the new Western Inter-
national hotel being built in
Hawaii.
There are three dining
rooms to choose from, each
with its own distinctive
decor and service ... The
traditional Japanese tatami
room featuring recessed
seating areas where guests
dine at floor level tables
wh5' their feet are in a
"N,veit" and they sit on back-
ed chairs without legs An-
other room holds the more
modern steak tables, at
which food is prepared in
front of the guest ... The
third room contains stand-
ard western-style seating ...
Tableside hibachi-style cook-
ing is available in the stand-
ard and tatami rooms ... In
addition, there's a separate
cocktail lounge with bar ...
In all, Mikado seats about
245 people.
However, our first visit
was not to any of these
rooms ... Rather, the four
of us became the first per-
sons to use a small private
dining room just opened.
We all started out with a
good luck toast ... to the
clinking glasses of delicious
Japanese plum wine.
Hot napkins were brought
to us rolled in a bamboo
holder ... and we each pick-
ed up our chop sticks to
begin a session of gracious
dining.
First dish brought was
Sashimi ... raw fish (tuna),
which we dipped in a sauce
of soy, mustard. Japanese
radish and onion ... The
sound of raw fish is not ap-
petizing to many. and
Frieda never thought she'd
live to see the day her din-
ing adventures would in-
clude raw fish ... But she
ate more than one helping
... not that it was the polite
thing to do, but because the
raw fish was good.
Next came something not
on the menu but which can
be ordered ... truly a gour-
met combination plate of
very tasty beef teriyaki and
shrimp tempura.
More plum wine and an-
other toast.
Then we had Chowan
Mushi ... a steamed egg cus-
tard soup with chicken,
shrimp, chopped fish, mush-
rooms, green onions and ori-
ental vegetables ... served
in the China pot that is put
into boiling water to cook.
One of our very charming
and most delightful wait-
resses placed a cast iron hi-
bachi made in Japan espe-
cially for Mikado, at our
table ... It is a modernized

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27701 Orchard Lake Road

45109 CASS • UTICA
731-4440
"In The Big Red House"

553-219'

Near 12 Mile

Club Berkley

2729 WOODWARD AT 111/2 MILE

-

542-9797

Welcomes Back Its
Old Friends of Many Years

• Baby Frog Legs•TurtIe Soup • Dover Sole

• Fresh Seafoods • Steaks & Chops

Prepared By Club Berkley's Great

EZZIE HOLYK

Chef of Yesteryears

OWNED & OPERATED BY
FRANK & FREDA BEDIENT

Open Mon. Thru Sat.
Entertainment Tues.-Sat.

OFFER GOOD AT THIS
LOCATION ONLY!
MON. THRU SAT., 9 p.m. to 12 Mid.

N.Y.STRIPSTEAK

CHOICE AA GRADE

AND EGGS

With Toast

(Hash Browns 20r Extra)

FRI. &SAT. SPECIALS

ALL YOU CAN EAT $240

$ 260

SUNDAY ALL DAY

CHICKEN W/DRESSING s2"

21700 NORTHWESTERN
HWY.

AT J.L HUDSON DRIVE
II THE TOWER-14 BID.

559-9045
OPEN 7 DAYS

Mon. thru Sat. 7 a.m.-12 Mid.
Sun., 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

?Veecoofe

TROY

Enjoy Leisure Dining In A
Warm, Friendly Atmosphere

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DAILY SPECIALS and
FRESH CATCH OF THE DAY

Serving Food Til 1 a.m.
7 NIGHTS A WEEK
Light Snacks to
Full Course Dinners

Mon.

Daily Hours

Sat., 11 a.m. til 2 a.m.
Sun., 5 p.m. ta 2 a.m.

thru

3270 W. BIG BEAVER RD. (16 Mile)

IN THE LAWYER'S TITLE BLDG.
SHEFFIELD OFFICE PLAZA

ONE BLOCK WEST OF COOLIDGE

Troy

649-3480