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BRIAN DISHELL plays a
fine piano through dinner at
Benchmark of Michigan Inn,
J.L. Hudson Drive and John
Lodge Expressway ... Mon-
days through Thursdays from
6:30 p.m.
"SQUABBLES” new show
at Somerset Dinner Theater
in Somerset Mall, is now
done in a most relaxing at-
mosphere ... Tender and
moving, it is definitely a play
for all ages ... put on by
Jimmy Launce PROductions.
Playwrite Marshall Karp
adds tenderness, hilarity and
typical human traits that
produce a snappy, warm,
family comedy ... The play is
one hilarious "squabble" after
another ... very cohesive and
well-paced ... Accoustics at
the new Somerset Dinner
Theater are excellent ...
much better than before ...
The laughable lines are fast
and so realistic in very well
execution by the entire cast
... Shows are Friday and
Saturday evenings.
Jimmy and pretty wife
Brigitte Launce will open a
third dinner theater with
Jimmy Launce PROductions
... Nov. 7 ... at Veteran's
Memorial Bldg. on Jefferson,
downtown Detroit ... Show
will be the popular They're
Playing Our Song.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
celebration by Mediterranean
\-1 Kitchen, W. Long Lake Rd.,
west of Livernois, is Nov. 5
... Originally was a specialty
food store with sandwiches
and salads to go ... Then a
true gourmet restaurant
opened in the front, with five
tables backed by shelves
stocked with items for fine
dining.
Today, it has a whopping
six tables ... with seating for
24 people ... That's why
reservations are an absolute
must ... His special anniver-
sary dinners are set for Nov.
1, 8, 15 and 22.
DEFINITE DATE for
opening of Rikki's in Ameri-
can Center Bldg. on Franklin
Rd. is Nov. 10.
ATTIC THEATER opened
its 11th season with 1984
Tony Award winning play,
The Real Thing . . . It's a
romantic adult comedy that
takes a look at modern love
... is witty and emotionally
charged ... mixing illusion
with reality ... Showtimes
are Thursday and Friday at
8, Saturday 5:30 and 9 ...
Attic Theatre is on Third and
W. Grand Blvd. in the New
Center Theatre District.
zELIZABETH CHIU
KING, authoress of Eating
The Chinese Way In Detroit,
celebrated success of her sec-
ond book, The 15-Minute
Chinese Gourmet . . . with a
party for her about 400
people at the sumptuous
home of Elizabeth and hus-
band, Dr. Albert King.
Food samplings from her
book were on the tables ...
with cards telling their

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names and on what page they
could be found.
Like shrimp chips, thin
white or pastel-colored fried
dough made from flour and a
touch of shrimp or lobster ...
beef on a stick, broiled beef
strips on skewers ... fried
rice ... shrimp toast, made
with shrimp, water chestnuts
and carrots ... golden won
ton, made with beef and fresh
mushrooms . cbld tossed
noodles with bean sprouts ...
Chinese chicken and four
seasons vegetables, both new
recipes.
After writing Eating The
Chinese Way In Detroit .. .
released in 1980, Elizabeth
began writing The 15 Minute
Chinese Gourmet in 1983 ...
It was published by MacMil-
lan and put on bookshelves in
May of this year ... with
over 75 authentic and tradi-
tional Chinese recipes.
She has already begun
working on a new creative
Chinese cookbook ... center-
ing about the four regions of
China ... with all new re-
cipes created by herself.
EXACT LOCALE of third
Sunrise Cafe is Orchard Lake
Rd. between 13 and 14. Mile
... former site of Shel's, Len-
ny's, Gary's, etc., etc. delis.
MOTT'S CHILDREN'S
Hospital in Ann Arbor will
be recipient of carved
pumpkins in annual em-
ployee pumpkin carving con-
test of Novi-Hilton, 1-275 and
Eight Mile Rd. this week ...
They'll be displayed in Novi
Hilton lobby Tuesday-
Thursday ... with judging on
Thursday at 11 a.m.
MYSTERY
THE
MUNCHER WRITES . . .
about dining in Pittsburgh,
Pa... "Emilia Romagna is a
northern Italian restaurant
in the area of the convention
center. Service is leisurely
and they recommend rolled
stuffed veal breast.
"Station Square is a 40-
acre development of offices,
shops and restaurants in the
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
railroad station. The Grand
Concourse restaurant owned
by Chuck Muer, head of C.E.
Muer Corp., occupies the 80-
year-old train terminal. The
- setting is more spectacular
than the food, which is sim-
ple.
no
has
"Pittsburgh
Chinatown. Jimmy Tsang's
Chinese Restaurant is one of
the better Oriental dining
spots.
"The best French restau-
rant in Pittsburgh is said to
be La Normandie on the
ground floor of an apartment
building. Highlights are foie
gras, truffle soup, Dover sole
and imported duc breast.
"Le Petit Cafe is the most
nouvelle of Pittsburgh's
French restaurants and is
known as a Yuppie hangout
in the middle of the
Shadyside shopping district.
"LeVieux Saigon is an up-
scale Vietnamese restaurant.

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Other ethnic dining spots are
Sarah's, which offers home-
style Yugoslavian cooking,
Suzie's, featuring traditional
Greek dishes and Un Poco Di
Roma, touted as the best Ita-
lian restaurant around. But
you need directions to find it
and the service is slow.
"You can order one. of 60
wines in the Wine Restau-
rant by the taste or the glass.
Food highlights are the
soups, pates, Wisconsin veal
loin medaillons, Southampton
duckling and baby lamb.
"Robert Bianco, restaurant
critic for the Pittsburgh
Press, gives mixed reviews to
most eating spots in and
around the city.
"Seafood at the Angel's
Corner, located in a small
church, is too heavily pre-
pared with stuffings and
cream sauces, he says. And
the staff is a little overly at-
tentive.
"Born Free, which features
a menu representing coun-
tries from Algerias to South
Africa, exceeds its grasp, says
Bianco, and he can't testify to
the authenticity of the food.
But he concedes that the dis-
hes are different and good —
if you like fish with bananas.
"DeLuca's Italian and
American Restaurant is
Bianco's idea of the best
breakfast in town but he
warns you not to order any-
thing else. Lately, however,
he complains, the chefs have
a disconcerting habit of burn-
ing the French toast. Wait-
resses here, he gripes, are
always harried and usually
in a bad mood. They even
throw straws at annoying
customers, Bianco says."
FROM SEPT. 8 issue of
Forbes Magazine . . . "It's a
fact that many Big Apple res-
taurants are waitered and
waitressed by those waiting
for their break into films or
onto Broadway. The way
working hours are chopped
up in eateries lets them
attend auditions and acting
classes without losing the in-
come they need to stay alive
while awaiting the Big
Break.
"Martin Burdin, the 'Din-
ing' columnist in the New
York Post, writes — 'Kevin.
Bacon, who starred in Foot-
loose, Quicksilver and onstage
in Loot, recalls working as a
waiter. 'I was at Fiorello's
and the All-State Cafe. Being
where the food is, is a plus.
You can live on one solid
meal a day, and chances are
you can eat when you go to
work, and probably take
something home, too. Basics,
like toilet paper.'
"Good Food magazine tells
of the waiter who fumbled
everything at the table until
a patron finally com-
plained:Sir,' the tray-toter
said, 'I'm really an actor, not
a waiter.'
" 'Yeah,' said the diner,
`but this is a restaurant —
not a play about a restau-
rant.' "

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