... unthinkable ... Everybody themselves with key personnel around seems to be having white in building dining empires. People like Brian Freshwater, fish 17 different ways ... Ameri- can broiled, steamed with black vice-president of restaurant con- bean sauce, sweet and sour cepts for Little Caesar; Peter broiled, Hong Kong broiled with Travis, recruiter/trainer for spe- Cantonese vegetables and oyster cialty concepts; David Ridings, sauce, Szechuan spicy broiled, area supervisor for America's Piz- chang shu yea broiled with veg- za Cafe; Al Sebastian, director of etables and garlic, hong sui media relations for Little Caesars breaded with fine cut vegetables ... and many more who ride the and garlic, kwong chow bread- waves of success with Mike. All were at the recent opening ed small pieces with Cantonese vegetables and garlic, broiled in Rochester of the fourth Amer- with eggplant, hoi sen and garlic ica's Pizza Cafe by Mike and sauce; broiled with black pepper Marian Flitch, its largest yet, with sauce, spicy Hunan broiled with 230 seats ... Being surrounded broccoli, broiled and served with by some of the key people is like fresh strawberry sauce, pea pod a big wad of confidence before broiled, Cantonese or Szechuan; doors even opened in its new his- assorted mushroom broiled, Can- toric location, the former D & C tonese or Szechuan; green bean Building on Main Street in down- broiled, Cantonese or Szechuan; town Rochester. First APC to open was on Tele- asparagus (in season) broiled, graph in Southfield ... Then Cantonese or Szechuan. Yes, you saw strawberry white came the Fox Theatre site in De- fish in this list? ... Gene sure has troit ... Royal Oak with about 200 some kind of imagination ... But seating, was number three ... it's a hot seller ... Some of Gene's Lunch and dinner prices range clientele even use the strawber- from $1.95 to $8.95 for individ- ry sauce for their ice cream ual pizzas like bar-b-q chicken, Mexican burrito, Coney Island dessert. and shrimp pesto ... along with specialty pastas, salads, desserts, etc. NOT THAT IT'LL be a dull affair ... far from it, but there'll be sleeping too for many who at- tend the first annual Slumber Hoa Kow of West Bloomfield Party and Dinner Dance by may be just another Chinese Coalition on Temporary Shelter restaurant ... but don't tell this (COTS), Feb. 11 at Botsford Inn to its regulars ... To them there's on Grand River ... Funds raised nothing like it anywhere ... And will be for its services of food, nobody knows better than a cus- shelter, child care and programs tomer ... Especially those who helping the homeless. A black-tie optional shindig keep coming back and back ... of which Hoa Kow of West Bloom- cocktail reception will be 6:30 p.m., dinner 7:30 p.m., dancing field has many. Now you know where Chinese and silent auction of items do- folks also go when they too want nated by film stars and area mer- chants ... and comedy from Alyce a good piece of white fish. IT STARTED in 1991 with Faye and Mary Miller of the Mo- 3,500 people coming for the pro- tor City Women of Comedy ... motion originally slated just for Tickets are $100 per person, or eight weeks of that year ... But $125 for those staying overnight the Winter Foods Festival by at Botsford Inn following the Rochester Chop House on Main event ... For tickets, call Kath- Street in Rochester, soon became leen Bruton at COTS, 313-831- an annual happening and in 3777. THIS YEAR'S may be one of 1994 served over 27,000. The fourth annual for 1995 has its best yet by the Ritz-Carlton, been extended to a nine-week run Dearborn, just off Hubbard through March 5, with owner Bill Drive and the Southfield ex- Kruse, managing partner Vince pressway, whose 1995 Interna- Clark and their chefs producing tional Cultural Festival, number weekly updated items that be- five, opens Jan. 31 and runs to March 5. come quick favorites. Emphasis this year will be on Many restaurants around these parts find the going rough French, German and Italian cui- this time of year, and it's a big sine, plus live children's enter- reason why Rochester Chop tainment, wine tastings, gourmet House's Winter Food Festival dining, fashion shows, elegant started in the first place ... Also, galas, international business fo- its menu items are usually at rums, etc ... Family events, top world chefs, gourmet dining, etc. their peak now. 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