MAY 28 • 2020 | 101
W
hen neighborhood
fine dining returns to
happy folks following
the terrible coronavirus days, joy
will bring many smiles again.
Excellent hereabouts
restaurants like
the Golden
Mushroom with
its loyal patronage
will never change
… The owner,
Reid Ashton,
also former head
of the Michigan
Restaurant Association, said,
“People are not
going to give up
caviar, champagne
and souffles.
”
The former del-
icatessen (Rascal
House) became
a fine dining eatery with its
stunning new appointments and
elegant culinary presentations
… It was regularly honored with
wall coverings of citations and
plaques.
Although signature dishes at
Golden Mushroom had always
featured elegant dishes, guests
were continually introduced to
new delicacies prepared by its
talented culinary team.
Without any doubt, the key
decision of hiring and partner-
ship away from the Original
London Chop House of Milos
Cihelka, Michigan’
s first certified
master chef, had itself caused a
huge commotion … As the cov-
eted executive chef, Milos over-
saw the Golden Mushroom’
s
kitchen for about 15 years with
a reputation of excellence unri-
valed in Michigan.
Restaurants like the
Golden Mushroom
will succeed again, and
their many dedicated
customers will gladly
return the smiles of its
owners.
VICARI VOICES are loud
that new Executive Chef Mark
Cassadi is no stranger in taking
over on retirement of Bill Hall at
Andiamo West, Telegraph and
15 Mile, Bloomfield Township
… Mark had previously been
head chef at Andiamo Trattoria
in Grosse Pointe … Joe and
Rosalie Vicari’
s Brownies On
The Lake has been made even
easier for boat dining on their
Lake St. Clair vessels … A huge
menu is available for them, too,
as a waitstaff member brings the
selected items to them for joy-
ous consumption.
REMEMBERING … The
numerous rides to one of Chuck
Muer’
s favorite restaurants
among many … This time it
was his noted elegant pet eat-
ery, The Gandy Dancer, once
built in Ann Arbor as an early
1879 train station, for Chuck’
s
favorite seafood delights … And
enjoying a luscious juicy steak
and homemade minestrone
soup at the original Lelli’
s Inn
on Woodward … served like a
vision of New York’
s Little Italy
in Manhattan.
OLDIE BUT GOODIE
(requested again) … While out
shopping, a young girl noticed
an elderly lady sitting on a park
bench sobbing her eyes out …
The girl stopped and asked why
she was crying … The lady said,
“I have a 22-year-old husband
at home. He makes love to me
every morning and then gets
up and makes me pancakes,
sausages, fresh fruit and fresh-
ly-ground coffee.
”
“That sounds terrific,
” said the
girl. “So why are you crying?”
The older woman continued,
“He makes me homemade soup
for lunch and my favorite cake.
”
“For that you are crying?”
asked the girl.
The aged woman says, “For
dinner he makes me a gourmet
meal with wine and my favorite
dessert and then makes love to
me until 2 o’
clock in the morn-
ing.
”
The girl asks again, “So why
in the world are you crying?”
The elderly lady sobbed again
and said, “I can’
t remember
where I live!”
CONGRATS … To Leslie
Pardo on her birthday … To
Alvin Frommer on his
birthday.
Email dannyraskin2132@gmail.com.
Danny Raskin
Senior Columnist
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