SPAGO Moroccan/White Truffle Lunch

November 9th, 2009 admin

[Show as slideshow] About every three weeks or so, Spago Executive Chef Eric Klein decides to change things up a bit and feature a $29 prix fixe lunch centered around the cooking of some exotic locale. He’s featured Filipino and Korean food (among others) lately, and last week it was his take on Morocco that brought us to The Forum Shops. Okay, that’s a lie. What also brought us to The Forum Shops was the chance to see how an uber-Alsatian chef does with the white truffles he had on hand, and to get a taste of his white truffle ice cream — the ultimate in dessert decadence. And, of course, there was the smoked salmon pizza, and the chance to kibbitz with Norm! and Robin Leach for awhile — and listen to them tell hair-…


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