Napa Rose Anaheim Diners searching for the ideal expression of wine-country cooking should hasten to downtown Anaheim, where Disney recently opened Napa Rose in the Grand Californian hotel, on the grounds of the new California Adventure theme park. The company lured highly regarded executive chef Andrew Sutton away from stellar Napa restaurant Auberge du Soleil and let him assemble some of California's best produce and artisanal products and a vast array of the state's best wines. The results, as they say in these parts, are boffo. A 237-seat dining room with vaulted ceilings, a huge open kitchen and murals of rolling farmland set the stage for a tempting collection of fresh seasonal dishes. Temple Beverly Hills Dining at the sublime new Temple isn't necessarily a religious experience.
Waiters begin and end each meal by bringing complementary palate teasers.
Desserts such as sweet potato bread pudding and banana spring rolls are equally enlightening and make Temple a welcome way station on the path toward Nirvana. The concept behind The House sounds so inviting that it makes you want to cheer before you take a bite. Given the potential for sentimentality, it seemed like an ideal place to take one of my childhood friends. But some aspects of our visit reminded me of those times at home when Mom was in one of her moods. I'll probably drop by The House and see what's for dinner.