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This Event:

	Wed	12/18	Paradise, Mountain View

Coming Events:
	Wed	12/18	Paradise, Mountain View
	Wed	12/25	any volunteers?
	Wed	1/1	any volunteers?
	THURS	1/9	Amarin Thai, Mountain View
	Wed	1/15	Kim's Vietnamese, Mountain View

Web page for KW schedules, restaurant reviews, etc:
	http://kabuki-west.org/ aka   http://midgard.net/~strata/kabuki/

Time:
	7:45 pm

Place:
	Paradise Cafe
	1350 Grant Road
	Mountain View, CA
	(650) 968-5949

Description:

	Paradise has a large number of meat dishes (beef, lamb, chicken), 
	but also has a variety of vegetarian offerings.  Rice is included 
	with virtually every dish, but the meat dishes do not include 
	vegetables.  Some of the rice offerings are flavoured with a 
	variety of interesting choices, for example, sweet and sour 
	cherries.  They do have grilled tomatoes available as a side 
	dish, but I was not impressed with the tomatoes the last time 
	I was there - they tasted overripe.  Their kabobs are wonderful - 
	get the chicken/sirloin combination.  

	Also, they offer two Persian sherbets, mint (sekanjabin) and 
	cherry - these are drinks, not desserts, and they're very nice. 
	They have also been expanding their menu to include more Afghan 
	dishes, although at the expense of my favorite appetizer, the 
	Cheese and Herbs dish.

    	Entree prices range from $9 to $15.  Kebabs and rice dishes 
	tend to be at the low end of the range. 

	[Somewhat dated-- recent review indicates appetizer, drink, and 
	main dish will come to $22 - $28/pp if folks order off high end 
	of menu. Also gone missing seems to be my favorite rice specialty 
	dish, the albaloo pollo, chicken kebab with a rice pilaf of tangy 
	orange peel and pistachios.  Oh well! Times change! _SRC]

	[Review by jdickinson]

    	Kabuki was last at Paradise in July 2002

Directions:

    Short:
	Paradise is at the corner of Phyllis and Grant in Mountain View; Grant
	road turns into 237 as it crosses El Camino heading towards the bay.

    Public Transit:
	Paradise is mere blocks from El Camino on Grant Road.  Your best bet
	is to take CalTrain down the peninsula (if you're starting in/near SF),
	and then walk to El Camino (away from the bay) from the Mountain View
	train station, and take the 22 (El Camino) bus to Grant road (away from
	SF), and then walk the several more blocks to Phyllis (again, away from 
	the bay).

    Long:
	From the East bay, take 880 south to 237, then 237 west until it turns
	into a city street (Grant Road).  You will pass El Camino (its large
	and well marked), and there will be the proverbial minimall on your
	left.  The next actual intersection will be Phyllis; turn right and
	turn into the parking lot next to the restaurant.
	From the City or Mid-Peninsula, take 101 south to Moffet Blvd.  Turn
	toward the ocean onto Moffet, and continue through downtown Mountain
	View to El Camino.  Turn left and continue on El Camino to Grant.  Turn
	Right, pass the aforementioned mini-mall, and turn right and into the
	lot next to the restaurant.

	[Directions by jdickinson]