El Cocodrilo Rotisserie and Seafood Grill, downtown Pacific Grove, CA +-------------------------------------------------------------+ The atmosphere at El Cocodrilo -- the crocodile -- is casual and fun. Chef Aaron Aronson creates new dinner specials nightly. (Closed Tuesday, though) We love fanciful beer and food combinations. The restaurant is decorated with masks, pottery, plants, weavings, animal sculptures, and photographs of the American tropics, and it features a vibrant rain forest mural. In honor of its namesake, El Cocodrilo Rotisserie and Seafood Grill donates a percentage of its gross sales to the Orinoco Crocodile project in Venezuela. +-------------------------------------------------------------+ Try this recipe from The Crocodile's Cookbook: Bounty of the Americas +-------------------------------------------------------------+ Give a kick to your Thanksgiving menu. Cranberry Citrus Salsa is delicious on turkey, duck, pork, chicken, fish, or even mixed with rice. The Crocodile's Cookbook is full of recipes for every course as well as fun facts about food history and the wildlife living in tropical America. Mango cheesecake for dessert, anyone? +-------------------------------------------------------------+ El Cocodrilo's Cranberry Citrus Salsa makes approx. 4 cups +-------------------------------------------------------------+ 2 cups cranberries (fresh or frozen) 1 cup chopped yellow or red onions 1/2 cup fresh orange juice the zest from 1 orange 1 jalapeno chile, seeded and chopped 1/2 tsp. ginger 2 T. + 2 tsp. brown sugar 1 tsp. honey 1 1/2 T. rice wine vinegar 1 T. Tabasco sauce 2 T. chopped cilantro Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove it from the heat and let it cool while stirring carefully - - try not to split the cranberries! Chill before serving -- or serve the sauce hot. +-------------------------------------------------------------+ For dinner reservations, call 408/655-3311 +-------------------------------------------------------------+ Bon Appetit :-) email Contact:
Monterey, CA