Hollywood Studio Magazine (February 1972)

‘Round 'TV Qood Tables’ Where food and entertainment are fun with Geni Charlesworth f This year, my dear eager eaters of the Egg Roll, is Chinese New Year 4670, and it is Year of the Rat. To the ancient Chinese, the Rat was not only considered cleverest of all the animals, but he was also able to manipulate himself out of tight places. Chinese legend tells us that the Emperor of Heaven held a celestial race for his 12 favorite animals including the Cat and the Rat. The shrewd Rat told kitty that the race was to be held on the day after the actual event! Ergo, centuries of animosity betw’ixt ’em! The Emperor of Heaven, miffed at the Cat’s absence from the race, omitted Cat from the traditional Chinese calendar, for all time, making it a double whammy, so to speak, on poor pussycat! Each year, our Chinese friends celebrate this special and festive holiday. Bob and Bill Lee of the Lee family, owners of 17-years established Ho Toy’s Cantonese restaurant, 4630 Van Nuys Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, make it a very special event two ways for their patrons. They not only feature a lavish umpteen course Cantonese feast, but also present it at a very special price. This Chinese New Year, Ho Toy’s festival will begin February 11th and extend through February 21st which also just happens to be Washington’s Birthday by OUR new shifted holiday dates. The sumptuous New Year’s dinner is tabbed at $6.00 each per person, for two or more people. Here’s what you get: Choice of two regular cocktails or one fancy Polynesian drink of your choice; appetizers of Chinese barbecued sparerib, Rumaki, Chinese fried shrimp, and chicken egg roll, Winter melon soup, a delectable Chinese gourmet delight, Cashew chicken, pork fried rice, and sweet and sour pork. If three campadres order together, you get an extra dish of shrimp with lobster sauce, and four persons the extra, extra bonus dish of ham chow don. Dinner is climaxed by a wonderful, almond flavored gelatin with fruit, tea and fortune cookies. Reservations suggested. 783-0460. Ho Toy’s is open every day of the year except Thanksgiving. Joining in the New Year’s celebration are the Lee family’s popular Chinese Express take-outs in Encino and Sepulveda, and the thriving Number One Son mini-Cantonese restaurants and takeoutlets located in Woodland Hills, Northridge, and Panorama City. Number One Son dineries have a particularly appealing offer to mark Year of the Rat. For a modest tab of only 99 cents, you get their regular No. 2 family-style Cantonese dinner, usually a buck thirty-five! Furthermore, with purchases of $3.00 or more, patrons will receive a free Chinese rice or soup bowl complete with chopsticks! This certainly is an opportune, and inexpensive time for many of you Good Tablers and families to get acquainted with the outstanding Cantonese cuisine served by the Lee family’s restaurants. Same celebration date as Ho Toy’s except that Number One Son in Woodland Hills and in Northridge are closed on Tuesdays. *** Frank McGuire of the big plush McGuire’s restaurant, 8232 DeSoto Avenue, Canoga Park, has big news at big $savings with big enjoyment for you, the customer. McGuires is now featuring a noontime businessman’s buffet for only a $1.65 served Monday through Friday. Featured, too, is a plentiful assortment of freshly-made salads at their Salad Bar. All kinds of hot and $ GOING GOLFING 7 ■ ...bring your fishin' gear HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIVES for $35.* 3 DAYS - 2 NITES. Come to the real country; breathe clean air; golf to your heart’s content... there’s no other place like it! Join Marty’s “GOLF PARTY”, the ultimate in foods, drinks and accom¬ modations to satisfy the most discriminating. Come any time... don’t miss the fun! ‘Price based on per person, double occupancy. M&w Write for “Golf Party" package: 3232 E. Mission Ave./Oceanside, Ca. 92054 or call (714) 757-7700