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Exquisite seafood entrées await guests at
“Australian Lobster Tails” are exquisite entrées at Pala Casino’s Oak Room. I take another bite of the flameseared lobster tail. It is succulent and slightly sweet. The butter drips a bit. It doesn’t matter. In this elegant European-inspired restaurant several miles inland from the ocean, a delicious world of seafood is waiting to be discovered; and I think I am doing a pretty good job at exploring.
Luscious seafood entrées, such as this three-pound “Maine Lobster,” are enjoyed by diners at Pala Casino’s Oak Room. Nathalie Taylor Special to the Village News There is a certain allure to seafood – especially lobster. The thought that it is compactly contained in a shell and once inhabited cold, unfamiliar waters, is enticing. Discovering the succulent meat inside the vibrant red shells is like discovering a treasure. I have savored lobster from the Atlantic Seaboard to Sweden, but some of the most delicious lobsters I have ever eaten were enjoyed at Pala Casino’s Oak Room. The three-pound Maine lobsters are flown in live; and the lobster tails are flash-frozen on boats, then transported by air from Australia. Alaskan king crab is shipped from the Bering Sea where the cold water fosters a rich flavor. The twelve-inch crab legs dangle over the plate a bit. They are steamed and served split so there is no fuss or pesky errant crab juices. Fresh fish is delivered to the restaurant six days a week, but it is not always the same fish. Orange roughy, pink snapper (from Hawaii), swordfish, and John Dory are a sampling of the fish available sporadically. Because of this, the fish menu at the Oak Room doesn’t stand still. It is ever-changing with only two exceptions – the Alaskan halibut and Atlantic salmon. Diners know the menu selections are as fresh as the fish. One of the most provocative items on the menu has the longest name: Broiled Stuffed Shrimp in Apple Wood Bacon. Stuffing shrimp with crab makes them appear larger, but in this case the
shrimp are quite large on their own. The tails tell that secret. Innovative crab-stuffed shrimp are tied with a ribbon of crisp bacon – these three components meld to create a definite taste explosion. Eight-ounce, twelve-ounce, onepound and two-pound are the size
choices for the Oak Room’s lobster tails. They are fire-roasted with butter, which seeps marvelously into the crevices of the meat to enhance the already enticing seaborne flavor. I sit at an eggshell-white linendraped table and close my eyes.
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Camp Pendleton fire has consumed more than 500 acres, rapidly traveling to the north towards Cleveland National Forest
The Camp Pendleton Fire Department said as of 3 p.m. today, Sat., Sept. 15, that with the help of mutual aid assets, the south and west portions of a wildland range fire has been contained at just over 500 acres. The fire started Friday, Sept. 14 at approximately noon during a training exercise in the Whiskey Impact Area.
Authorities reported this af ternoon that the fire is currently moving rapidly to the north where the base borders the Cleveland National Forest.
Camp Pendleton Fire has received help from mutual aid assets who remain on the scene. One mutual aid helicopter is providing support.
Fire of ficials reported that currently there are no reports of any injuries or damage to any structures. No structures are currently threatened. Camp Pendleton bat tles five brush fires sparked by military training exercises
At shortly af ter 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, authorities on Camp Pendleton reported that firefighters had been bat tling five small brush fires apparently sparked by
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There were no known structural threats in the early evening, though the flames were “sending up a lot of smoke,” Welsh said. Fires burning on Camp Pendleton
According to First Lt. Ryan Welsh, a number of small fires are burning on Camp Pendleton, in the Whiskey, Quebec and Zulu impact areas, all of which are in the center of the base. Smoke is visible on and of f base he said, but there is no threat to personnel or structures. A press release sent out earlier today stated that Camp Pendleton units will be conducting ex tended regimental live-fire artillery training exercises in the Whiskey and Zulu impact areas, Friday night through Saturday evening.
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CAMP PENDLETON - More than one fire has been started today, with the first one around noon. The fires are likely the result of live fire training being conducted today and tomorrow. A prior press release from Camp Pendleton warned of noise that would be generated by 25 Howitzer 155 mm cannons. It appears that there is no threat of structures at this time. The following general information is found on the Marine Corps Camp Pendleton’s fire information pages:
As a result of the nature of some of the live-fire training conducted on Camp Pendleton, impact-area fires are not uncommon. All Camp Pendleton impact-area fires are monitored by base fire fighters to insure they pose no threat to lives or property either on or of f base.
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