Lullu's List
A selection of Salem-area restaurants appropriate for business entertaining.
--LULLU TRUIT, LULLU'S TUTTO CUCINA.
    Alessandro's Restaurant
      120 Commercial St NE, Salem, OR 97301,
      503-370-9951,
      www.alessandros120.com
      Intimate, dimly lighted.

    Amadeus Cafe
      5121 Skyline Village Loop S,
      Salem, OR 97306, 503-362-8830
      Great food in a light atmosphere.

    Court Street Dairy Lunch
      347 Court St NE,
      Salem, OR 97301, 503-363-6433
      Classic diner with friendly service.

    Grand China
      3330 Commercial St SE,
      Salem, OR 97302, 503-371-8855
      Very good traditional Chinese cuisine in a quiet atmosphere. Friendly service.

    India Palace
      377 Court St NE,
      Salem, OR 97301 503-371-4808
      Optional buffet for a quick lunch.

    J James Restaurant
      325 High St SE,
      Salem, OR 97301, 503-362-0888,
      www.jjamesrestaurant.com
      The best food Salem has to offer in a spacious, open and airy dining room.

    Jonathan's Oyster Bar
      445 State St,
      Salem, OR 9730,1 503-362-7219
      Comfortable booths; quick friendly service; consistently good food.

    Konditorei
      310 Kearney SE,
      Salem, OR, 97302,
      503.585.7070,
      gerryfrankskonditorei.com
      Great place for lunch and gossip.

    Kwan's Cuisine
      835 Commercial St SE, Salem, OR 97302
      503-362-7711,
      www.kwanscuisine.com
      Large selection of traditional Chinese food. Lakeview Restaurant at Creekside

    Golf Club
      6250 Clubhouse Dr SE,
      Salem, OR 97306, 503-316-5649.
      Traditional dining above the green with lake view.

    LaMargarita Co.
      545 Ferry St SE,
      Salem, OR 97301, 503-362-8861
      Popular with the younger set; large servings.

    Marco Polo Global Restaurant
      210 Liberty St SE,
      Salem, OR 97301, 503-364-4833
      Light and spacious; Oriental buffet is a lunch option.

    Old Europe Inn
      3195 Liberty Rd S,
      Salem, OR 97302, 503-588-3639
      Pleasant, intimate surroundings.

    Rice Time Fuji
      310 High St SE,
      Salem, OR 97301, 503-364-5512
      Good food. Fast and consistent.

    Rudy's At Salem Golf Club
      2025 Golf Course Rd S,
      Salem, OR 97302, 503-399-0449
      Traditional food that fits the pleasant surroundings of the golf course. Outdoor eating is a plus.

    Silver Grille
      206 E Main St,
      Silverton, OR 97381, 503-873-4035,
      www.silvergrille.com
      Small and intimate; great dinner.

    Wild Pear Catering & Restaurant
      3635 River Rd S,
      Salem, OR 97302 503-589-4532
      372 State S, Salem, OR 97301 503-378-7515
      Great food in a friendly setting.
Ask Lullu
BY LULLU TRUIT
This time before I write anything, I have to tell you that I’m a food magazine junkie.

I like to read cookbooks and to leaf through all kinds of magazines, as long as they have to do with food (even though I don’t follow any recipe). I appreciate the work that goes into making a dish taste good, and I appreciate it when it also looks good on the plate.

Now, here goes the BUT. But the other reason I like to read food magazines is because they contain information that you didn’t think you needed to know until you NEED it. You might still care less about it (the info), but it probably will nag you at the right moment when somebody asks you “Do you know . . .”. Then you can say “Of course . . .” and give them the correct answer, because you read it in Lullu’s Tidbits! How many pores are on an eggshell? How many employees work in the food industry?

Well, for your information: The food industry has employed 12.2 million workers in 2005 (National Restaurant Association) and that number is expected to go to 14 million by the year 2015. Oh yes, and 17,000 is the possible number of tiny pores covering the shell on a single chicken egg. Other fun facts to amaze your friends? The lobster increases in size twenty percent each time they shed their shells. By the time it reaches legal size, a lobster may molt twenty-fi ve times. The oyster’s shell grows one inch in one year. An oyster can be legally harvested only when its shell is three inches across.

Pretzel: the creation of a medieval Italian monk who gave the pretzel to children as an incentive to memorize prayers. The monk shaped the pretzels as are the folding arms of the children in prayer.

Potato chips: second in consumption after rice (worldwide). An American Indian “George Crum” – who worked as a chef in New England at the Moon Lake Lodge – created them because one dinner guest rejected the French fries he was served. He complained that the fries were too thick, so Crum did a “I’ll show you” kind of thing. He sliced the potato too thin and crisp on purpose. The guest was ecstatic. The potato chip was born. By George, thank you! Fig fl owers are inside the fruit, so fi g trees have no blossoms.

The peppercorn has been coming westward from India for 4,000 years. It was used like money for trading (no wonder it is still so expensive!). At times it had so much value, that if a peppercorn dropped to the fl oor, it was searched for if as it were a pearl!


Until next time
Ciao, Lullu

Lullu Truitt is owner of
Lullu's Tutto Cucina at
357 Court Street NE,

503-364-7900, lullu@tuttocucina.org.