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Tea Time
At Indonique (4861 Magazine St., 891-8776), a new tea cafe, proprietor George
Constance wants you to learn about teas as much as he wants you to drink them.
Menu cards describe the different processes that result in white, green, oolong
and black teas, all of which originate from the camellia sinensis plant. Teas
not made from this plant, explains the menu, are technically tisanes. At least
47 varieties of teas and tisanes are available by the cup or the bag at Indonique.
Constance is exacting about steeping times, setting a timer at three minutes for
a South African rooibos tisane and at just 45 seconds for a cup of Chinese shoo
mei white tea. The house brew is a milky, spiced Indian chai made to his India-born
wife, Daya's, taste. I've already managed to make this chai, and the bite-size
rosemary-pecan tea cookies, a habit. The couple moved their store Uptown, to the
corner of Magazine and Upperline streets, from its previous location on the Northshore.
Indonique opens at 10 a.m. daily; closing time, usually between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.,
is flexible. Visit www.indonique.com.
Tea Leaves
The Northshore lost a tea cafe, but it gained a tea salon. Vianne's (544 Gerard
St., Mandeville, 985-624-5683) offers simple pots of tea, soups, salads, sandwiches
and afternoon high tea service in the English custom. Vianne's is open from
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Visit www.viannes.com.
The Grapevine
August Kesseler of Germany's Weingut August Kesseler will host a wine dinner
at Emeril's (800 Tchoupitoulas St.) beginning at 6:30 p.m. this Friday. Kesseler
will pour seven of his vineyard's wines to pair with such dishes as Frisian
mussel stew, sauerbraten and Black Forest cherry torte. The cost is $150, all-inclusive.
Call 558-3924 for reservations.
Dog Gone
Old Dog New Trick (517 Frenchmen St.), the city's only all-vegetarian, full-service
restaurant, has closed.
Having Said That ...
But there's plenty of barbecue for everyone. Gary Wollerman and Tenney Flynn,
also partners in GW Fins (808 Bienville St., 581-3467), recently opened ZydeQue
(808 Iberville St., 565-5520) in a portion of the space formerly occupied by
the jazz club Storyville District. They rub chicken, pork and beef with Paul
Prudhomme-designed seasonings and then cook them over burning hickory and pecan
woods.
Cork Free
Wine collectors: Bear in mind that The Croziers don't charge a corkage fee
on Monday evenings at their Chateaubriand Steakhouse (310 N. Carrollton Ave.,
207-0016).
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