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Huntington Beach, Calif.–Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort is known
for its excellent catering, conference
and banquet meals. It has been a
community favorite for over a decade.
But sometimes overlooked is the Shades
restaurant faire. While this
luxury resort hotel offers many
amenities, one of its finest is its
food.
The
same great chef that's been on staff
throughout most of its existence, Jeff
Littlefield, directs his kitchen staff
to prepare top quality salads, fish,
steaks and other treats. The community
loves to come out for the special event
brunches on Mother's Day and
Thanksgiving, but why not try dropping
by for a special salad and soup, plus
some dessert?
You'll be pleasantly surprised at the
refreshing ingredients, light
preparations that enhance flavors that
originate from each food, and incredible
accents such as slivers of pickled beets
which I would normally dislike. But in
this kitchen's creative culinary care,
things that once seemed unappealing
becoming surprisingly delicious.
The
fresh spinach salad pictured above is
one such example. Simple in it
preparation, any salad aficionado knows
the green stuff is the start of a
successful salad plate. On this account,
the Waterfront Shades "gets it."
Fresh, clean, crisp, cool, and accented
by just the right amounts of sweet and
salt, the salad I tasted include fresh
boiled egg pieces and a slightly sweet
vinaigrette, one of the hotel's best
products they create.
On
this particular evening I met a friend
at the 2nd story restaurant overlooking
the swimming pool and Pacific Ocean. It
was one of those moist evenings where
you're glad to be in air conditioning,
yet can enjoy the ocean views from your
table views.
Named
Shades for the red lamp shades that hang
from the ceiling creating a club effect,
we suspect this restaurant has set sites
on future transformations and re-names
to reflect trends. That's one of the
things you can appreciate about its
operations. Innovation is key to keeping
it fresh at
Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort in
Huntington Beach, CA! |
