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Sushi Roku in Fashion Island garners well-deserved praise in the press

Our friends at IDG should be very happy--Sushi Roku's newest location in Fashion Island is getting quite the share of good press lately! We couldn't be happier for our friends and long-term clients. Take a look at some of the recent articles and mouth-watering pics!

OC Register

The Gossiping Gourmet

OC Mom Dining

Orange County Zest

LOCALE

Visit Newport Beach Blog

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Beautiful food pics from Vespaio

In case you've not yet eaten at Ago Sciandri's newest restaurant, check out these photos of dishes that will have your mouth watering in no time.  Remember that Ago officially opens after the 18th, with breakfast/brunch to start soon after.  Better make your reservations now! 

See the photos here on the Zagat website.   

Vespaio soft opens tomorrow in downtown LA

For the past year Shambra Restaurant Conuslting has partnered with Ago Sciandri, to bring to light his newest restaurant Vespaio ("wasp's nest"  in Italian). Tapped early in the process to provide design consulting and equipment purchasing, Sciandri selected SRC for our outstanding service and experience in commercial kitchen design, extending a relationship that also includes Toscanova (Century City and Calabasas), The Juicy Bird, Cafè Roma, and upgrades and service support to Ago and Sortino. 

Vespaio showcases some of the best and most extensive equipment and services provided by SRC. The restaurant will boast a three-meal service throughout the day, including bar service and pastries made in-house. Featured equipment includes a GrandFlame Rotisserie oven by Rotisol with stunning brass and emerald green enamel; a full-sized pizza oven by Morello Forni (which had to be lifted by crane!) through our great friends at Rosito Bisani; and beautiful pastry cases from Oscartek. In addition, SRC supplied the equipment and installation for cooking/heating, refrigeration, bar service and refrigeration, prep, dish room, and walk-ins as well as custom steel fabrication. 

We are very excited for our friends Ago Sciandri, his son Sandro Sciandri, and all of the Ago team. Thank you for your continued support and we will be by soon for incredible pastas, wood crisped pizza, and rotisserie fired chicken and other sure-to-surprise items from the rotisserie! 

Salute e buona fortuna! Ci vediamo presto! 

Read the Eater LA story here, and be sure to see the new photos we posted in our photo gallery!

To char or not to char . . . your vegetables

How do you like your vegetables? Raw, blanched, or black and crispy? SRC is very familiar with cooking veggies (ask Mr. Shambra's vegetarian SO about that) and occasionally chars an asparagus or two when called for in his own home cooking. 

National Restaurant News thinks this trend is making a comeback as well. Read their article at the link below.

Chefs rekindle interest in charring vegetables 

Love & Salt is home to one of Eater's Young Guns - Rebecca Merhej

Shambra Restaurant Consulting wants to congratulate Rebecca Merhej, Chef de Cuisine and Pastry Chef of one of our clients, Love and Salt. Merhej is a finalist in Eater's best of the best under 30, and awarded Young Gun for 2015. 

Read about her shining career on the Eater LA website here. Congratulations Rebecca!