50869 Tue Jul 09 12:26:45 -0700 2002 14 2 Los Angeles Area 0 257928 Very noteable article in today's LA Times in the Southern California Living section by Hilary MacGregor on Mashti M. Lots of color photos and back ground on the two brothers, Mashti and Mehdi Shirvani and how they got into the business and how they make their ice creams. If you go on line to www.latimes.com you have to register, but it's free and easy. Tue Jul 09 12:26:45 -0700 2002 0 WLA 1 257934 There's a line in the article about stirring the ice chips into the ice-cream by hand. And I had an epiphany. Those slivers of ice are SUPPOSED to be in there! It's not freezer burn! Right? Tue Jul 09 14:34:38 -0700 2002 257928 0 Dumpling 2 257940 I wondered about that as well. I am always looking to avoid ice chips in my ice cream. Oh well, an untutored palate is open to an education in my case, I hope. Tue Jul 09 15:22:07 -0700 2002 257934 0 WLA 3 260379 The chips are not Ice . They are Real Cream Chips. Sun Aug 18 20:56:37 -0700 2002 257940 0 matt 2 257986 I thought those were more like unincorporated butter/cream chips because they're not really icy. Good stuff though. Wed Jul 10 02:38:20 -0700 2002 257934 0 petradish 1 257950 I went there the first time a few weeks ago. The owners were really nice and told me about the lemon ice shaving thing and to put the syrup on it. I had the rosewater pistachio, which was an interesting flavor. Tue Jul 09 17:37:17 -0700 2002 257928 0 Xericx 1 257960 After lunch at Campanile we stopped at MASHTI's and Kar and I didn't think it was very good. We had the Pistachio rosewater and French Vanilla. Kar jumped out of the car on Hollywood Bl to place the 85 percent remaining ice cream in the trash. On the bright side the brothers(owners) are extremely nice and I'm sure there are lot's of people who love it there. The best Middle eastern Ice cream(Ashta) I've ever had was in Glendale near Colorado- Brand. I like HAN'S in Santa Ana(so rich you'll think Hagen is Ice milk) near SC Plaza or PARADISO GELATO in Newport which I think is better than all of the LA places previously mentioned(I've been to most). Tue Jul 09 20:26:59 -0700 2002 257928 0 russkar 2 257965 Is paradiso Gelato inside Fashion Island in the food court? I had some really good gelato there a few months back, but was wondering if that was the place you were thinking of. Tue Jul 09 21:40:33 -0700 2002 257960 0 Xericx 3 257991 That's a Satelite of the Real Deal. The ACTUAL production(where the machine makes it) of the "Dream Stuff" is across from Bristol Farms two blocks away near Avocado and PCH. Too Good! Today and tomorrow PASTINA has a Macadamian Tart that's a perfect combo with NY Cheesecake, guess where I'm having lunch? Wed Jul 10 08:45:48 -0700 2002 257965 0 russkar 1 257977 If you have a library card, you can acess the L.A. Times Newsbank via the Los Angeles Public Library site www.lapl.org or directly from http://webcheck.lapl.org/one/latimes_greet.html Just input your library card number and zip code to be taken to a search page. (1985-Current) Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded. Just for the heck of it, I searched for "Pinot Bisto" and got quite a few hits. Better than the L.A. Times site which charges for archived articles. Link: http://webcheck.lapl.org/one/latimes_greet.html Wed Jul 10 01:35:44 -0700 2002 257928 0 Barbara 2 257981 is that the infobank that they got at the Santa monica and Bev, hills libraries. it's great and it's free too, instead of paying 2.50 for an article. i didn't know we could actually access it from the net. thanks. Wed Jul 10 01:44:12 -0700 2002 257977 0 kevin 3 257997 I don't know if it's the same infobank that they have at the Santa Monica and Beverly Hills libraries but I suspect that it is. There are quite a few data bases that can be accessed from the LAPL site, some requiring a library card, others not. Take a look at the left side of the page on http://www.lapl.org/elec_neigh/index.html. Selecting "California Index" will take you to a search page. If you search for "restaurants", you will see photos of some older L.A. dining establishments. Also on that page is a tab for "Menu Collection" which doesn't seem to be working right now. I tried to search for some menus over the weekend but received a message "Unable to access the textbase". I have used it in the past though and I will try to contact them today to see what the problem is. BTW, neither of these requires a library card. Link: http://www.lapl.org/elec_neigh/index.html Wed Jul 10 09:44:12 -0700 2002 257981 0 Barbara 4 257998 Oops. The better way to see photos in the Electronic Neighborhood is to select "Photo Collection" rather than "California Index" on the left side of http://www.lapl.org/elec_neigh/index.html To view photos of all of the restaurants, simply search for "restaurant". You can, of course, search for a particular restaurant. Other chow-related links can be accessed from the "Other Local Resources" link. Among them are L.A. Magazine, Downtown News, and L.A. Weekly, all of which have restaurant info. Those sites can also be accessed from their own URL's. Link: http://www.lapl.org/elec_neigh/index.html Wed Jul 10 10:18:57 -0700 2002 257997 0 Barbara 5 258008 The webmaster at LAPL is right on top of things. Within an hour of my e-mailing to say that I was getting an error message for the Menu Collection, I rec'd a reply that it had been fixed. If you want to see some old menus online, this is the place to do it. Link: http://www.lapl.org/elec_neigh/index.html Wed Jul 10 12:32:27 -0700 2002 257998 0 Barbara Nevens 1 258451 everyone goes for the pistachio saffron, i did too at first. but the best in my opinion is the creamy rosewater and the rosewater ginger. sooo good. Thu Jul 18 18:45:04 -0700 2002 257928 0 aristea