How to Celebrate A Cultural Easter this Year

April 10, 2019

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Easter menu trends may be pointing toward more comfort food, the settings can also be more formal and still fun. Judging from our meal at Maple in Descanso Gardens, we highly recommend any of the following offerings for this 2019 season.

Descanso Gardens’ Maple offers a special Easter brunch menu including the Belgian Waffle with fresh market berries, and the Aged-Cheddar Omelet with 2-year-aged Grafton and Vermont cheddar. Executive Chef Philip Mack adds his twist to the new culinary darling, Deviled Eggs, topping them with lemon/chive egg mousse, smoked paprika, and an applewood smoked bacon crumble.

Bloody Mary Crafted Cocktails of titos vodka, traditional red spicy or mild,lime, olives.

Squash Blobbonm Frittata with organic farm eggs, zucchini, tomato, goat cheese, goat cheese-stuffed blossoms, chipotle carrot hollandaise.

Espresso Toast on house-made banana bread, espresso mascarpone, puffed buckwheat

Keeping in the chick and egg there is the signature (buttermilk) Fried chicken and Beignets with herbed honey and delicate fried thyme

A lush dessert topped with fresh berries.

Descanso Gardens’ guided Spring Bloom Strolls (through cherry blossoms, flowering trees and other vibrant florets) will be held on Easter Sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. You could not ak for a lovelier spring garden than this place this year. It put everyone in the best of moods when we were there. As my friend pointed out, even the children were on their best behavior for nature. There’s a park bench just waiting for you.

Price: $90 Adult | $45 Child for a Brunch Buffet

Food is art and art is food at LACMA’s Ray’s and Stark Bar

Price: $15-$16 a la Carte

Ray’s and Stark Bar at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for Easter Brunch by Executive Chef Fernando Darin features three specials including Ray’s Eggs Benedict, Dark Chocolate Pancakes, and a Soft Egg Scramble Egg Toast with robiolina cheese, maitake mushrooms and pickled onions. LACMA’s Boone Children’s Gallery next door offers a free, creative space where visitors of all ages are invited to explore the art of brush painting.

Explore Pacific Rim fare and Bowers Museum Culture at Tangata

Price: $55 Adult | $32 Child (under 10); Brunch Buffet with Coffee and Soft Drinks included; 11 AM-3 PM

Executive Chef Stefano Ciociola at Tangata has created a regionally inspired brunch ranging from Southern Banana Fosters French Toast with Chantilly cream to northwestern Wood-Plank Roasted Salmon with herb crusted and lemon caper sauce. Follow or precede your meal at Bowers Museum’s Guo-Pei exhibit, showcasing couture fashion.

Fine-dining for Easter Brunch at Leatherby’s Café Rogue

Price: $49 per guest for 3 Courses

Leatherby’s Café Rogue, located inside the beautiful Segerstrom Center for the Arts (SCFTA) features Executive Chef Greg Stillman Easter Brunch menu. Eethnic-inspired appetizers include a Loch Duarte Salmon Crudo followed by an entrée of Baked Egg Shakshouka. Desserts to cap off the meal include an Exotic Donut with tropical fruit and basil sauce or a Milk Chocolate Namelaka with passion sauce and caramel Chantilly. On Easter Sunday, the highly-touted, technicolor Shen Yun is performing at SCFTA.

A French experience at Kendalls Brasserie

Price: from $13 to $38 a la Carte In France, while the Easter Bunny is starting to make a name for himself, traditionally cloches volantes, or “flying bells” brought treats for children. The Music Center Easter meal offers a la carte brunch specials from Executive Chef Jean Pierre Bosc like an Easter Frittata with seasonal mushrooms, asparagus, cherry tomato, fresh mozzarella, basil pistou, and Yukon gold potatoes. On Easter Sunday, the Tony Award®-winning musical Falsettos is showing at the Music Center.