World Champion pastry chefs Sebastien Cannone and Jacquy Pfeiffer, owners of the French Pastry School, will demonstrate the art of making chocolate candies from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the World Kitchen inside the Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, 66 E. Randolph.
The class will cover the history of chocolate as well as tempering and proper handling of chocolate. Recipes for truffles, molded bon- bons and sugar candies also will be available.
The fee is $20; for details and registration, call (312) 742-8497 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
TUNNEL OF LOVE: Treat your honey to a Valentine's Day dinner tonight at Le Passage, located down a cobblestone passageway at One Oak Place, (between Oak and Walton on Rush).
A special four-course, prix-fixe menu will be offered and will begin with a glass of Perrier Jouet Champagne, followed by your choice of lobster salad or smoked salmon, soup or salad, Dover sole or roasted breast of duck and chocolate souffle or chocolate-dipped strawberries.
The tab is $60 a person; for reservations, call (312) 255-0022.
OLD SAIGON: Take your loved-one on a journey back in time at the Valentine's Day dinner tonight at Le Colonial, 937 N. Rush. Feast on Chef Quoc Luong's three-course prix-fixe meal served in a setting that ``recaptures the beauty, romance and spirit of French colonial southeast Asia from the 1920s.'' Menu items include asparagus and crabmeat soup, Vietnamese spring rolls, Maine lobster with eggplant in coconut-curry sauce, sauteed filet mignon with sate spice or ginger-marinated roast duck with tamarind sauce.
The tab is $60 a person; for reservations, call (312) 255-0088.
OCEAN VIEW: Take to the seas for Valentine's Day with two special menus offered tonight through Saturday at Catch 35, 35 W. Wacker. Chef Eak Prukpitikul will offer a four-course dinner, featuring Australian green back lobster tail, for $65 or a five-course meal featuring fresh turbot flown in from Holland for $85.
For reservations, call (312) 346-3500.
LATIN LOVER: For a south-of-the-border Valentine's Day celebration, try the San Valentine degustation menu tonight at Adobo Grill, 1610 N. Wells.
