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    New to LA (Mar Vista)

    in California: Dining

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    Just once you should line up at Tito's Tacos at Sepulveda & Washington Place. Get a couple of tacos with cheese and either red or green (hotter) salsa and something to wash it down with. Dress down. Check the crowd. Then for comparison, go to La Cabana at Lincoln & Rose in Venice and try their food especially the homemade tortillas.

    Drive a little further to Yabu on Pico in West LA for Japanese with Green Tea and Green Tea Ice Cream. Head over to Westwood Blvd. for really good Indian at Ambala Dhaba. Recommend the Ludhiana chicken. Pick up some wine at the Wine House on Cotner in the same vicinity.

    Fine Dining in LA or Vicinity

    in California: Dining

    Posted · Edited by hollywood (log)

    Ginza SushiKo (which has moved to Manhattan)

    Did it? Where? What's the new location/name?

    Bruce

    I think it's the same name. Supposed to be on Columbus Circle. Apparently in the AOL-Time Warner building. The same building where Keller's place is going to be. Gee, I wonder who has the dough to afford these restaurants?

    Fine Dining in LA or Vicinity

    in California: Dining

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    You may have noticed that the fine dining establishments in LA are almost always French based. Well, putting aside Nobu's places. There's also the possibility of Italian, specifically, Valentino in Santa Monica. Good food and a very extensive wine list. Genereally, there are two schools of thought here. First, unless you are known at the restaurant, you are treated cooly and left unsatisfied, what's the big deal, etc. Contrarily, throwing caution (and your credit card) to the wind, you advise the waitstaff that you want the kitchen to put together a memorable meal for you, hang the cost. Ditto with the sommelier. This has produced amazing results.

    Fine Dining in LA or Vicinity

    in California: Dining

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    Let's be candid about this. The City is full of New Yorkers who've come to LA looking for fine dining experiences and been disappointed. Only 2 places have generally pleased New Yorkers: Ginza SushiKo (which has moved to Manhattan) and The French Laundry (which is in Napa Valley and is opening up a related store in Manhattan). So, in that regard, why bother? But if you must, here are some recent thoughts. http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/01/dining-huneven.php

    On the other hand, you could get the idea that LA's strength is a bounty of Asian and Pan Latin dining experiences sans white, pink, salmon table cloths. Pick up Gold's Counter Intelligence and check out the variety of Chinese in the San Gabriel Valley, the multitude of Thai in Hollywood (and North Hollywood), the Japanese in Little Tokyo, Sawtelle, etc., the Mexican/Oaxacan/Salvadorean/Cuban all around the place. It's your choice: be disappointed, or be informed.

    Fine Dining in LA or Vicinity

    in California: Dining

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    All things considered, I'd recommend Josie in Santa Monica, sort of French, sort of American, with some but not sole emphasis on game. If you want something hip, it's the little plates at A.O.C. in West Hollywood. If you want an upscale steakhouse, there's a slew of them now.

    Fine Dining in LA or Vicinity

    in California: Dining

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    What do you think are the top few fine dining experiences in the LA area.

    I'm going to be in LA for 1-2 months, and may try one or two.

    Currently, I'm leaning toward Sona.

    I'm not looking to do sushi.

    What do people think of Bastide? I haven't seen much discussion of it on here ...

    Any other suggestions, even if they're out of town ...

    Where are you coming from and what are you looking for? Does your definition of fine dining include ambience or just the actual food? Fine dining along these lines frequently includes mentions of Spago, Sona, Bastide, Grace, Josie, L'Orangerie, La Cachette, Bel Air Hotel, Lucques, etc.

    Entries: Round Thirteen

    in Literary Smackdown Entries

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    Ferran Adria

    2 custom bound 6 month dairies

    1 super conducting frying pan

    1 cryogenic food processor

    1 spanish to english translator

    1 canister liquid nitrogen

    1 customer relationship manager

    1 call center with 50 operators

    1 express wormhole

    1 apple with an indentity crisis

    1 schizoid carrot

    and two peas

    I'm sure you guys can add more.

    Where is this grocery store?

    The Beer Church

    in Beer

    Posted

    Sweet.

    EDIT: anything to get me through the 7AM - 1PM Food and Beverage Purchasing and Cost Control class, man. Anything.

    After a class like that I imagine you need a beer. Hell, before a class like that....

    The Perlows to visit New Orleans

    in Louisiana: Dining

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    I am on my way at a rediculously early hour to pick up the Perlows for a brief tour of Cajun Country. Or at least I am going to pick them up if they avoided exploding last night.

    I met the Perlow's last evening in the Carrollton area of Uptown New Orleans at Jacques-Imo's. :biggrin:

    Dinner at Jacques-Imo's was, to put it mildly, a hit. At one point in the meal Jason decided that he just had to order one more thing. The sound he made when that deep fried roast beef po boy hit the table was EXACTLY the same sound that Homer Simpson makes when he slowly keels over from a long session at the donut counter (aaarrglllghhhhllleeehhhhaarrrgghhh :wacko: ).

    Briefly dinner consisted of

    Shrimp and Alligator Sausage Cheesecake

    Chicken Livers on toast (trust me on this one, just order it)

    Something Else very good involving oysters and butter and garlic

    Eggplant Pirouges with shrimp, crabmeat, oysters and art. hearts

    Stuffed Merlitons

    Fried Chicken (Austin WAS in the house)

    Deep Fried Roast Beef Po Boy

    Some kind of thick two layer chocolate mousse cake (in house, full time, pastry chef. rare here in New Orleans. )

    White Chocolate Brownie (Oh Lord, please let me eat this last bite before you take me from this place)

    Then it was over to the Maple Leaf so they could soak up a little underlife.

    Jason photographed everything that moved, so I am pretty sure you will be seeing all of this food somewhere/ Gotta Go pick em up. I will try to bring you breaking news of exploding tourists as it occurs.

    Damn. I put on 2 pounds just reading about this meal.

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