Restaurant: Republique [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Location: 624 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036. (310) 362-6115
Date: July 12, 2023
Cuisine: Modern Bistro French
Rating: Nice (loud) space, tasty hip food, great service
I haven’t been back to Republique in a while, but this special Latour dinner was a great excuse!
Still doing great even years later.
We are, of course, in the private room. Way better than downstairs at this very loud but very good restaurant.
The menu.
The trio of amuses.
They came on these little trays.
BLUEFIN TUNA TOAST. kaluga caviar, smoked tomato. Nice smokey taste, almost like there was some lard in there.
TAYLOR KUMAMOTO OYSTER. champagne granité, kaluga caviar.
KALUGA CAVIAR. potato chip. This is a republique classic.
Lovely and quite fresh for its age.
Sadly lightly corked.
KANPACHI CRUDO. weiser farms melon, cherry tomato, lemon cucumber, coconut thai curry, peanuts, basil. Great. Very “Thai” with a strong coconut flavor and great textures.
The infamous bread and butter. So addictive. Knocked me right off the no carb wagon.
WILD PORCINI MUSHROOM SOUP. maine lobster, black truffle. A very nice creamy soup with big chunks of lobster.
CHARCOAL-GRILLED SANTA BARBARA PRAWNS. jus de tête, sauce vin jaune. Great char on the shrimp plus a nice bite and potent sweetness. Tons of acidity in the “shell based” sauce.
Walter visits.
DOVER SOLE À LA MEUNIÈRE. potato gnocchi, sauce matelotte. Fabulous soft fish. I do really like sole done in this classic way. The sauce had a lot of acidity too.
PORCINI TARTE FINE. eggplant, brown butter. Very crispy. The tart base, while it looks like a pizza, was a laminated buttery dough. The combo of the hazelnuts really took it up a notch too.
MEZZE MANICHE. morel mushroom, black truffle. Perfectly al dente with nice bite and a great cheesy truffle vibe.
WOLFE RANCH QUAIL. anson mills polenta, chanterelle mushrooms. The quail was extremely nice and the jus even better!
MIYAZAKI WAYGU. potato mousseline, black truffle. So rich and delicious. Almost too rich for me and that’s saying a lot!
Cheese plate. We had so much wine we needed a bit of cheese.
TIRAMISU. harry’s berries strawberry, white chocolate sabayon. The only thing tiramisu about this was the layers with cream, as it was essentially just a strawberries and cream parfait. But woah was it good. Super fresh and intense berries and a wonderful sweet creamy sabayon.
Lotsta wine!
Another incredible dinner. Even though this was more or less the “default” private room tasting menu, Republique hit it out of the park. Wines were amazing too. haha.