Restaurant: Tata’s Cafe [1, 2]
Location: 12627 Hawthorne Blvd, Hawthorne, CA 90250. (424) 675-4168
Date: October 20, 2022
Cuisine: New American
Rating: Great ingredients and a lot of fun
My good friend Jeff Bovon owns and operates this unusual restaurant in Hawthorne. He’s part chef, part food importer and supplier, being a purveyor of super high quality seafood and meats and he basically took over this little cafe and turned it into a very unusual destination. Chevy setup a big custom group dinner.
The interior is basically a little Hawthorne cafe that’s been mildly scaled up.
60 day dry aged Tomohawk — too old — but ambitious.
Giant lobsters
Cold Seafood plater. Very nice. The red sauce on the scallop (a sweet chili sauce) was pretty good too.
Steamed Littleneck Clams. With a mild curry flavor.
Seared Branzino. The fish was nice, but the green spicy tomatillo sauce was amazing!
Leering at us.
Seared A5 Wagyu. Super tender and probably the best “main.”
60 day dry aged Tomohawk. I actually didn’t like it at all, too “cheesy” and funky.
Baked Lobster Tails. These, however, were awesome. I think I had three.
Creamed spinach — rich but great.
Sautéed mushrooms. Nice.
Brussels. Also good.
My personal plate.
Cheese plate.
Dessert plate.
Pure and Concentrated Evil — Kentucky Mud Pie Gelato — Expresso Knob Creek Bourbon Custard Gelato base with layers of house-made Crushed Oreo Valrhona Fudge Ganache, and house-made Vanilla Coconut Cream Cheese Icing — The Plaid Mode of Gelati and includes a hefty Caffeine kick — made by me for @sweetmilkgelato — #dessert #icecream #FrozenDessert #nomnom #dessertlovers #dessertporn #icecreamlovers #gelatoitaliano #foodporn #gelatolover #food #foodgasm #foodblogger #dessertgasm #desserttime #foodphotography #gelatoartigianale #gelatomania #dessertlover #icecream #icecreamlovers #coconut #valrhona #chocolate #ganache #expresso #bourbon #custard #oreos #icing
Summertime calls for — Yuzu Meyer Lemon Sorbetto — Japanese Yuzu Juice, Fresh Meyer Lemon Juice — made by me for @sweetmilkgelato — #SweetMilkGelato #gelato #dessert #icecream #FrozenDessert #nomnom #dessertlovers #dessertporn #icecreamlovers #gelatoitaliano #foodporn #gelatolover #food #foodgasm #foodblogger #dessertgasm #desserttime #foodphotography #gelatoartigianale #gelatomania #dessertlover #icecream #icecreamlovers #sorbetto #yuzu #meyer #lemon
We had a very fun time. Big group and diverse wines with a LOT of food. I mean a LOT of food, even by our standards!