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Jer-ne to the center of the Marina

October 31, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Jer-ne Location: Ritz-Carlton. 4375 Admiralty Way. Marina del Rey, California 90292 USA. (310) 823-1700 Date: October 29, 2011 Cuisine: Californian Rating: Solid _ When the Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey renovated and opened its new restaurant in the early 2000s the naming committee was obviously inspired by Steve Martin‘s classic LA…

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Fraiche Santa Monica part deux

October 29, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Fraiche Santa Monica [1, 2] Location: 312 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401. Phone : 310.451.7482 Date: October 21, 2011 Cuisine: Cal French Italian Rating: Not a bad facelift. _ Fraiche and Fraiche Santa Monica have gone through a number of ownership and chef changes…

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Echigo Sushi

October 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

Restaurant: Echigo Location: 12217 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 201. Los Angeles, CA 90025. (310) 820-9787 Date: October 27, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Sushi Rating: Very good warm-rice style sushi _ Back when my office was at the Watergarden in Santa Monica Echigo was one of…

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Loving Lukshon

October 22, 2011 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Lukshon Location: 3239 Helms Ave, Culver City, CA 90034. 310.202.6808 Date: October 20, 2011 Cuisine: New Asian Rating: Pretty damn tasty _ A couple of years ago my office was in Culver City, and the restaurant revolution there was already well under…

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Blue Plate Oysterette

October 21, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Blue Plate Oysterette Location: 1355 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90402. 310.576.3474 Date: October 18, 2011 Cuisine: American Seafood Rating: Good eats _ Blue Plate Oysterette is a relatively new (couple years) addition to Santa Monica’s high turnover Ocean…

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Takao Top Omakase

October 18, 2011 | 6 Comments

Restaurant: Takao [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Location: 11656 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049. (310) 207-8636 Date: October 16, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese / Sushi Rating: 9/10 creative “new style” sushi _ I’ve already covered Takao in some detail HERE and then separately here, here and here. The full menu…

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Bouchon Beverly Hills

October 17, 2011 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Bouchon Beverly Hills [1, 2, 3] Location: 235 NORTH CANON DRIVE | BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 | 310.271.9910 Date: October 15, 2011 Cuisine: French Bistro Rating: Good, but expensive _ In the last three-four years there’s been a bit of a…

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Manpuku – Not so Secret Beef

October 16, 2011 | 1 Comments

Restaurant: Manpuku Location: 2125 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025. (310) 473-0580 Date: October 14, 2011 Cuisine: Yakinaku Rating: Tasty BBQ, good value _ Manpuku is a Yakinaku (Japanese style Korean BBQ) joint in the heart of the Sawtelle little-Tokyo area (just a few stores…

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Go Sushi Goes To Lunch

October 12, 2011 | 2 Comments

Restaurant: Go’s Mart [1, 2] Location: 22330 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303  818.704.1459 Date: October 11, 2011 Cuisine: Japanese Sushi Rating: Possibly LA’s best sushi! _ This is my second visit to the unassuming Canoga Park sushi temple that is Go’s Mart. You…

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Breakfast = Carbs + Salt

October 10, 2011 | 1 Comments

The best part about the 26 hour fast of Yom Kippur is breaking it! Best to start with some wine on a really empty stomach. Parker 91. “Bottled the week before I visited, his 2005 Morey-St.-Denis en la Rue de…

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Foodie Photography 101

October 9, 2011 | 23 Comments

As is fairly obvious from my umpteen food reviews, I take a lot of pictures of food. For such a static target, for a number of reasons, the plate isn’t so easy to photograph. Mostly this comes down to light…

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Saam – José Andrés Squared

October 8, 2011 | 6 Comments

Restaurant: Saam [1, 2, 3] Location: 465 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.246.5555 Date: October 1, 2011 Cuisine: Spanish influenced Molecular Gastronomy Rating: Awesome, even better than The Bazaar. _ I’m a bit of a Jose Andres groupie as not only have I been…

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Ultimate Pizza – The Comeback

October 6, 2011 | 2 Comments

After long hiatus, Ultimate Pizza is back (click the think for posts on the components). We’ve brewed up a new batch of dough, and called up some friends and family. For those of you who don’t know, Ultimate Pizza is…

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New Year’s Feast

October 4, 2011 | 5 Comments

Since 2005 we’ve been hosting the family feast for Rosh Hashanah. And what is a traditional holiday dinner without an excuse to do some cooking. Rosh Hashanah occurs in September or October and so it’s traditional to include fall produce, particularly fruits which…

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Picca Potency

October 3, 2011 | 6 Comments

Restaurant: Picca [1, 2] Location: 9575 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035. Tel: 310 277 0133 Date: September 27, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Peruvian Rating: Really interesting flavors _ My parents were in town and I wanted to take them back to Picca, which I…

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Updates

October 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

Just another quick update, more than doubled the number of dishes pictured in The Hungry Cat review. Sorry for the small posts, but my parents have been in town. But I have lots of gluttonous photo sets queued up. Picca, Saam, Ultimate Pizza, and…

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Rivera – Nuevo Nuevo Latino

October 1, 2011 | 3 Comments

Restaurant: Rivera Location: 1050 S Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90015. 213.749.1460 Date: September 26, 2011 Cuisine: Neuvo Latino Rating: Kicking out the hits for decades _ When I first came to California (in 1994) one of the earlier “fancy” restaurants I went…

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Quick Updates

September 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

Just some quick updates today. I added a bunch of new dishes (i.e. photos) to the last Sam’s by the Beach review and an extra Omakase to Kiriko Sushi.

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Jaleo by José Andrés

September 29, 2011 | 6 Comments

Restaurant: Jaleo [1, 2] Location: 3708 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109. 702.698.7000 (Cosmopolitan) Date: September 24, 2011 Cuisine: Spanish Tapas Rating: Fun Tapas Bar _ So what does a true Foodie Club member do after eating a 22 course…

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é by José Andrés

September 28, 2011 | 7 Comments

Restaurant: é by José Andrés Location: 3708 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109. 702.698.7000 (Cosmopolitan) Date: September 24, 2011 Cuisine: Modern Spanish Rating: Mind blowing dinner theatre _ Our continuing epic Foodie Club Vegas venture brings us to é, José Andrés’…

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