This time of year we have a lot of birthday parties to go to (my son is three). Due to rain (drizzle) one got moved to this western (Texas) style BBQ joint! Boy, is that a lot better than luke-warm delivery pizza! This isn’t a fancy joint, but tasty.
I’ve been waiting for Maison Giraud, the new local (just blocks away!) Pacific Palisades restaurant bakery from acclaimed LA French chef Alain Giraud to open for what seems like forever. Finally, the day has happened. Today is the first time they are serving at all, bakery and breakfast. By next monday they plan to be open from breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Ocean Ave Seafood has been a Santa Monica staple since I moved to California in the early 90s. It serves up reliable, albeit expensive, Pacific ocean fare.
Trés for lunch pretty much rocks everything (except the price, which is hotel high). The food is snappy, tasty, and very chic.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
