Restaurant: KinKan LA
Location: 771 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029. (323) 421-3771
Date: May 24, 2024
Cuisine: Japanese / Thai inflected Fusion
Rating: I’m not sure I’ve had Japanese / Thai like this before…
Erick paved the way with this very interesting Thai / Japanese tasting menu place.
On the sketchy street in Silverlake.
Cute little space but surprisingly empty.
Complementary sake.
DASHI MARINATED IKURA ON NORI TARTLET (left) and Thai larb – dry-aged chutoro almond tartlet (right).
hotaru Iika skewer (firefly squid) with sweetened Thai seafood sauce.
UNI MARTINI WITH ONSEN TAMAGO AND DASHI BROTH.
HAMACHI CRUDO with special seafood sauce.
UME BLOSSOM SOMEN with mango ika, shirasu, fish curry.
SAZAE (JAPANESE SEA SNAIL) FISH BROTH MISO-TOM YUM SOUP and special pink pasta.
SAKE STEAMED LIVE HAIRY CRAB, CAVIAR.
BANGLADESH PRAWN. mentaiko pasta with sesame & chili-garlic sauce.
BINCHOTAN OLIVE-FED A5 WAGYU BEEF (double portion).
Lychee gel and granite.
A really fun meal with interesting Thai/Japanese omakase, great flavors, great wines, and awesome company.
Superb.
A bit more oxidative but lovely.
Intense, fresh, sweet tarts and good weight.
Kind of massive but drinking well.
Lovely, but young.
