Wazuzu Encore Las Vegas 3121 Las Vegas Blvd South Las Vegas, NV 89109 Dining date: 3/27/11 One of the restaurants my parents always go to in Las Vegas is the pan-Asian restaurant Wazuzu at Encore. The chef is Jet Tila, an LA native, whose name I’ve seen in various places around LA (and occasionally on TV)….
Sotto 9575 West Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90035 Dining date: 3/30/11 Sotto is a new Italian restaurant from Steve Samson and Zach Pollack (Pizzeria Ortica) in the old Test Kitchen space. The Italian fare here includes a variety of dishes from house-baked breads to various seafood and meats to pizzas from a wood-fired oven. And…
é by Jose Andres The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas 3708 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, NV 89109 Dining date: 3/26/11 é is Jose Andres’ single-table, eight-person restaurant within a restaurant (Jaleo), serving a 19-course menu similar in format to that of the Saam Room at the Bazaar and Minibar. The menu is strictly product-driven and…
25 Degrees & Library Bar Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel 7000 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028 Dining date: 3/23/11 I don’t tend to seek out LA’s top burger joints, but when I do stumble across a notable burger, I’m almost always game. The purpose of this trip actually wasn’t burger-inspired at all; rather, it was to…
Ramen Jinya 11239 Ventura Blvd Studio City, CA 91604 Dining date: 3/18/11 I first heard about Ramen Jinya from Jonathan Gold’s raving review of it last year. He even called their tonkotsu ramen one of the 10 best dishes of 2010. I really enjoy a good bowl of ramen, so that was more than enough…
Maison Akira 713 East Green Street Pasadena, CA Dining date: 2/3/11 My last dineLA meal of this past season was here at Maison Akira. Maison Akira has been somewhere I’ve been interested in trying, but not enough to actually plan a trip there. One of my high school friends recently moved to Pasadena, so it…
LA Market 900 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90015 Dining date: 3/1/11 I was invited to try LA Market, Kerry Simon’s (the “rock n roll chef”) restaurant at the JW Marriott at LA Live. I’ve had experience with some of Simon’s food before. I dined at Simon LA at the Sofitel during a dineLA…
Angeli Caffé 7274 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90046 Dining date: 2/12/11 Angeli Caffe has been around for more than 25 years, a remarkable achievement in an LA dining scene that has vastly changed during that time period. Its founder, Evan Kleinman, is a notable personality in LA – she’s the host of KCRW’s Good…