Un Petit Porc Gram & Papa’s 227 E 9th St Los Angeles, CA 90015 Dining date: 12/19/11 Ludo has been popping up here and there while finalizing details of his LudoBites 8.0 to come in January. Last week I found him cooking paella at DomaineLA; this week I found him making his way across Europe,…
Drago Ristorante 2628 Wilshire Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90403 Dining date: 11/30/11 Downtown’s Drago Centro serves some of my favorite Italian food in the city. I’ve been there a number of times, but never to sister restaurant Drago in Santa Monica (one of chef-owner Celestino Drago’s first restaurants). The upscale Italian menu is fairly similar…
Yank Sing Rincon Center 101 Spear St San Francisco, CA 94105 Dining date: 11/26/11 Somewhat surprisingly, I didn’t eat a whole lot of dim sum growing up (it’s a pretty regular occurrence nowadays). I’ve tried a limited number of dim sum spots in the city and unfortunately I can’t say I’ve found one I’ve really…
Delfina 3621 18th St San Francisco, CA 94110 Dining date: 11/26/11 It’s hard to believe that Delfina has been open for 13 years. It’s as popular as ever, still being a very busy restaurant and oft-difficult dining reservation. Its popularity as a quintessential neighborhood Italian restaurant has helped Craig and Anne Stoll open up two…
Paella by Ludovic Lefebvre Domaine LA 6801 Melrose Ave Los Angeles, CA 90038 Dining date: 12/11/11 I’ve been to DomaineLA a few times, a wine shop located in Mid-City/Hollywood. It’s a smallish shop but there’s enough variety to indecisively look at bottles for hours. I’ve found the wines to be both interesting and rather reasonably…
Koi Palace 365 Gellert Blvd Daly City, CA 94015 Dining date: 11/28/11 When I try to think of my favorite place for dim sum, a number of places come up. I really enjoy Sea Harbour, Elite and Lunasia in SoCal, but I think of only one in the Bay Area: Koi Palace. I’m not saying it’s…
Cooks County 8009 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048 Dining date: 12/1/11 Cook’s County opened last month, the newest farm-to-table, seasonal spot to hit the restaurant-rich neighborhood of Mid-City on Beverly. The stoves are helmed by Daniel Mattern while the pastry chef is Roxana Jullapat, both most recently of Ammo. The space was previously occupied…
Wolvesmouth Underground Dining Wolvesden – Various Locations Dining date: 12/3/11 I’m not sure how I first heard of the idea, but surely I thought it was a joke at first. But sometimes, ideas that start as a joke turn into a reality…even if they sound a little nuts. Exhibit A: For my friend Remil’s 40th…