Andy Gavin's Blog, page 121
July 29, 2015
Kali Cabernet
Restaurant: Kali Dining[1, 2, 3, 4]
Location:Beverly Hills
Date: July24, 2015
Cuisine: New American
_My Sauvages group returns to Jim’s gorgeous Beverly Hills backyard for its annual gather. Food is again by Chef Kevin Meehan of Kali Dining. The wine theme is Cali Cabernet.
The setting is lovely enough, and the company good enough to entice me to a California wine lunch!
We dine under these awnings.
The starter wines while we assemble.
NV Château Miraval Côtes de P...
July 28, 2015
Eating Senigallia – Uliassi
Restaurant: Uliassi
Location: Banchina Di Levante 6, 60019 Senigallia AN, Italy.+39 071 65463
Date: June 19, 2015
Cuisine: Italian (2 star Michelin)
Rating: Awesome and inventive
_One of the reasons I was drawn to visit the town ofSenigallia was its pair of 2 star Michelin restaurants. It seemed to me that any small resort town with TWO of them had to be a nice place.
I was right too. We visited both, but Uliassi was first and it’s tucked away in the corner of Senigallia’s main seaside drag...
July 27, 2015
Eating Senigallia – Niko Cucina
Restaurant: Niko Cucina
Location: Lungomare Marconi , 60019 Senigallia, Italy.071.7931087
Date: June 18 & 22, 2015
Cuisine:Italian
Rating:Great kitchen
_Traveling east from Umbria we set up residenceat the lovely beach town Senigallia. This is one of those delightful Italian resort towns that Americans don’t really visit. All the better for us.
Despite being off the American radar this town sports two 2 star Michelin restaurants! Plus our hotel hada top notchplace called “By Niko Cucina” (t...
July 26, 2015
Eating Assisi – Buca di S. Francesco
Restaurant: Buca di S. Francesco
Location: Via Eugenio Brizi, 1, Assisi PG, Italy.+39 075 812204
Date: June 17, 2015
Cuisine: Italian
Rating:Fun meal, good food
_Night three in Assisi and we search out a third place.
We actually found this one just walking on the way to the square.
The menu looked pretty good.
It had both a large outside patio.
And a vaulted interior.
All those plates are from sister restaurants in some kind of hand painted “signature dish” club.
1970 Fattoria dei Barb...
July 24, 2015
Dirty Dozen – Locanda Veneta
Restaurant: Locanda Veneta
Location: 8638 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048.(310) 274-1893
Date: July 22, 2015
Cuisine: Italian
Rating:great night w/ retro 90s Italian
_After a few months respite the Dirty Dozen ride again, our club of blind tasters club within a club. The numbers have swelled a bit, tonight being the Dirty Sixteen, and the theme “good white wine.”
The location is Los Angeles classic, Locanda Veneta, a Beverly Hills Italian with several decades of history. Above, Chef Andre i...
July 22, 2015
Eating Assisi – Osteria dei Priori
Restaurant: Osteria dei Priori
Location: Via Giotto, 06081 Assisi PG, Italy.+39 075 812149
Date: June 20, 2015
Cuisine: Italian
Rating:Can’t go too wrong in Umbria
_Another night in Assisi, another dinner.
We found Osteria dei Priori reading the internet restaurant reviews. It’s located fairly close to the main square.
The menu.
The vaulted interior definitely has old bones.
2007 Terre di Capitano Sagrantino di Montefalco. Sagrantino is the most traditional local Umbrian red grape..
Fla...
July 20, 2015
Eating Assisi – Locanda del Podesta
Restaurant: Locanda del Podesta
Location: Via S. Giacomo, 6, 06081 Assisi PG, Italy.+39 075 802455
Date: June 15, 2015
Cuisine: Italian
Rating:More hearty Umbrian goodness
_After finishing with Lazio with continue inland into Umbra, Italy’s rural Etruscan heart.
Our first dinner in the hillside pilgrimage city of Assisi. We had to walk UP quiet some way to get to this restaurant. Work off 10% of the cream.
Like most of Assisi the buildings are all old medieval stone structures, heavily res...
July 17, 2015
Epic Ocean Party 2015
I was lucky enough to be invited again to a absolutely fabulous wine dinner hosted by Eric Cotsen at his lovely Malibu pad. The group was mostlyHedonists, with a few other wine pals of Eric’s mixed in. Eric has these diners regularly and they feature an awesome setting, great company, wonderful food, and amazing wines provided by both him and the guests.
You can see the ocean is right there! Like under the house.
Eric has these crazy high tech nitrogen dispensers that preserve (and aerate)...
July 15, 2015
A’postrophe – Filipino Fusion
Restaurant: A’postrophe
Location:Downtown LA
Date: July11, 2015
Cuisine: Modern Filipino
Rating:Really fabulous flavors
_Liz Lee of Sage Society put together this special popup dinner at the apartment of chef Charles Olalia.
The chef (above) is a youngFilipino with an instinctive knack for cooking. Over the last 12 years he has cooked at such establishments as the French Laundry, Patina, Coi, Mar’sel, and more.
The crew helping us out (+ Edith). Chef on right next to his lovely wife.
His d...
July 13, 2015
Eating Orvieto – Maurizio
Restaurant: Ristorante Maurizio
Location:Via del Duomo, 78, 05018 Orvieto TR, Italy.+39 0763 341114
Date: June 14, 2015 (lunch)
Cuisine: Italian
Rating:Hearty good
_During a quick day trip to scenic Orvieto we selected this attractive looking restaurant just down the street from the Duomo.
Really, half the reason we sat down was because it was raining heavily.
The vaulting is ancient, but the rest of the restaurant is modern.
The menu.
2013 Barberani Orviéto Classico Vallesanta Secco. Or...
