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June 17, 2015
Flores & the Ladies’ Gunboat Society
Restaurant:Flores & the Ladies’ Gunboat Society
Location:2024 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025.(424) 273-6469
Date: April4, 2015
Cuisine:Southern American
Rating:Tasty
_This non Asian spot in Sawtelle Japantown has been on my list for some time.
This peculiar name has some kind of Southern history attached to it. I’m from the south, and I don’t remember.
Nice modern interior.
And a cosy patio. They kept it TOASTY with the heaters.
The menu.
From my cellar:1998 Château de Beaucastel...
June 15, 2015
Eating Rome – Roscioli
Restaurant:Roscioli
Location:Via dei Giubbonari, 21/22, 00186 Roma
Date: June 6, 2015
Cuisine: Italian
Rating:Really superb updated trattoria food
_Kicking off my Eating Italy 2015 is this update on the traditional Roman trattoria. I found it by extensive online searching for top Roman restaurants.
Roscioli is also a Salumeria.
Some of the wares up front.
A small section of tables crammed into the typical (and attractive) Roman interior.
The breads were pretty amazing. At least one was...
June 12, 2015
Game of Thrones – Episode 49
Show:Game of Thrones
Genre: Fantasy
Watched: Episode 49 – June7, 2015
Title: The Dance of Dragons
Summary: Wow: sad and exhilarating
ANY CHARACTER HERENOTE: SERIOUS SPOILER WARNING. This review/discussion contains tons of spoilers about the episode and even ones crossing over from the books. It’s really my free-for-all musing given all the information at my disposal.
Jon–crunches southward toward the Black Gate, a ragtag group of Wildlings (and the giant) in tow. When he reaches the wall, h...
June 10, 2015
Bazaar Treats
Restaurant:The Bazaar[1, 2, 3]
Location: 465 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048. 310.246.5555
Date: May 23, 2015
Cuisine: Spanish influencedMolecular Gastronomy
Rating: Awesome, one of LA’s best places.
_I’m like aJosé Andrés groupie. I’ve been to every possible variant of hisrestaurantsin LA, Vegas, and many in Washington. I covered some introduction to The Bazaar in a previous review, but it’d been threeyears so I figured it was time for a thirdreview.
June 8, 2015
Saint Martha Modern
Restaurant: Saint Martha
Location: 740 Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005.(213) 387-2300
Date: May29, 2015
Cuisine: Modern American
Rating:Really savory
_I’ve been wanting to try Saint Martha since it opened, having heard really good things about it.
The tiny frontage in a random Koreatown minimall.
There is a little chef’s counter and behind the camera the small table space.
The menu.
2002 Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne Brut Cuvée Palmes d’Or. VM 92.Vivid yellow-gold. Ripe orchard and pit...
June 4, 2015
Hannosuke Tempura
Restaurant: Hannosuke
Location:3760 S Centinela Ave.Los Angeles, CA 90066.(310) 397-4676
Date: March9, 2015
Cuisine:Japanese Tempura
Rating:Darn good fried stuff
_Inside the Mitsuwa Japanese marketplace in Mar Vista is a little mini Japanese food court. I’ve been in the supermarket, but not in a long time, and I guess the food court is either new (10 years new) or I didn’t notice it back then.
You can see the whole swath of the store.
Hannosuke is famous for its tempura bowls. For those th...
June 3, 2015
Sauvages in the Forest
Restaurant: John Gerber
Location:Flintridge
Date: May22, 2015
Cuisine: New American
_Today’s Sauvageslunch is a lunch in honor of late Co-Poobah Steve Levin.It’sgraciously hosted by Paul at at his beautiful home in Flintridge. This event is held outdoors in memory of the Zinfandel barbecues that Steve would hold for our group every summer at his home (it being Paul’s idea to maintain this fine tradition). To that end, we always enjoy a few Zinfandels at this lunch in addition to the theme wi...
June 1, 2015
Game of Thrones – Episode 48
Show:Game of Thrones
Genre: Fantasy
Watched: Episode 48 – May 31, 2015
Title:Hardhome
Summary: Zombie attack!
ANY CHARACTER HERENOTE: SERIOUS SPOILER WARNING. This review/discussion contains tons of spoilers about the episode and even ones crossing over from the books. It’s really my free-for-all musing given all the information at my disposal.
Dany – entertains Ty and Jorah in you guessed it, her favorite, the throne room. And thus begins some first rate work by the ever excellent Mr. Dink...
May 29, 2015
Happy Table – New Bay is Old Bay
Restaurant: Happy Table
Location: 203 West Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA.(626) 872-6677
Date: May22, 2015
Cuisine:Northern Chinese
Rating: Solid
_Six weeks ago we said a sad farewell to New Bay Seafood, which was one of the premier high end Cantonese places in the SGV.
In it’s place, as risen Happy Table, a new Chinese establishment…
With a diffuse menu of vaguely North Central slant. Not exactly Szechuan it has Szechuan dishes. Inside the place is identical, even the pictures of food on the w...
May 27, 2015
Goat Herding at Tar & Roses
Restaurant: Tar & Roses[1, 2, 3]
Location:602 Santa Monica Blvd.Santa Monica, CA 90401.(310) 587-0700
Date: May19, 2015
Cuisine: American Tapas
Rating: Thegoat itself was good
_Tar & Roses is a relatively new American tapas-style place in Santa Monica, loosely in the vein of Rustic Canyon or Gjelina. Despite the relative crowding of this market, it’s anextremely popular addition.
The Chef & Owner is Andrew Kirschner, a Santa Monica-native who grew up in a family with a strong appreciation fo...
