Tag: California
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Somni
I was excited to try this restaurant after seeing a bit about on reddit and then after they received their 3 stars (the first 3-starred restaurant in LA) after their reincarnation from when they had closed during the pandemic. . And then after our visit to Disfrutar in Barcelona, I had a renewed interest in
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Eataly L.A. – La Pizza & La Pasta
We were just headed to the Century City Mall to go to Bloomingdale’s. We saw Eataly there which we’ve never eaten at any of them, so we decided to give it a try. Walked around briefly and saw all the wine and pasta and meat and such available. We decided to eat at La Pizza
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Breakfast at Ladyhawk
This isn’t really a fair review of Ladyhawk since we’re only having breakfast here since it is the hotel restaurant (Kimpton La Peer in West Hollywood). Andrea went with the Yogurt Parfait with the strawberry sauce on the side and I went with the Avocado Toast with the added poached egg and smoked salmon. I
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The Hideaway
We had hoped to be able to just eat the in the hotel restaurant, Ladyhawk which was a Mediterranean restaurant from Chef Charbel Hayek, winner of Top Chef Middle East and we remembered watching him in Top Chef World All Stars, but alas the restaurant was closed for Christmas. So we scrambled to find some
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Yuji
We first ate here when they first opened back in April 2022. We thought it was interesting and decent, but not enough to warrant another visit. I heard about the limited time snow crab menu on the Fine Dining discord, so I it seemed like a good opportunity to try them out again. It was
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Nari
Dinner here with Jacob and Robert. This was my 6th time dining here (was last here after Andrea and I came to Hotel Kabuki for Sake Day and then ate here at Nari afterward). Jacob brought an aged Margaux that he scored as part of lot from K&L that he won (Thank you Jacob!). We
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Rutherford Hill Winery
We were staying at Auberge du Soleil mainly for relaxation and we literally hadn’t planned any wine tasting, but Rutherford Hill is basically right next to Auberge. We literally could have walked there in 5 minutes. There were a few options including an ATV ride up to the peak, the Skyloft, View of the Valley,
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Breakfast at The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil
This was our second breakfast for our mini-cation here. We were again given the ginger cake. I went with the other recommendation from the GM from our dinner here two nights ago – the Smoked Salmon Pizza. This was basically a pizza crust, topped with a bit of dill crème fraîche, scrambled eggs, and then
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Auro
(WRITEUP IN PROGRESS) This place hadn’t been on my radar, but it was one the last remaining stars from wine country to San Francisco (and east bay) to the peninsula at which i had not yet eaten. It’s somewhat Californios meets Cyrus since he is from Mexico City and worked at Cyrus (as well as
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Breakfast at The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil
This was our first breakfast here which was also a free perk since we had booked through the Chase travel portal. We saw some of the same diners as we saw at dinner the previous evening (and they were also seated at the same table). We we first given a little ginger cake dusted with