Tag: SoCal
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Vespertine
(WRITEUP COMING SOON. Placeholder AI generated writeup below) Opening Courses Wild Scallop — passionfruit, aji amarilloThis feels like a very deliberate opening bite: clean, sweet scallop paired with acidity and gentle heat. Passionfruit brings brightness and perfume, while aji amarillo usually adds warmth rather than real spice. We’re guessing this is lightly cured or just
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Breakfast at Ladyhawk
Another breakfast here. Andrea skipped it, so just solo. Much more crowded at this hour for breakfast and on a Saturday than yesterday. I decided to try the huevos rancheros with eggs poached and a glass of the Daily Greens – Pressed Juicery. Sad to say huevos rancheros were incredibly bland and soupy. The only
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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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Sushi by Scratch
Tonight’s dinner was at Sushi by Scratch at the Montecito Inn in Montecito. This is the other Michelin-starred restaurant in the SB area (both being in Montecito, just a few block apart). The entire restaurant is the sushi bar which has only has 10 seats. It sounds like Scratch has a chain of sushi restaurants
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Caruso’s
We’re here in SB, so checking out some of the places to eat of course. Last night, we had a very enjoyable casual meal at Corazon Concina in the Public Market. Today we were going for a fancier venue. Caruso’s is a Cal-Italian restaurant at the Rosewood Miramar with a beachfront location. We were fortunate
