Category: Seafood

  • Winter Omakase at Shunji

    Winter Omakase at Shunji

    [This is the first review in my “Three Winter Omakase” series. Winter Omakase Counter at Sushi Taro is the second. Winter Lunch Omakase at Kiriko will be the third.] Last month I returned to Shunji Nakao’s eponymous Japanese restaurant on Pico near Bundy for another amazing omakase experience.  I consider my first omakase there last […]

  • Bouchon’s dineLA Lunch

    Bouchon’s dineLA Lunch

    With one more day remaining in to take advantage of dineLA‘s prix fixe, I thought I’d better get another review in.  This time it’s Bouchon, Thomas Keller’s relatively affordable French bistro in Beverly Hills. The $25 lunch includes a choice of Soupe du Jour,  Salade Maraichere, Mousse de Foie de Volaille, or, for an additional […]

  • Son of a Gun

    Son of a Gun

    After I struck out at Animal one night during the last week of legal foie gras, I decided to try its sister restaurant, Son of a Gun.  I had heard good things about its ginger beer, brewed in-house, and its bite-sized lobster roll, and I had enjoyed my first visit to Animal, so my expectations […]