Los Angeles
March 5th- Osteria Mozza
http://www.mozza-la.com/
Dinner was at Osteria Mozza- Mario Batali's restaurant with Nancy Silverton (of La Brea bakery fame) required reservations a month in advance but it was worth it.
Appetizers of Buffala Mozzarella with 4 different kinds of garnish (pesto, romesco, tapenade and caper berries ) was good and the crispy pig trotters was something unusual but very good as well.
Main courses of lamb shank, crisp duck legs , brasato and quail . All were generous servings and made you feel you ordered too much food.
Dessert was Almond Cornette and olive oil gelato.
Too much food for one night.
March 10, 2008 - Osteria Mozza (again)
can't have enough- had to go for another night!!!
This time appetizers were again buffala mozzarella with the four relishes and afetati misti with gnocco fritto- (very nice deep fried ravioli pasta with no filling)
Mains were the striped bass (just the right size) and Grilled beef tagliata and the raviolo.
Servings were not huge this time which left room for a lot of dessert. A plate of 4 gelatos, torta della nonna- served warm and very nice to the palate.
March 11, 2008- Matsuhisa- lunch was at Matsuhisa in Beverly Hills-http://www.nobumatsuhisa.com/
Rock Shrimp tempura to start follow by Oyster filo (nice and crunchy).
Chirashi (catch of the day over sushi rice), bento box set menus and black miso cod made up the main courses.
Sushi can't be much better than this, service has remained the same over the years and wa sstill good and attentive.
Dessert was a trio of Creme caramels- hazelnut, vanilla - i can't remember the other one.
March 13, 2008- Vancouver
Had a hunger for beijing duck and went to a place called Northern Dynasty in Richmond across from the Four Points Sheraton-
They served the duck 2 ways and it was good- the other dishes very so-so; fried rice was bland-
I'd go back though for the Beijing duck
Friday, March 28, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Feb 28th to March 2nd
Detroit to Montreal to Los Angeles in 3 Days
The Detroit Metro Airport is one of the best airports we have in North America (my opinion solely) - the shops, the restaurants, the Westin Hotel--Food was great at the Westin Hotel and at the Japanese Restaurant at the airport-
http://www.metroairport.com/services/mcnamara.asp
not something you expect at an airport location- maybe its because of all the Japanese flights-not enough time to explore food outside of the airport as there was a big snowstorm going on .
Montreal- is a fabulous city- cosmopolitan, vibrant- good food- everthing you want in a city. Although the city was buried in snow, the eating places were open on Ste Catherine- the main avenue in downtown. Here you can have different kinds of food from Montreal Meats at
Reubens http://www.reubensdeli.com/large/indexB.html
to poutine at different places. If you are ever in Montreal on a weekday and have time for one lunch and one dinner- you have to go to Le Caveau at 2063 Rue Victoria- a nice french restaurant in a cave like building. Have the duck confit.
For dinner one must go to AU Pied Cochon on 536 Duluth Est
http://www.restaurantaupieddecochon.ca/
here you can have everything with foie gras- you cannot find the freshest best foie gras in North AMerica. The servings are large too; On numerous occassions I have had foie gras with poutine, foie gras with magret, foie gras with pork and a side order of foie gras- meltingly good.
Reservations are a must though as it is always packed.
Back to Los Angeles March 2nd
Dinner at Ebisu in Little Tokyo brings you back to Tokyo- all the servers are Japanese, all the patrons speak Japanese- the sashimi box and sushi plate are reasonably priced ; If you want the best freshest sushi go to sushi gen a few steps down but the wait is always too long
The Detroit Metro Airport is one of the best airports we have in North America (my opinion solely) - the shops, the restaurants, the Westin Hotel--Food was great at the Westin Hotel and at the Japanese Restaurant at the airport-
http://www.metroairport.com/services/mcnamara.asp
not something you expect at an airport location- maybe its because of all the Japanese flights-not enough time to explore food outside of the airport as there was a big snowstorm going on .
Montreal- is a fabulous city- cosmopolitan, vibrant- good food- everthing you want in a city. Although the city was buried in snow, the eating places were open on Ste Catherine- the main avenue in downtown. Here you can have different kinds of food from Montreal Meats at
Reubens http://www.reubensdeli.com/large/indexB.html
to poutine at different places. If you are ever in Montreal on a weekday and have time for one lunch and one dinner- you have to go to Le Caveau at 2063 Rue Victoria- a nice french restaurant in a cave like building. Have the duck confit.
For dinner one must go to AU Pied Cochon on 536 Duluth Est
http://www.restaurantaupieddecochon.ca/
here you can have everything with foie gras- you cannot find the freshest best foie gras in North AMerica. The servings are large too; On numerous occassions I have had foie gras with poutine, foie gras with magret, foie gras with pork and a side order of foie gras- meltingly good.
Reservations are a must though as it is always packed.
Back to Los Angeles March 2nd
Dinner at Ebisu in Little Tokyo brings you back to Tokyo- all the servers are Japanese, all the patrons speak Japanese- the sashimi box and sushi plate are reasonably priced ; If you want the best freshest sushi go to sushi gen a few steps down but the wait is always too long
Feb 25-27 Los Angeles
Feb 25th- Had office visitors so made a quick for lunch to Titos Tacos
http://www.titostacos.com/
Chips were great, no soft tacos though- makes sense why people fall in line, Cheap too!!!
Feb 26th- Santa Maria BBQ was it for lunch - at their location in Culver Cityhttp://www.santamariabbq.com/all.htm
tri-tips, ribs, steaks- everything for meatlovers-
Bread was good too- you gotta eat it hot though- not as good cold-
http://www.titostacos.com/
Chips were great, no soft tacos though- makes sense why people fall in line, Cheap too!!!
Feb 26th- Santa Maria BBQ was it for lunch - at their location in Culver Cityhttp://www.santamariabbq.com/all.htm
tri-tips, ribs, steaks- everything for meatlovers-
Bread was good too- you gotta eat it hot though- not as good cold-
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