I’ve only done pan drippings once and I found it too rich and salty. I prefer the artery clogging butter lol.
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Bordier butter + pan drippings for me.
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Yes indeed. Better experience than Manzke. I’m going again later this week.
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That is my order as well.
One of the other restaurants in LA we had on our list for quite some time is Republique. Our first time eating Chef Manzke’s food was quite some years back in Carmel at Bouchee and Cantinetta Luca and later also at Church & State in LA. Republique is clearly a continuation of his style but perhaps even more refined and grounded in French cuisine but taking influences from many directions and places. Great food, cocktails, patio and particular excellent service.
Amuse bouche - A variation on Vichyssoise and a nice start on the night
Eggs on toast, soft scrambled eggs, santa barbara uni
Potatoe and leek beignets, comte cheese, black truffle aioli
Brilliant combination of uni and scrambled eggs - one of the highlights of the nights. But the beignets were also not too shabby with a wonderful aioli
Kanpachi crudo, fuyu and hochiya persimmon, passionfruit, thai curry
Good combination of sweet- and tartness but the curry flavor really brought the dish together
Pate en croute, broken ranch venison, pickled baby vegetables, quince, medjool dates
Excellent pate with good acidity from the vegetables and mustard
Wood-fire roasted market vegetables, sweet potato hummus, dukkah
An unexpected highlight with great roasted, slightly smokey vegetables and wonderful variation on hummus
Cauliflower agnolotti, maine lobster, black winter truffles
Pillows of perfect pasta with plenty of lobster and black truffles - what’s not to love about this dish
Mezze maniche, wild trumpet and porcini mushrooms, duck liver, vin jaune, mimolette
Full of umami and nice minerality from the liver
Black hawk wagyu beef zabuton, sunchoke, smoked green farro, spinach, radishes, black truffle jus with french fries, bearnaise reduction aioli
Like in many dishes at Republique the sauce is bringing the dish together.
Dark chocolate mi-cuit, pecans, banana ice cream
The dessert was a bit one note and surprisingly dry but the banana ice cream helped to balance it out
Apple tart, apples, medjool dates, armagnac caramel, vanilla ice cream, comte cheese
Much better dessert where the comte was an unexpected but very good addition
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went recently. great diversity with front of house and staffing.
Food was very very good. Lobster pasta incredible, strawberry dessert fantastic as well. But VERY expensive place. It was around a similar price as Kato which I found to be significantly better. So if I am splurging on a meal I probably lean less from this… had the price point been a little cheaper this could be a staple place to go to. Just a little too expensive but delicious
You can definitely eat well at Republique for half the price of Kato. But you can also splurge and go way beyond Kato too.
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what the hell are you ordering from the food menu to go over 275pp?
OOE for one
But really, inquiring minds do want to know…
I was asking you.
OOE. For one.
I don’t end up near Kato prices when I eat at Republique 
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How to spend Kato money at Republique dining for 2:
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Lol that’s two big appetites!
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We usually sit in that solo table in the alcove upstairs- we ask them to do a tasting menu for us and it’s roughly 275-300pp. They just overload us with food. That lil alcove is one of my favorite places to eat/drink in LA.
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Shhh! What’s rule #1 of the alcove?
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what would you recommend most at Republique?
what did you order?
what I just told you plus a couple other things and drinks… it might have been the 4% service charge and 20% tip (well deserved btw) I was just very surprised by the total amount.
