Tasting Menus

[Linda_Beth]

I found this older thread about recommended restaurants with tasting menus, but it’s 2.5 years old. Wondering what updates there are since then? Appreciate any info!

Help - Great Tasting Menu Restaurants?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for great Tasting Menus around LA? Doesn’t have to be overly fancy, but just great food, nice plating. I know about Providence and Melisse, but any other places to consider? Thanks!

[PorkyBelly]

New since that thread

Somni

Somni - Beverly Hills

Had an outstanding dinner at somni, the most fun and delicious meal i’ve had since alinea and surprassing é in las vegas. Everything was good to excellent. Highlights were the foie gras, almond, spot prawn, scallop, the “crossiant” with the insanely rich and deep seafood broth, and squid. Service was also perfectly professional and friendly at the same time. Can’t wait to go back. It’s a great time to be eating in LA right now, the restaurant scene is killing it. [somni_20180505_173324] […

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Dialogue

Dialogue - Santa Monica

Chef Dave Beran’s new tasting menu restaurant hidden on the second floor of a food court. Just getting to the restaurant from an alleyway, up a service elevator and through a private cipher locked door, was liking searching for out of the way hidden restaurants in Japan. Inside the room is tiny, no more than 700 sq ft with only 18 seats, the layout was like trois mec, but smaller. The whimsical food and menu design reminded of atelier crenn and alinea. Everything was tasty with the highlight…

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Lukshon

Lukshon - tasting menu

barely poached oyster - frozen coconut, cucumber, cherimoya Pro tip, the white-frozen-coconut-looking powder underneath the oyster is NOT frozen coconut powder. Don’t ask me how i know. [lukshon_20180616_145436] [lukshon_20180616_145259] sturgeon skin “chicharron” - soft tofu, sturgeon caviar [lukshon_20180616_145716] santa barbara uni toast - smoked bone marrow, jujube The jujubes I get at the theater have never tasted this good [lukshon_20180616_145927] hawaiian butterfish - limequat…

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Vespertine

Vespertine - The Gaffe of Kahn

I was very skeptical going in based on the reviews but i wanted to keep an open mind. I wanted to like it not only because it was not cheap but also for the sake of LA’s fine dining scene. First the positives. Chef Kahn was genuinely humble and sincere when he greeted us before dinner. The architecture and presentation were otherworldly, it really did feel like you were dining on the Starship Enterprise, which is kinda cool if you’re into that kind of thing. [vespertine_20170812_211545] To…

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Raku

Aburiya Raku - West Hollywood

Had a great meal at Raku this weekend. The food and especially the agedashi tofu was just as good as vegas. The service was a little slow but I expect that to improve in the coming weeks. I can’t wait to try more of the menu. [aburiya_raku_] update 1 The kanpachi was so fresh it signed an endorsement deal with febreze [aburiya_raku_] Tsukune [aburiya_raku_] Pork cheeks [aburiya_raku_] Pig intestines [aburiya_raku_] Agedashi tofu [aburiya_raku_] Beef tendon [aburiya_raku_] Kanpa…

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Republique

Republique

potato and leek soup [republique_20180602_175910] normandy butter [republique_20180602_191307] [republique_20180602_180450] it really is butter [republique_20180602_180500] foie gras torchon toast, apricot, yuzu, sesame they’ve really perfected the texture of the toast so that it’s soft enough to bite through but still has a nice crunch. love the shiso to cut through the richness. [republique_20180602_180521] summer corn agnolotti, brown butter, sage, fat uncle farms almonds these we…

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Holbox

Holbox by Chichen Itza

[holbox_] [holbox_] [holbox_] [holbox_] [holbox_] Cocktel de camaron - shrimp, avocado, house made sauce, onion, cilantro, lime This was fucking fantastic, the glass was filled with at least 15 fresh, snappy shrimp, and the house sauce was slightly sweet with a bit of heat, so good. [holbox_] Uni and opah ceviche tostada - santa barbara uni, hawaiian opah, onion, cilantro, tomato, salsa roja, avocado Holy shit this was so good, the opah was topped with four of the freshest, creamiest un…

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Shibumi

Shibumi DTLA

Shibumi is a kappo-style Japanese restaurant that opened this week in DTLA. The chef, David Schlosser, has spent time in the kitchen at Urasawa and Arashiyama Kitcho in Kyoto. For the first month they’re doing a limited menu with plans to add 10 or so more dishes with an omakase option. [image] Chino farm’s vegetables [image] Sea bream [image] Cuttlefish sashimi [image] California Holstein Beef Strip [image] Grilled Heritage Pork [image] [image] Cherry bark smoked salmon trout [i…

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Hayato

Hayato - ROW DTLA

Early Summer 2022 Mid Spring 2022 Early Spring 2022 Late Winter 2022 Mid Winter 2022 Early Winter 2021 Late Fall 2021 Mid Fall 2021 Early Fall 2021 Late Summer 2021 Mid Summer 2021 Early Summer 2021 (Hayato 2.0) Nabe Orizume Winter 2020 Late Winter 2020 Chef Brandon Go has been making excellent takeout bento boxes for the past 7 months and is finally opening his kappo ryori style kaiseki restaurant, Hayato, for dinner. Hayato is pretty small and intimate with onl…

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The rogue experience

[J_L]

Maude has revamped their format as well (for the better) since…

[TheCookie]

Nice thread revival.

[Linda_Beth]

Thank you for the updated suggestions!