Eleven + One at Eleven Madison Park
Actually, it was more like twenty, but who's counting?
Ludobites 4.0 – Gram and Papas
Everyone has an opinion about Ludo and his pop up restaurant Ludobites. Whether it's love, hate, or apathy, it's hard to ignore the guy. He is a marketing machine. Ludo is everywhere: he's on Top Chef Masters, he's frying chicken out of a truck at the LA Street Food Festival, or he's frying chicken with Eric Greenspan and Akasha Richmond. Love him or hate him, he's a constant topic in the LA restaurant scene. With all the hype around Ludo, it's no surprise that his next pop up location, a two month stint at Gram and Papa's in downtown Los Angeles, was fully booked within 72 hours (correction, make that 18 hours, thanks Krissy) of the reservation lines opening up.
Gram and Papas, home of Ludobites 4.0
Nozomi Sushi – Omakase
The beauty of living in LA/Southern California is that you're never farther than 20 minutes from a decent sushi restaurant. Gen, R23, Zo, Toshi, Urasawa, Nozawa, SugarFish, Mori, Kiyokawa, Kawa, Kiriko, Famima, Ralphs, Gelsons, the list NEVER ends. There is just no shortage of sushi in this city. It's a good thing for us sushi lovers as there are options galore when you have sushi on the brain.
While I don't find myself in the South Bay often, I was impressed enough with Nozomi Sushi that I would definitely take another drive down to experience the omakase there.
The LA Live JW Marriott and LA Market by Kerry Simon
I love big hotels. It's a place where people converge, convene, and interact. For an avid people watcher like me, it's perfect because it's a world full of strange and amusing characters.
Battle of the Coqs: Eric Greenspan v. Ludo Lefebvre at The Foundry on Melrose
Anyone who wonders about the power of Twitter needs only to trace the roots of how this night came about.
- Ludo visits The Foundry last week, tweeting that Chef Eric Greenspan wasn't around and that "maybe" he should take over the kitchen.
- Eric responds by tweeting him to join him in the kitchen on Tuesday for Bluesy Tuesday at the Foundry for fried chicken night.
- Eric tweets out an APB for more deep fryers, with Akasha Richmond of Akasha Restaurant tweeting in for the rescue.
And as a result, diners had a chance to enjoy fried chicken prepared two ways a la Chef Ludo and Chef Eric.
Small Plating My Way Through Los Angeles
I'm way too distracted these days to write something meaningful, so instead I'll just present you with some of my favorite small plates of the moment around the city.
Charcuterie Plate at Drago Centro
More on the flip.
Church & State – Lunch
Apparently it doesn't matter what day or time we show up. It doesn't matter if you tempt me with this wonderful view throughout the meal.
Giada De Laurentiis noshing at Church & State
Cube Café, Cheese Bar and Marketplace
With all the dining options, both new and old, all over LA, there is very little need to go back to the same place. But there is one spot that I intend to go back to on a regular basis and that is Cube.
Serious signage
Campanile Restaurant – Mark Peel’s Masterpiece
Campanile is doing something right when they manage to stay in business 20 years in a city that is constantly chasing the biggest hits, fads, and trends.
Sunday Supper at Church and State
Church and State has received endless praise since Walter Manzke's start and rightly so, the food is good. And that is the saving grace for this bistro.
Bone Thugz
Mental Drooling
- @catty umm so if I haven't left home yet, should I just stay here? 29 minutes ago
- Today's episode is the one I've been waiting to see for 1.5 seasons. #guidomania #guidorumbleinthejungle #needafossilwatch #gonnavomit 11 hours ago
- @DerekThomasLA Cho Mak in Gardena, Neptune Lounge in Ktown. They will rock your live seafood world. 11 hours ago
- WHY ARE YOU CRYING ANGELOOOOOOOO? stop being a beiber. 11 hours ago
- @elinashatkin jealous! Please test the HDR functionality for me! 11 hours ago
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