WHY For an exemplary nod to the lighter side of eastern Chinese cooking. WHAT Soft gray walls, lipstick-red lacquer accents and a mirrored bar provide a posh setting for impeccable cooking that features well-chosen ingredients. Shredded pork in brown sauce is more wonderfully chewy and caramelized than saucy. With the accompanying steamed buns, you make [...]
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WHY For $25 to $35 boxes of seasonal, organic, locally grown fruits and vegetables, delivered weekly or biweekly to almost anywhere in L.A. County. WHAT Pick your own selection of organic, hand-selected fruits and vegetables, or go with the weekly selection available on the web site. We’ve heard some complaints about the timeliness of the [...]
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WHY Traditional Japanese combination specials at lunchtime or French-inflected dinner entrées, as well as a full sushi bar. Appetizers include rock shrimp tempura, lavish foie gras with eggplant and yuzu sauce and lobster with truffles, while entrées include salmon with lobster bisque sauce, Kobe beef and Jidori chicken. WHAT Beverly Hills has several upscale sushi [...]
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WHY Well-prepared French bistro classics in a hidden and romantic Hollywood spot. Try the perfectly dressed salads, the steak sandwich with thin, crisp fries, the moules frites, the cassoulet and one of the tarts for dessert. WHAT Although large, with a front patio, a fireplace-warmed dining room and a huge tented back patio, this subtly [...]
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WHY A terrific happy hour and a fantastic room aglow with woodwork, Murano chandeliers, mirrors and frescoes. The free shuttle to the Music Center is a plus, too. WHAT Generally reliable Italian classics are served in what may be the most beautiful restaurant downtown, part of Joachim Splichal’s Patina-based family. Locals skip the dinner and [...]
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WHY The best of both coasts: Portuguese dishes alongside classic Greek fare. WHAT Alexis Kavvadias’s 37-year-old restaurant evolved when his Portuguese-born wife, Fatima, came on board. The candlelit dining room is more elegant, and the wine list and menu more diverse. Greek country-style specialties like braised lamb with artichoke hearts in lemon sauce already made [...]
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