My friends and I went to the Ortolan for my birthday. Their menu is creative French Haute cuisine, created by Chef Christophe Eme. We sat at the elegant white classic French main room with sparkling chandelier. However it was still too dark, they gave us a thumb size flash light to read the menu. There […]
Tags: Alcohol, Cheese, Dessert, Duck, Foie Gras, French, Gastronomy, Haute Cuisine, Macaron, Prix fixe
Fine dining night out = grainy pictures ahead. My friend and I celebrated her birthday at the popular and acclaimed LA restaurant Hatfield’s. Even with reservation, we have to wait for almost 20 minutes to be seated. It was a crowded Friday night. The restaurant is at a stucco wall building with simple mostly white […]
Tags: Dessert, fashionable, French, Prix fixe, Salad
My co-workers and I managed to make it to the last day of the dineLA Restaurant Event at Asia de Cuba, the Asian and Latin fusion restaurant at the Mondrian Hotel. They had a $22 three courses lunch which is a really good deal for this $$$$ long-time trendy “scene” restaurant. It’s got a really […]
Tags: Cake, Cuban, fashionable, Fusion
Valentine gave us excuse to indulge in the quality but pricey French sweets at patisserie Boule (see our old entry). 12 Pieces Gift Box $28. You can select from their many flavors they offer. We choose all of the tea flavor ones (Oolong, Jasmine, Earl Grey, etc). I have to admit I prefer chocolate in […]
Tags: Canele, Chocolate, French, Macaron, Patisserie
It’s the party season so we are behind in our posts. Many offices get these beautiful Sprinkles Cupcakes. They’re lovely treats, yum~ The decorative ‘graphics’ on top are a bit hard though.
Tags: Pastry
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