Pan fried dumplings. I’m not sure if this was the same filling. It was late, but they were also good. Skin was a little thick on these, not like the amazing You Kitchen variants, but like all decent dumplings they were hot and delicious. Nocciola Crunch Gelato— Nocciola (hazelnut) b...
Chocolate Peanut Pretzel Gelato— testing a new 80% chocolate fondant base made with Valrhona and Callebaut Chocolates — then layered that with a house made salty peanut pretzel ganache — you can’t see the base, it’s under the ganache — made by me for @sweetmilkgelato — #SweetMilkGel...
Over a decade ago I had an amazing meal atOsteria Francescanain Modena, one of the most respected and highly rated restaurants in Italy. So, I was very excited, but cautious, to hear that Chef Massimo Bottura partnered with Gucci (of all things) to open a restaurant in Beverly Hills. It...
All true but it was actually great. Loved it. Turkey gizzard, Nanjing style. Sounds extreme, but once you slice this dense cured muscle with the deli-slicer it’s quite delicious with a nice firm chew and a lovely cured flavor. Turkey liver. Foie gras it ain’t. Decent enough though, ...
Our private room. Notice the large table with a lot of space. This is important when you have 29+ glasses a person! Notice the awesome array of glasses in the background. Only about half of them are visible. Few restaurants can handle this sort of thing, as they need over 400 stems ...
As you can see. Inside is one of those cavernous loud warehouse spaces. High naked ceilings. Don’t come here when it’s raining! They also have the currently hip bathroom setup with the coed shared sinks exposed out in the main room. Not my thing. What if you want to clean up in ...
Shiki Beverly Hills (sage – lunch) Japanese / Sushi Shin Beijing (hedonists 1) Korean Chinese Shin Beijing (hedonists 2) Korean Chinese Shin Beijing (hedonists 3) Korean Chinese Shin Sen Gumi Japanese Ramen Shin-Sen-Gumi Yakitori & Chanko Japanese Yakitori Mar 2024 Shin Sushi (hedoni...
Nasturtium Canape. A flower stuffed with something. Corte Parmesan. Crisps with soft parmesan and apricot jelly or something. Nori. Truffle blobs on crispy nori. Rosemary springs, which feature in the next dish. Young Potatoes. You skewer a potato with the rosemary and eat. They are covered ...