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#13 Done
Posted on September 23, 2018
#13: Try 10 of Gold’s 101 best LA restaurants.
Gold put this former taco truck , Guerrilla, on the map with his LA times review, so they reciprocated with a booth mural after his sudden passing. . He was the first food critic to win the Pulitzer and his 2018 best restaurants list will be the last. Although we tried another 10, we’ll keep it up until we try all 101.
- Vespertine
Providence(Top notch Seafood and truffle)
Spago(Wolfgang’s original. Remodeled and as good as ever)
Lukshon(Culver City Asian Fusion)
- Taco Maria
Spring(Downtown French)
Trois Mec(Tasting meal. Second time wasn’t as good as the first)
- Cassia
Mozzaplex(All three restaurants are excellent)
Rossoblu(Favorite new DTLA Italian spot)
Rustic Canyon(Farm to table)
- Shibumi
- Q Sushi
- n/naka
Lucques(Loved it, but it’s been about eight years)
Cut(There are better steak places. Great asparagus dish)
Bestia(Great small plate Italian)
- Lasa
République(Another great small plate French place)
Animal(Animal centric, but the snapper collar was the best)
- Kismet
Manuela(Farm to table in the Arts District)
Night + Market Song(Best Thai)
- Shunji
Alimento
Here’s Looking At You(Serving whatever the Chef found that day)
- P.Y.T.
- Guerrilla Tacos
- Chengdu Taste
Orsa & Winston(Italian/Japanese from the Mexican chef building a DTLA empire)
- Michael’s
Otium(Swedish minimalism)
- Vincenti
Broken Spanish(Gourmet country Mexican. I ate cock’s comb)
- Soban
Pizzana
- Sun Nong Dan
- Mélisse
- Holbox/Chichén Itzá
- Baroo
Officine Brera(Elevated Italian)
The Bazaar(Jose Andrea’s LA spot)
- Gjelina
- Salt’s Cure
Alma(A young chef succeeding)
Salazar(Señora style Mexican. All outdoor)
- Sqirl
- The Tasting Kitchen
Odys + Penelope(One of my favorite sharing plate restaurants)
Petit Trois
- Sea Harbour
Redbird(Another sharing plate staged in a convent)
- Jitlada
- Girasol
Sotto(Excellent Italian)
- Le Comptoir
- Park’s BBQ
Gwen(Australian chef, Curtis Stone’s meat restaurant)
Jar
- Meals by Genet
Church & State(DTLA French bistro)
- La Casita Mexicana
Maude(Curtis Stone’s ingredient a month restaurant)
- Brobard Chateau
A.O.C.(Simply great)
Asanebo(Best sushi anywhere)
- Kobee Factory
Craft(Consistent Century City lunch spot)
Connie and Ted’s(#2’s casual seafood spot)
- Rosaliné
- Erven
- Angelini Osteria
- Adana
Little Sister(Best Vietnamese spot in town)
- Mian
- Drago Centro
- Aburiya Raku
- Locol
71Above(Best views in DTLA)
Grand Central Market(Great variety)
- Coni’Seafood
Kogi BBQ(The Godfather of the food truck. Korean/Mexican)
Guelaguetza(Most authentic Mexican. Biggest mezcal collection in the US)
- Manhattan Beach Post
- Rice Bar
Bellwether(Had a great Nashville hot chicken sandwich)
- Playground
- Colonia Publica
- Attari Sandwich Shop
- Irenia
- Tsujita
- Gjusta
- Garlic & Chives
- Valentino
- Mariscos Jalisco
Union(Pasadena’s gem)
- Sapp Coffee Shoo
- Mayura
Howlin’ Ray’s(Two hour minimum wait for some decent Nashville hot chicken)
- Marouch
Langer’s(The king of the Pastrami sandwich)
Travel
Posted on September 13, 2018
My passport is one of my favorite processions. Unfortunately, it is time to retire my current one for a fresh one. Growing up, I was enamored by alamanacs and globes. I dreamed about traveling the world, but didn’t get my first passport until I was 35 years old. I’m pretty sure the delay is why I go to places like Mongolia. R.I.P first passport.
Stamps in order:
Paris, France
London, England
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Madrid, Spain
Rome, Italy
Nairobi, Kenya
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Montreal, Canada
Budapest, Hungary
Vienna, Austria
Prague, Czech Republic
Nassau, Bahamas
Milan, Italy
San Miguel Allende, Mexico
Havana, Cuba
London, England
Cardiff, Wales
Dublin, Ireland
Seoul, South Korea
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Rome, Italy
#85 Done
Posted on September 9, 2018
#85: Go to the mountains
Spent the day in Wrightwood, CA soaring above the treetops.
#13 in Progress
Posted on September 7, 2018
#13. Try 10 of Gold’s top 101 LA Restaurants
Barbette in West Hollywood. A traditional but delicious French Bistro.
It was a 4lb plus Labor Day Weekend
Posted on September 3, 2018
Need to return to the discipline this week.
#13 in Progress
Posted on September 2, 2018
#13: Try 10 of Gold’s top 101 LA Restaurants
Cheat day at Pizzana in Brentwood. Great, but Desano’s and Barones are still tops in LA.
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