Pattern Bar. Fraiche - Culver City - Culver City. Umami Burger | The Fifth Taste. A rare four-star restaurant review: The Bazaar by José Andrés. Olives that flood your mouth with flavor. A foie gras lollipop wrapped in cotton candy. The definitive shrimp with garlic. Innocent-looking bites that shoot smoke out of your nostrils.
How to describe the experience at the Bazaar by José Andrés in the new SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills? Fellini-esque, a gastronomical circus, a flirtation with the flavors and soul of Spain? Los Angeles has never seen anything remotely like this exciting restaurant from Spanish chef José Andrés. The Bazaar is actually several venues in one. There are the tapas bars -- Blanca (contemporary) and Rojo (traditional). In a city that's full of Philippe Starck restaurants, this is his best design. It's all very fun, but would only be a light divertissement if everything on the plate weren't so captivating.
The Bazaar has some of the same theatricality, but it's more accessible. But don't worry, you don't have to choose between traditional or contemporary. Sleight of hand The server also makes up foie gras lollipops. Welcome to Grub Restaurant. The Review: Ilan Hall's the Gorbals in downtown Los Angeles. When I woke up the next morning, I really thought it had all been a dream. The goth mime sniffing our wine bottle, his cohorts in white porcelain masks circling the table. The gentleman in his 50s who strode in late with three women in his wake and sat next to us at the long communal table, a crude slab of hard wood that looked as if it had just come from the sawmill. One woman celebrating her birthday with sticky toffee pudding, while on the other side, a beauty in a skull T-shirt smooched a guy with an innocent-looking face but heavily illustrated arms.
Just another night at the Gorbals. It's weird and fun and a little rough around the edges, but definitely from the heart. Prices are on the low side, portions small. But everything has real flavor. I'd gone with friends for dinner. Sure, it was the regular Downtown Art Walk, but who knew even that could bring out crowds like this? His own way He's best known, though, as the kid who won the second season of "Top Chef. " And that offal? Moon Mart Kabab - Glendale - Glendale. Raffi's Place Restaurant - Glendale - Glendale. Shekarchi Restaurant - Downtown - Los Angeles.