I’ve been pondering this and, for now, have no enthusiastic answers for myself. A large part of our eating this year involved this-and-that assembled after scrounging at home. We did consume a bit of takeout, but that was mostly meh to okay.
The one thing I liked and recall enough to want to further explore the menu, were pizzas from 786 Degrees on Washington in Pasadena. Of course, I now have no memory of what we ordered, but we did actually enjoy.
How about you?
Cali-Prese at Leopardo
greens at Burdell
shrimp “toast” at HK Lounge Bistro
squash blossoms at Chez Panisse
duck terrine at Mentone
poached Mt. Lassen trout at Rustic Canyon
house-baked brioche bun at Trillium
ceviche at Small Change Oyster Bar
coconut ice at San Ho Won
trio of bean soups at Xokol
red bean khachapuri at Piala
spaghetti with clams @ osteria alle testiere (Venice)
fried chicken @ maketto (DC)
squid ink soup @ lumlum (NYC)
yuzu tsukemen @ afuri (Brookyln)
grilled kinki @ hayato (LA)
tart cart @ quince lunch (SF)
LA only, memory only (because if have to look it up it can’t have been that “memorable”)
Leopardo caviar and fermented potato pizza
Leopardo smoked salmon and salmon roe pizza
Leopardo tenderloin and radicchio
Leopardo tilefish crudo
Leopardo oysters
Leopardo both sundaes
Vespertine tonka bean dessert
Vespertine quail
Vespertine lamb fat bread with Laphroaig whipped cream
Vespertine black thing
Vespertine uni and PX dessert
Dunsmoor duck
Si Mon duck
Yess monks chirashi
Meteora prawns cooked on rocks
Hayato gohan
Hayato kinki
San Laurel dessert tamale
Funke fig and prosciutto pizza
Stella branzino crudo
Stella gelato
Array 36 noodles with dried shrimp and scallions
Rossoblu fritto misto
Pizzeria Mozza gelato pie (every variation)
Mori Nozomi akami nigiri
Burritos La Palma chicken burrito
Miya Miya chicken shawarma wrap
Eat Joy Food stinky tofu in chili sauce
Seline squab
La only
No particular order
Pizzeria sei omakasei
La carreta torreado and chorreada
Holbox everything
Burrata and summer peaches pizzeria bianco
3 way king crab longo
Caliprese leopardo
Square sausage burrata spicy pizza truly pizza
South Bay jinmi Soondae
Little China kanppongji w bones
Arava melon Weiser farms
Gjelina all the veggies
Tacos don cuco asada and chorizo
Yudu geng kato
Crab curry holy basil
Peak smith farms strawberry
I wish this thread would be moved back to LA given that nobody will find it under “non-regional discussions.”
You found it, it seems.
