forthcoming
Meanwhile, another location in Santa Monica is on the way, and so is a tasting menu restaurant in Melrose Hill. As Holy Basil gears up to conquer Los Angeles, here’s what you can expect in Atwater, through the lens of six dishes, plus a sneak peek at an upcoming dessert.
Time to go to holy basil again!
Just went this past week and the menu and experience is very different from the opening menu. Much more outdoor patio seating and the menu is no longer just replica of Holy Basil DTLA with few specials. Many new dishes and much more seafood focused and only few items recognizable from the DTLA location. All these changes are def. for the better as Deau and team can be more creative and flex all the hard work they are putting in.
Oooooh, got a snap of the menu?
unfortunately didn’t take a snap, but we got the whole fried rockfish, grilled giant prawn, cuttlefish larb, raw scallops on the half shell, short rib curry…
some others we didn’t get steelhead crudo, duckbreast…softshell crab…
@hppzz Will they take reservations for a banquet-style meal? This would be fun to do with friends.
you can reserve the back room for up to 10-12
I nominate porky to organize!
i heard he wants to do tasting menu so I can ask Deau if he wants a group of FTC to try it out and maybe @PorkyBelly can arrange.
delicious lunch at holy basil. the special crab fried rice is so good we ordered two.
highlights
misses
review forthcoming @hppzz @hungryhungryhippos @Clayfu?
crispy rice salad - crispy rice, edamame, ginger, peanuts, cilantro, lettuce fish sauce vinaigrette
pad see ew, vermicelli noodle, marinated pork loin, xo sauce, soy bean, chinese broccoli
Gra pow eggplant, vegan xo sauce, garlic, chili, soybeans, eggplant, squash, basil
holy wings - fried jidori chicken wings and shishito peppers
moo krob - holy basil’s signature crispy pork belly, 48 hours cured serve with holy sauce
crab fried rice
wild shrimp curry, house made yellow curry paste. wild shrimp, egg, fried shallots, sichuan peppercorn oil
chicken and rice, minced jidori chicken, ginger soy garlic rice, cilantro, cucumber, fried garlic
grandma’s fish and rice, shredded fried barramundi, cilantro, chili fish sauce, lime and shallots
nam tok angus beef tataki, toasted rice powder, cilantro, lime vinaigrette
wild shrimp aguachile, uni, tomatillo, garlic, makrut
green curry jidori chicken, thai eggplant, basil, house made curry paste
shrimp glass noodles
garlic chives
byo mango sticky rice
The old version of their wings, sauced with some sort of tamarind green peppercorn chili concoction, were for me the best wings in LA post OB Bear. Still annoyed they cut them from the menu lol.
Highlights the steamed glass noodles, shrimp curry, stir fried chives, crab rice.
Aside from everything being delicious the only other feedback is using the thin mifen noodles for drunken noodles which I have disliked on both visits. Forgot to provide that to Deau when we saw him.
I thought we did mention it? Now you got me doubting myself.
my dish of the lunch. I am obsessed with Garlic Chives and this was perfectly done.
no, @porkybelly only mentioned that I didn’t like the white meat…
We discussed it internally but only mentioned the chicken. I also did forgot to mention it the first time I had the drunken noodles. Porky throwing ppl under the bus 
Could not agree more, I recently went to the DTLA location (for to go) just so I could get the wide flat noodles and they accidentally used the thiner noodles instead.
