I only had time to watch the first 11 mins, but hearing his take on the LA palate is hysterical (not in a bad way). I don’t necessarily disagree, but the way he expresses himself is so… Swedish?
I’m not at all familiar w/ the Paris restaurants he named (including the boring one), so I’ll need to look those up for context. 
I got further than 11 minutes, but it was VERY long and I didn’t get to the end. What I took from what I listened to is he likes California wine. While he was waiting to open a restaurant in L.A., he cooked for wealthy people and they had pedestrian tastes in food. They like the Ivy and then I’m pretty sure he mentioned they like going out for chicken parm (I think the reference was meant to be to Dan Tana, although I could be wrong). Then these wealthy people go to Paris and eat bad food in Paris. With Lielle, he was trying to do a high end restaurant without it being one of those “once in a lifetime” restaurants for all but the super rich. He’s really into music and chose the playlist himself for the restaurant.
Still hoping to try Lielle. The reviews on OpenTable are a bit polarized. Many love it, but a few found the dishes really boring. I think that may be an issue with a small tasting menu. I think the tasting menu is small in order to keep the restaurant more affordable, but with a small tasting menu there is going to be a bigger risk that someone will perceive some or all of the few dishes offered as boring.
And I really want to go to Lielle because the bread in the pictures looks amazing.
Went here before they changed the menu. All food courses were very thoughtful, complex (lot of layer of fermentation, and freshness combined) , but simple at same time. It suppose to be little more casual than upstairs, to chef Marcus jernmark this is “casual version” to him, I wonder how good upstairs will be. It was during opening weeks, it was running smooth like year opened restaurant. Only wish the best and very exciting what to come in the future.
I thought the one that is yet to open is meant to be the more casual wine bar?
Did not know that
Did you bang bang at Sei?
In the interview of him posted here, he said (paraphrasing) that he discovered that LA residents don’t appreciate fine dining so he wanted to do something different. Ergo, Lielle!
Lol! His idea of casual might be different than many Angelinos. I hope he succeeds.
For those that have been to Lielle, which pasta course do you recommend as a supplement? The wife and I will probably just get one of them since the wife is a light eater. I’m leaning towards the uni pasta. Thanks.
uni by a wide margin
I found the uni / ebi pasta very good; didn’t try the other.
Uni
Thoughts on this rendition of the menu? I had the previous striped jack/abalone/squab and supplemental agnolotti and spaghetti alla chitarra
I found it very good, but my friend and I ordered both pastas for a complete meal in terms of fullness (I’m a big eater haha).
Noise level was fine that evening (3/18)
will be curious what happens upstairs…not running back but curious in another menu rendition…
Portion-wise, many people I’ve spoken with who have gone to Lielle have felt the need to bang bang either before or after their meal there…
i weigh 225 lbs and thought the size of the meal was more than enough.
We were more than full enough with one of the supplemental pastas between the two of us
As a group of 4, we got one supplemental pasta and asked for an extra bread course with the main and found it sufficient (we were not stuffed of courses). Pretty sure 2 tops get the full loaf, and 4 tops also only get a full loaf and it was definitely worth asking for a second to go with the sauce on the main dish.
Was the bread amazing? The pictures of the bread are actually one of the reasons I want to go to Lielle. I still have fond memories of the Parker House rolls at Nancy Silverton’s sadly short lived The Barish at the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel.
The bread was high quality… was it amazing? Really depends what you’re looking for. It definitely won’t have the same characteristics as a Parker House roll (the sweet bread that comes with dessert is closer). I don’t think you’ll be disappointed though!
