For those that detests lists, you can look away now.
But given that 2018 is quickly fading in the rear view mirror, I thought it might be nice to take a moment to look back at what our favorite things we ate were in the past calendar year.
I’ll start.
In no particular order, except alphabetical:
1. Bavel: Fois Gras Halva with Buckwheat Bread 2. Cento Pasta Bar: Beet pasta 3. Everson Royce Bar: Buttermilk biscuits 4. La Morra Pizzeria: Clam pie 5. Mh Zh: Peas and cheese
Newport Special Lobster at Newport Seafood, San Gabriel
Special Curry at Rita’s Gate of India, Santa Monica
Chickpea Curry at Cassia, Santa Monica
Peach Donut, Donut Man, Glendora
Visited Melisse last week and like half the dishes there would be on this list for 2019.
Best overall things outside of SoCal include Ayer Itam Asam Laksa in Penang, Savory Betel Leaf at Gaa in Bangkok, Chili Crab at Hai Ching in Penang, and every dang hainan chicken rice I had in Singapore.
Holbox scallop taco and uni and yellowtail ceviche
Best meal of the year: OmAkase at sushi sho in honolulu, if you’re ever in honolulu please go. Not in SoCal but this is maybe the best meal I’ve had in my life and I’m sure a lot of posters travel to honolulu.
This was an odd year for me in that most of my best meals were outside of LA, and within LA, I mostly stuck with traditional stand-by’s. My list would be:
This thread has reminded me of many great things I’ve eaten this year, but totally forgot about.
Majordomo - lamb bing
Gwen - corn agnolotti
Bavel - babaganoush
Bestia - cavatelli norcia
Somni - lobster and croissant
Some things mentioned above I really wanted to include, but this is top 5, not top 10. Luckily I was able to eliminate some of those items because I had them in 2017.