Thanks. It’s because of your repeated visits at the SF and now here in LA that made us want to finally give it a shot. So glad we did. Thank you.
For the wild boar, it is leaner than say the APL beef short ribs, but after cooking it for 8 hours on the hearth, the wild boar is pretty tender while still have some meatiness. It’s just a different style and prep, but I think you’d enjoy it.
I like cocktail sauce (usually with shrimp), but perhaps it just took me by surprise for oysters, but it felt a touch overpowering. I’ll be ordering more oysters at Angler for sure, so I’ll try it with a little less next time.
Re: Caviar - yes! Thank you for the rec. During our initial visits, I was thinking that it might be just like Saison’s Reserve Caviar prep, etc., so since we had that already, I wanted to try other dishes. But I saw your latest pics and realize it’s something different.
I’ll definitely keep an eye out for the heirloom tomato, swordfish and the sorbet!
The weird thing to me about Angler is the unchanging signature dishes. The radicchio and beet were great but I’m not sure I want to have either a third time.
If they haven’t raised their prices since September, chicory Caesar $16, radicchio $15, beet $15, straw mushrooms $14, potato $13. The potato I had in SF was a complete fail. David Chang said in his podcast with Skenes that he didn’t like the one he had, either.
Thank you. We were hoping the fact that the Pronghorn Antelope was dry aged 3 weeks might’ve made a difference, but it was surprisingly very light / bland.
Thanks @Bookwich! I was thinking of you and @TheCookie and other FTC’ers who enjoy great vegetable dishes, and even those that normally don’t, the Radicchio with Radicchio X.O. and Sweet Chicory Caesar were just really stunning and so full of flavor.
What @robert and @PorkyBelly said are the current prices for those (fairly reasonable for the amount of work and stunning flavors in those dishes). Get their Parker House Rolls & Cultured Butter (made from their own dairy cows) for $12 and that’s a glorious meal right there. (But you should take @PorkyBelly’s advice and get a Live Spot Prawn w/ Harissa and sop up the sauce and juices.)
I haven’t tried Angler SF yet, but the Angler Potatoes we had in L.A. were crispy-crunchy on the outside with a moist, tender inside (w/ the basting of the butter, roasting step). None of us felt the potatoes were “dry” at all.