I’m Moving!

over to www.djjewelz.com. For the five readers that have this site bookmarked, please update your info!

The fun times will continue on there. Stop on by and say hello!

and while we are at it:

Enjoy a bottle of wine from Domaine LA.

See you over at www.djjewelz.com

- julian

Grace Restaurant

“Who actually reads foodblogs” posited Sinosoul during a recent dinner at Shufeng Garden.

Assuming there is some truth in that statement (I believe it), then people really only come for the pictures. I’m cool with that.

I share with you Grace Restaurant’s Tasting Menu, sans commentary.

Images of Downtown LA

My point and shoot perspective. No, there is no food in this post.

Who says we don’t have a skyline?

Lazy Ox Canteen – First Impressions

Now that my office is in Downtown LA, I’m always on the hunt for different places to eat that don’t cost an arm and a leg for parking. LOC will probably end up replacing Wurstküche as my go to spot after work for the simple reason that it has a good beer and wine selection and most importantly, good food. Wurstküche has a GREAT beer selection, but at some point you need to have something more than a duck and bacon sausage and Belgian fries.

The view from my future seat at LOC

Ludobites 3.0 – Remixed

I told you Chef Ludo would be mixing things up during this engagement. The second week of Ludobites took eaters from an a la carte to prix fixe menu, due mostly to extenuating circumstances, that being the case of the missing sous chef.

Ludobites 3.0

If Chef Ludo had a rap game, he’d have this track and it’d go “Allow me to reintroduce myself my name is L Oh, U to the D O.”

Ludobites 3.0, in which the cock attacks.

Since there will be at least 30+ blogs about this place, what’s one more to toss in the heap? When you think about it, isn’t that really the marketing genius behind Ludobites?

Kiyokawa for Omakase

“Where do you want to go for dinner tonight?”
“Toshi? Kiriko?”
“8p, Kiyokawa, sushi bar, omakase.”
“Alrighty then!”

Toshi Sushi – Omakase

The beauty of Toshi Sushi lies in its simplicity. The sushi counter seats 6 (maybe 8 if you take up the waiting area) and there are maybe 20 more seats in the main dining room.

But the simplicity of the restaurant belies chef Toshi-san’s artistry.

Quick Pics – Flying Pig Food Truck

Exiting Toshi Sushi COMPLETELY stuffed, I spied this thing across the street on the corner of 1st/Central:

Bottega Louie – The Look

Bottega Louie, on the corner 7th and Grand, in the old, and currently under bankruptcy protection, Brockman Building, elicits a lot of reactions.

“I love the design.”

“I hate the design.”

“It’s too bare.”

“It’s beautiful.”

“All the hosts/hostesses/managers are good looking!”

“It’s loud!”

“What? I can’t hear you!?”

Bottega Louie is loud. Bottega Louie stands out. Bottega Louie screams to be noticed. And why shouldn’t it?