Monday, November 10, 2025

Kaiseki Motoishi@Beverly Hills ★★★

Kazu-san's Amazing Handcrafted Bento Pick Up. Love the Crab Miso. Healthy & well-balanced Kyoto-style bento with lots of rich & individually flavored ingredients. Cover & lightly heat up with microwave to enjoy. Pick up from Sushi Yamamoto (Beverly Hills) or Sushi Kisen (Arcadia) 12-2pm. Limited availability (15-16 bentos per day). Pre-order early via Tock. 

Snow Crab Bento Box $65
Female Snow Crab Rice Cooked in Clay Pot
Dashimaki Tamago (Japanese Egg Omelette)
Seasonal Pickles
Candied Kumquat (Kinkan)
Blanched Matsutake Mushroom
Boiled Taki-Renkon (Lotus Root)
Tori Dango (Chicken Dumpling)
Boiled Konnyaku (Simmered Konjac Root)
Simmered Satsuma-Imo (Sweet Potato)
Tai Yuan-Yaki (Grilled Sea Bream)
Simmered Daikon (Radish)
Kuri Shibukawa-Ni (Chestnut Simmered in Syrup)
Came with a nice bag of Candied Walnuts


@kaiseki.motoishi
Monday bento pickups at Sushi Yamamoto (or Sushi Kisen Arcadia)
Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Toku Unagi & Sushi@West Hollywood ★★

Decent Authentic Unagi from Japan. Came for lunch. Sasho pepper available. Iced green tea $4. Oolong Tea $5. Around $2 parking in underground lot during lunch, depending on how long you park.

Matsu Ohitsu $71

2 Color Unagi Box $68

2 Color Unagi Box $68

Matsu Ohitsu $71

Matsu Ohitsu $71

Eel Liver Soup Upgrade (add $3)

Toku Unagi & Sushi
1106 N La Cienega Blvd
Ste 201
West Hollywood, CA 90069
(310) 854-7285
www.tokuusa.com

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Speakeasy Society Family Meal@Mid-City ★★

Fun Immersion Theater-Dining Experience. No spoilers here. Audience integrated. Nice meal. Fun to engage with the audience and be part of the story. It'd be fun for the audience who's able to guess the ending correctly to raffle for a prize, like a $10 gift card. $325 plus platform fees per person with theater experience & dinner included. $60 additional for Wine Pairing (small pours). Reservation required. Street parking around the blocks.

Actor Alexander Demers as Chef Byron in the play

Checking In


Welcome Yuzu Sake Cocktail



Hors d'Oeuvre: Tuna Tartar with Salmon Roe

Emily Faris as Shiloh


Alexander Demers as Chef Byron



Champagne



Beet & Caviar
salt roasted beet, cultured cream, kaluga caviar, lime

Croquette
potato, point reyes bleu cheese, olive & red walnut tapenade


Chris Mollica as Jozef

Neill Fleming as Chef


Dry Riesling


Green Peppercorn Caesar
mixed lettuces, preserved lemon, roasted pumpkin, fried garlic, blood orange

I Won the Wine Tasting Game

I Won the Wine Tasting Game

Gruner



Donut
Hungarian fry bread, black garlic, chévre, pink peppercorn caramel


Argentinean Malbec



Marie's Duck
Hudson Valley Farms Duck Breast, Duck Bordelaise, Sweet Potato, Leek


Port

Zan Headley as Firas
Clarie Chapelli as Anna
Chris Mollica as Jozef

Chocolate Cake
date & cashew budino, chocolate chantilly cream


Alexander Demers (Chef Byron) after the play

Speakeasy Society
Rita House
5971 W 3rd St Los Angeles, CA 90036
https://www.speakeasysociety.com/