Posts Tagged ‘dine LA’

Office Bonding Buffet: New Delhi Palace, Pasadena

by UncouthGourmands on April 16, 2010 Share

Office Bonding Buffet: New Delhi Palace, Pasadena

The picture above is reason enough for you to believe me when I say, I absolutely and totally love my job. For all you Uncouth Gourmands fans out there, I’m Meryl aka the CFO: nice to meet you. I love trying out Indian cuisine in LA; I moved here from India two years ago, and I’m constantly on the prowl for any semblance of the food I dearly miss. So when Carina mentioned Indian food, I was ecstatic!
The UG team (missing two members: Lea and Maria) set out early to the buffet at New Delhi Palace. I liked the vibe here; they had statues and ethnic decorations all over. I picked up the camera and got clicking, while the rest of …


A Little Sex with My Moroccan (Food)? Yes, Please!

by josie on November 4, 2009 Share

A Little Sex with My Moroccan (Food)? Yes, Please!

I am sad to say that most restaurants nowadays have been unable to seduce my palate. Have I become my biggest nightmare? And have I, to be totally frank, turned into someone that does not find love and pleasure in anything anymore? The UGs have always said that context and memory play a powerful role in how a dining experience is perceived. But it seems, that no matter how unimportant price may be at the dining time, I always find myself rationalizing the cost to pleasure ratio in my head. Uncouth! Have I really become so cynical? Oh, I remember what it was to be a blithe and carefree employed citizen…Oh the days…Have the fireworks given way recently? Fortunately, Marrakesh …


The Big O: October

by carina on October 5, 2009 Share

The Big O: October

October is the month of many good things: my birthday, the completion of my graduate studies, the start of many new UG businesses, Halloween and Dine LA Restaurant Week. This past Friday, the second day of October, had all of the usual suspects. Lunch at the Jonathan Club with our business partner Chuck and later Shabbat dinner at Barrett’s house. One exciting addition to this particular October Friday was our newest member of the UG crew, programmer extraordinaire, Alex from Germany. We wanted our full team of empire builders to meet and, most importantly, eat together. Chuck has connections at all place but especially at his fancy club. The Downtown Jonathan Club is missing something that Beach club is not, …


Dine LA: Drago Centro

by carina on February 22, 2009 Share

Dine LA: Drago Centro

First: I love that you can see us in this photo, it was a strange surprise.
Josie and I were very excited to dine at Drago Centro for lunch on Friday. Celestino Drago is an amazing chef who recently had Stefan, of Top Chef fame, working under him at his other restaurant, Enoteca Drago. Drago Centro opened the end of November with a $7 million dollar budget. It just received a very creditable 2.5 stars from the LAT. The LAT warns that the restaurant is nearly impossible to park at and find. Josie found this out the hard way by parking across the street and paying $58 for less than 2 hours. I, luckily, valeted for $5 with validation.
Anyway, on to …


Restaurant Week: The Dining Room at the Langham

by carina on February 4, 2009 Share

Restaurant Week: The Dining Room at the Langham

So Dine LA Restaurant Week continues and last night we hit up the Dining Room at the Langham. The Langham took over the Ritz Carlton Pasadena about a year ago and the Dining Room is the only hotel restaurant in LA with a Michelin Star.
Josie got stuck in that mess on the 134 yesterday and I was embarrassed giving my car to the valet with the intense smell of nachos that permeated it left over from lunch. Oh well, we made it, grabbed a drink at the bar before dinner and met up with our dining companion, our local neighborhood bartender at Lucky Baldwins (our favorite beer bar). Apprarently, our bartender had either served or slept with everyone at the …


Restaurant Week: Vertical Wine Bistro

by carina on February 2, 2009 Share

Restaurant Week: Vertical Wine Bistro

Since I was out of town most of last week, we didn’t get started on Dine LA: Restaurant Week until Week 2. We have both been wanting to try Vertical Wine Bistro forever and were quite impressed by their menu for the Dine LA week, so naturally it was a good fit to kick off our 3-course price fixed adventure.
It was Super Bowl Sunday and Josie was at a football party prior to our meal and I was studying for an accounting midterm the next day (today, what I should still be doing right now). I am not really a sports person and as I was doing homework and watching Sober House I was listening to people screaming and I …