Bonjour, bon ami!!! Happy February!!!
I hope your first month of 2012 was a great start to a great new year! January was definitely eventful – lots of home improvement and organization projects, and even though I still have some work to finish, I am extremely happy about what I’ve accomplished thus far. After Super Bowl Sunday, I’ll have my Sundays back to finish up more of the projects on the list!
Meanwhile, here in LA we’ve been celebrating DineLA Restaurant Week for the last week, something I’m always looking forward to. Last night’s treat was an exclusive dinner at one of LA’s hottest nomadic eateries, LudoBites 8. Although not a participant in DineLA, this is the eighth iteration of the pop-up restaurant. For any who aren’t familiar with the name Ludo Lefebvre, he was a featured Top Chef Master during its second season, and locally in LA he has been known as a French culinary genius-slash-down to earth rockstar for over ten years.
Thus, until this eighth round of pop-ups, getting a seat or two meant being ready at your computer on the day and minute that reservations opened, and refreshing your page over and over again, hoping you could be a lucky winner (a la Ticketmaster!!). But FINALLY… my number was called and I was fortunate enough to be one of the 5% who successfully snagged a reservation via raffle (BEST and most fair idea thus far). LB8 definitely proved to me why this reservation was SOOO difficult to come by. And the wait was worth it: check out the mouth-watering pictures below!!!
- {delectable menu}
- {bay scallops with truffle}
- {monkfish, cornichons, mustard seeds}
- {my favorite: big eye tuna over somen noodles with Tahitian vanilla}
- {wagyu beef carpaccio with radish snow}
- {brioche with yuzu butter}
- {jidori half chicken with parmesan foam}
- {pop-up kitchen & great staff}
- {lemon moon, host of LudoBites 8}
- {moon-like light fixtures, appropriately so…}
- {executive chef and gracious host Ludo Lefebvre}
If you happen to get an opportunity to try Ludo Bites during a future iteration, you will thoroughly enjoy it. The flavor profiles were delightful and very unexpected, a combination of classic with new, all on a platter free from pretentiousness. AND for those in or around LA, you can always chase down Ludo’s food truck for a taste of his talent.
I have a couple more restaurants on my DineLA list this week, and I can’t wait to share more delicious greatness with you!!
Until then, bon ami, have a wonderful week!!!
♥ LBH
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Good to see more traditionally “French” food is finally being served at Ludo. Not enough to attract me to deal with the ressie system/attitude, but looked like you enjoyed!?
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I did!! Once I finally got the reservation (8 pop-ups later), it was a great overall experience. And Lefebvre himself was very nice – I got to personally thank him and compliment him on the food. At first glance, the menu appears simple and uncomplicated, but when the plates arrive to the table, the complexity and sophistication are obvious in appearance and more importantly in flavors. I’m now interested in finding his truck… ps: when are we going to get together again for some more tom-foodery? 🙂
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Where ya wanna go Becky O?
Post and Beam? Thai Town? I’m free… all of 2012?
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Let’s do it!!! I could do Thai Town – haven’t had great Thai in a long time.
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Your pictures look so romantic!
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oh thank you!! It’s the least I can do to try to explain with words and images how delicious something tastes!!! 🙂
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