Food, glorious food!
Eat right through the menu.
Just loosen your belt
Two inches and then you
Work up a new appetite.
~ Oliver!
We started with the crispy corn hominy with lime while catching up over glasses of Napa Valley's Cabernet Sauvignon, Macauley, 2001 - a great year for Napa wine, according to KW. The little morsels were a light beginning to our gluttonous girls' night out.
As was suggested by our attentive server, we shared all the dishes family-style among the five of us. Barbeque pork belly sandwiches were split into two's and were a sweet and savory delight of flavors, as was the ricotta and goat cheese gnocchi with bolognese - one of my favorites of the night. The duck confit with dates, arugula, and pecans in a sherry vinaigrette with apple was refreshing, and the flat iron steak with sunchoke hash that was topped with a truffle parmesan fondue melted in my mouth [see above photo].
But the best dish of the night, hands down, had to be the foie gras loco moco with spam and hamburger topped with a sunny-side up quail egg on a bed of rice. So creative and unexpected, the combination of salty, savory, and sweet danced merrily in my mouth. You could not go wrong with foie gras or spam! Next time it's on the menu, though, I will have to order this one all for myself.
The evening ended with a tender rack of balsamic pork ribs, and the rib eye for two in an escargot butter with mash and brussels sprouts (except for the fact that the $75 plate was split in five pieces).
Everything was tantalizing, delicious, and full of excess. I was just sorry that we didn't find room for any dessert. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I'm in denial - five women would generally NOT be able to devour everything put in front of them. And yet, we did it. Even the servers were impressed.
Food, glorious food!
We're anxious to try it.
Three banquets a day --
Our favourite diet!
Just picture a great big steak --
Fried, roasted or stewed.
The food,
Once again, food
Fabulous food,
Glorious food.
~ Oliver!
Animal Restaurant
street: 435 N. Fairfax Ave | Los Angeles, CA 90036
tel: 1.323.782.9225
http://www.animalrestaurant.com
Su - Th | 6pm-11pm; F - Sat | 6pm-2am
Valet parking or street metered parking
9 comments:
Wow,this actually reminds me of a movie i just watched a few weeks ago-[July& Julia]....LOL...
"Julie & Julia" - Great movie! Will have to dedicate a post to the late Julia Child one day. ;)
BOLA!
I'm so glad you're posting again!!!
I love Animal! Never got a chance to try the foie gras loco moco...will have to make sure I try it next time. Their foie gras maple biscuit is excellent too.
Happy New Year to you & MS!
Hey DG! Miss you guys!!! Your little man must be getting big! ;) Mmm... foie gras maple biscuits sound delicious! Happy NY to you too!
Hey BoLA - You are such an animal!! ;o) The food looks wonderful, and let me add my "I'm so glad you're posting again" vote to the pool!
Hi Kirk-San! The food was amazing and I'm hoping that I'll keep posting well into the new year! :) Hugs!
LOL..(Wow Im the anonymous who made the 1st comment),i really like the kind of fantastic food N' blog combination....maybe u should set up a goal(like in the movie) 10000 dishes 2 finish,then balabla..
I can't afford to eat cheap meats priced at $75. The 2 sliders from last time cost me $12. W.T.F #@$%@#!$!$
i love love love the foie gras at animal, but i was really bummed they didn't have the kimchi pork belly anymore. just went last night and they have pork belly sliders now, which aren't as awesome. but still loving the foie gras loco moco and the foie gras biscuit with maple gravy. drool!
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