Biggest Event: DineLA Restaurant Week!

For all the foodies in great Los Angeles area, today I would like to introduce you the biggest restaurant event, dineLA Restaurant Week.

Dine LA is a website that brings together restaurants and food news in Los Angeles. They sponsor charity events, but their most popular feature is Restaurant Week which is usually held during 2 weeks of January and 2 weeks of July. During Restaurant Week you can get 3-course meals during lunch and dinner from as little as $16/pp to $44/pp for dinner at some of LA's best fine dining restaurants.

 

As there is so much for people to discover here and dineLA’s Restaurant Week is the perfect excuse to reach out of your comfort zones of pricing and enjoy the finest food with least money spent.

During the Restaurant Week, foodies can experience premier culinary destination of Wolfgang Puck, Thomas Keller and Nobu Matsuhisa, as well as a new generation of culinary stars like Kogi BBQ Truck founder Roy Choi, Top Chef champion Michael Voltaggio, and Ricardo Zarate, named Food & Wine’s Best New Chef in America. Restaurant Week was established to introduce diners to the variety of restaurants throughout LA County, from Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Whittier, Westwood, and Redondo Beach to Downtown LA, highlighting the diversity of culinary experiences in LA. Foodies have the opportunity to enjoy a selection of specially priced lunch and dinner menus from some of LA’s best restaurants.

 

This year, dineLA is celebrating its 15^th year of Restaurant Week, with $16 million, the highest consumer spending generated in its history, during Jan 22-27 and Jan 29- Feb 3, and will be returning this summer again during July 15-26.

Since there are 250 participating restaurants, how do I know which one is worth trying? dineLA website solves your problem!

In website of dineLA, they categorize the restaurants in Los Angeles into Downtown, Leimert Park, Little Ethiopia, Boyle Heights and Glendale. This way, you can conveniently search the restaurants based on the area you wish to be dining in. Within each region area, there are also different sections, such as activities, culture, events, hotels, and nightlife. So you can more carefully look for and pick the restaurant for type of mood you are in now.

The Website also provides information and keeps it very updated on the food event. For example, in late of this month, there will be wine festival hosted in Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach. 

Once you click in, you’ll see full page of information, including time, Google map, venue address, region, admission fee, and phone number. You can also add it to My LA and calendar after you sign up for one by creating a complete new account or just simply connect it your existing Facebook account. Then they will remind you of your upcoming schedule.

 

Most importantly, when the Restaurant Week is approaching, the website provides you the list of all participating restaurants.

 

The website provides you the most all the details of what you’re interested restaurant. You can compare lunch/dinner prices, menus and they also show you what the rating is on yelp.

During my 3 years of stay in Los Angeles, I’ve tried 7 restaurants during Restaurant Week. So which restaurant I would recommend the most? It is undoubtedly Fig&Olive!

Fig&Olive is located on Melrose in West Hollywood. Its name is pretty self- explanatory, each dish is prepared with a special olive oil and brings authentic Mediterranean food. Restaurant Weeks menu focuses on seasonal local produce.

Appetize: Beef Carpaccio

For the appetizer I had Beef Carpaccio. I would really recommend it even if you don’t like the raw beef as the taste the beef was smothered by the cheese.

Main Course: Truffle Risotto

For main course, I ordered Truffle Risotto. It was amazing; Fig & Olive is very generous, there is an abundance of truffle on the risotto that brings out the taste of mushroom and cheese. It was really creamy as well.

Dessert: Chocolate Pot de Crème

 

Last but not least, Dessert, what all girls love, I had Chocolate Pot de Crème. Chocolate Pot de Crème is made with white, milk, and dark chocolates. The chocolate was really smooth and creamy, I felt like I was in heaven after having a spoon of it. However, it is getting a little bit too sweet to finish the entire cup of it.

If you missed the winter session of Restaurant Week of the year, don’t hesitate to start searching for the restaurants you’ve wanted to try but have always been intimated by its pricing for the upcoming summer session! It will be the time of the year for all hungry Angelenos to enjoy the feast.

 
dineLA website: http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/what-to-do/restaurants
 

Fig & Olive

8490 Melrose Pl
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Neighborhood: West Hollywood

(310) 360-9100 

http://www.figandolive.com