When fare becomes poetry: Two weeks of divine tastings …

photos by Dawn Garcia

Above is how I started my journey. The beautiful Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica.

While we gear up for a multitude of tastings and posts, I figured I’d give you a little visual stimulation of just what I’ve been eating:

FOUR SEASONS, Beverly Hills (Culina Restaurant)

1. Tricolore salad w steak
2. Salmon salad
3. Rigatoni w fennel sausage
4. Latte w soy

What sets them apart? Warming the requested honey for coffee without having to ask. Well done Four Seasons BH.

ACE HOTEL, Downtown Los Angeles (LA Chapter Restaurant)

And these are just the starters!!

1. Homemade ricotta w fig.
2. Amberjack Crudo
3. Shishito Peppers
4. Grilled Octopus
5. Sweet n Spicy Brussel Sprouts

Part 2. Dinner – Scallops and Steak. Unpretentious, swimming in sophistication, awakening my palate in bliss

Part 3. Dessert + our accompanying bottle of 2012 Boom Boom Syrah

TAR & ROSES

Chile crab cake, lamb belly, Brussel sprouts w bacon/pancetta

Komodo, Santa Monica

Best $3 taco I’ve ever had!

Ebanos Crossing, Downtown Los Angeles

A Bar Menu Sampling: Oysters, Goat Tacos, Empanadas, Pork Jalapeño Sliders

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Dawn Garcia

Dawn Garcia is an LA born and bred Hispanic Latina. Growing up in a mixed race family that assimilated, and another that didn’t really allow for curiosity, the culmination of both became the driving force for pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, and devoting her life to the fight for equality and social justice. In a quest to go against the grain, she started writing at a very young age to process trauma and better understand her innate desire to live out her free-spirited nature. She is a journalist and screenwriter who has developed original TV series’ and films. Her genres of choice are drama, dark comedy, and comedy. Her strengths lie in empathetic story lines, descriptors and dialogue — both natural and raw — and while diffused with humor, inevitably she hopes to show the thread that connects us all. She is currently developing a comedy TV Series for MGM Studios/Gato Grande Productions. She is a mother, an activist, and lover of life.