In celebration of his birthday, a friend of mine and I had dinner at
Restaurant 2117 last night. They have a very nice menu of small plates, appetizers, entrees, pasta dishes, and prix fixe menus.
We had a series of small plates:
Mixed green salad, with julienne pears, slices of brie, toasted walnuts, "crisp corn" (which I though was raw corn kernals, but turned out to be chopped up corn fritter, which I pushed to the side of my plate), cherry tomatoes, and a citrus vinaigrette. Very tasty.
Second small plate was duck confit, one leg, served without the skin, with a relish of finely minced onion, parsley and I don't know what. Delicious.
Next course we split was two sweetbreads, which were dredged in something (flour?) and sauteed, served with a port wine reduction.
We then split an entree of 1/2 filet of branzino (fish) served with sauteed spinach and garnished with cooked crab.
We shared a liter of Pellegrino amended with slices of lemon.
My dining partner finished with "tiramisu" (which did
not have any alcohol-soaked ladyfingers). It was a few cubes of flourless chocolate cake topped with an assortment of mixed berries and vanilla custard. I was full at this point and did not have any of this.
The bill for this wondrous assortment of delicacies, including tax and tip, was about $90.
I highly recommend this restaurant.
Restaurant 2117
2117 Sawtelle Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90025