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11/05/09
The weekend is ravenous.
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Seven Years at Sona
To celebrate a seven-year anniversary, seven courses of course—from Hamachi with Edamame
Puree to Roasted Duck with Wasabi to Chocolate Beignets with Pumpkin Confit. The
cost, as you may have guessed, is $77.
- 411:
- Tuesdays and Thursdays this month, Sona, 401 N. La Cienega Blvd, 310-659-7708
RESERVED
Ludobites at Royal/T
Acclaimed/tattooed chef Ludovic Lefebvre kept busy this year goosing diners with spontaneous modern fare
like Foie Gras Black Croque Monsieurs at his pop-up kitchen behind the Breadbar stoves. And now
that he's taking over our favorite
Japanese-maid café for 13 nights, you can expect the plates to be as surreal as the scenery.
FINALE
Dessert and a Shot at Nobu
When dinner comes to a close, there's only one way to finish things off. Not dessert—a shot. Okay,
maybe both. After your dinner at Nobu, they're now offering a Kabocha Crème (it involves
Japanese pumpkin) paired with a shot of gin, spicy pumpkin puree, milk and nutmeg. 'Tis the season.
- 411:
- Through Thanksgiving, $14, Nobu, 903 N. La Cienega Blvd, 310-657-5711
CANDLES
This Week's Wildest 83rd Birthday Party
To celebrate the 83rd year in the life of the confounding artist Rachel Rosenthal (if you haven't given her
some sort of award, you're probably the only one), you'll find a bizarre blowout including a silent auction
of 83 works by the likes of Baldessari and Rauschenberg. The evening's wines—Bitch Grenache
and Pure Evil Chardonnay.
- 411:
- Nov 7, 7-11pm, $25, Track 16 Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, 310-839-0661
MASTERS
Great Chefs and UD
The 800-pound gorilla of tasting events beats its mighty chest this weekend, with help from Benjamin "Ford's
Filling Station" Ford, Celestino "Drago Centro" Drago, Neal "Grace" Fraser—and plenty of beer, wine,
tequila and gin. But probably not 800 pounds' worth. Probably.
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Nov 8, 12-3:30pm, $150, CBS Center, 4024 Radford Dr, Studio City, tickets here
UD HOOKUP: The first 50 readers to use code "UD30" at checkout will receive 30 percent off the ticket price.
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