Daniel Mattern and pastry chef Roxana Jullapat opened Cooks County with Claudio Blotta and Adria Tennor Blotta. The couple clearly has a handle on seasonal California comfort food.
One of their latest collaborations came together seamlessly on my plate at lunch. Mattern provided premium ingredients to fill Jullapat’s crusty house-baked bread. For the Grilled Pork Loin Sandwich ($13), the lean meat arrived plenty juicy with crisp shaved fennel, arugula, spicy Calabrian chilies, creamy aioli and subtly sweet apricot chutney. They serve each sandwich with a generously-dressed arugula and radicchio salad.
Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.
Blog Comments
carter
August 6, 2012 at 5:59 AM
Looks delicious.
Did not know they were open for lunch, not that I am in that area frequently at that time of day.
Maybe that needs to change!
Joshua Lurie
August 6, 2012 at 8:46 AM
carter,
Cooks County’s pork loin sandwich would be worth a special trip over the hill for lunch. So would Roxana’s desserts.
Ben
August 2, 2012 at 11:21 PM
That’s a delicious sandwich right there. Yes, sir.