David Lentz and Suzanne Goin’s flagship seafood restaurant resides at Sunset & Vine behind a Borders book shop. It had been about a year since my last visit to The Hungry Cat. The tantalizing dineLA Restaurant Week menu drew me in, offering three courses for $22. My lunch turned out to be a great value. My meal’s second beignet plate (the first being the salmon starter) provided an exclamation mark.

The cluster of fluffy fritters appeared with bits of candied bacon, crunchy almond brittle shards, a powdered sugar dusting and caramel sauce base. The dessert’s pumpkin flavor probably wasn’t pronounced enough, and the caramel was a little thin – more reminiscent of maple syrup than caramel – but it was still a strong dessert, with varied texture and flavor. Of course a little candied bacon never hurt anything.

Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.