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Master Sommelier

Interview: master sommelier Darius Allyn (Montage Beverly Hills)

Seattle native Darius Allyn fell for wine while working on a luxurious train line in Eastern Europe. He carried that passion back to the States, started at the Salish Lodge Inn and eventually transitioned...
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Banh Mi Los Angeles

Red Medicine Banh Mi [CLOSED]

Red Medicine certainly had the pedigree and concept to generate plenty of interest, with Chef Jordan Kahn in the kitchen and a menu that reads like a next-gen Slanted Door. My first dinner there...
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Vietnamese Iced Coffee Los Angeles

The Making of a Drink: Red Medicine Vietnamese Iced Coffee

Up-and-coming chef Jordan Kahn is opening a modern Vietnamese restaurant in Beverly Hills called Red Medicine with Noah Ellis and Adam Fleischman. Since Vietnamese iced coffee is practically required at Vietnamese restaurants, the team...
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Fish Los Angeles

Parq Wild Striped Bass with Bacon Chowder [CLOSED]

The landscape of the Beverly Hills dining scene changed when Bouchon Beverly Hills debuted in November. Thomas Keller’s arrival signaled a paradigm shift in the city’s high-end dining scene. Established restaurants like Spago had...
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Sommelier Los Angeles

Interview: sommelier Alex Weil (Bouchon Beverly Hills)

The firestorm surrounding Bouchon Beverly Hills reached inferno status by November 16, but hours before the bistro’s opening party, sommelier Alex Weil took the time to discuss his background and approach to the wine...
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Oysters Los Angeles

Scenes from the Bouchon Beverly Hills Opening

  • Food
  • November 19, 2009
Without Thomas Keller, Food GPS might not exist, so it was a thrill to be able to finally meet the master chef at the opening of his most recent restaurant: Bouchon Beverly Hills. He...
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