…and it WASN’T the worst of times. For sure. I recently ventured downtown with two of my fav ladies to Bestia, LA’s new hot spot. Please forgive me for using the term “hot spot” but it just is. It is a spot that is hot. It was packed on Wednesday night, like most nights, and for good reason! The food is great, the wine is great, the drinks are great, the service is great.
My buddy Maxwell is the Wine Director and he has put together a very well edited little list. While waiting for our table to be ready, because of course it wasn’t ready yet, we hung out at the bar and popped open a bottle of Hungarian bubbly. Say what? Hungarian. Törley makes some delicious sparkling wine and their delicately sweet Fortuna is no exception. Extremely affordable and highly drinkable. Claire called it “ambrosial” and that is just about the most perfect description.
When we finally got settled into our seats, we got to ordering right quick. Three hungry ladies were ready to eat! First up were some perfect Santa Barbara spot prawns with charred spring onions. Shall I call this spot on? I shall. Shall I put charred spring onions on everything I eat from here on out? I shall.
In our glasses? Some Zanotto Col Fondo Prosecco. I really love this style of Prosecco. Col Fondo is the old school method of making Prosecco by fermenting it in the bottle and letting it hang out with all its residual unfiltered sediment. The result is a Prosecco with a bit more of a savory edge. And a DELICIOUS edge. Pla-dow!
That green stuff right there amongst the heavenly house-cured salumi? Magical mostarda is what that is. We don’t know how it got green and we don’t really need to know, we just need to eat it all the time.
Cavatelli with black truffle and sausage. ‘Nuff said.
A delicious evening all around!
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