Hope y'all are eating healthily and happily!
January 6, Twelth Night (beginning of Mardi Gras), I dined with friends at GRAVLAX in West Culver City--Scandinavian & Turkish cuisine (Holy Combo, Batman!). I give it 4 out of 4 stomachs.*
Gravlax was very accommodating with the food allergies. For the few items our server was unsure of, we were able to watch her walk a few yards to the kitchen counter and see her question the Swedish chef and co-owner Magnus Stefansson. He answered without missing a mince or a dice. That confidence inspires great digestion in me. He came to the table mid-meal to make sure all was good. (And how!) I did not meet the Turkish chef and co-owner Arda Koca--a treat for next time.
I do wish the different kinds of cuisine had been delineated on the menu and/or by the server--not for the same reason some keep Milk & Fleisch separate, but so I could drop more fun facts at cocktail parties and make-believe I'm more worldly. Never mind: looking at the menu without the red wine goggles, I think the "Turkish Eggplant Salad with Pita" is probably Turkish. Probably.
I found my plates (including the pictured eponymous Gravlax, which is diary and soy free, naturally) adventurous, but approachable for all palates, comfort-foody even.
Gravlax is participating in DineLA--check it out: http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/what-to-do/restaurants/gravlax.
Let me know where you'd like me to go next. I will be your official taster and Guinea pig.
Til we eat again,
Alexox
*This is my new rating system. I hope to have pix of stomachs and half-stomachs in the future. Fun Fact: though many people (I won't name names) say a cow has 4 stomachs, they (the cows, not the people) actually have 1 stomach, which has 4 compartments, each functioning in wildly different ways.
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