The Blvd, Beverly Hills
Dine LA 2011 is (err was) in full swing. I was able to catch the tail end with a visit to The Blvd during my short stay in Los Angeles for the Chinese New Year vacation.
The Blvd is located in the Beverly Wilshire, Four Season hotel, offer views of shoppers of Rodeo Dr. by day and the glamor of stars at night. The comfy outdoor seating offers voyeur in all of us something to see. The main dinning room, with the spacious high ceilings defines the hollywood power lunches. At dinner, I’d expect the paparazzi to be permanent camped here since Cut and the hotel are here as well.
With all the opulence, expectations were high for the food. With our dineLA menus, I selected the Red Chile Tagliatelle – which is pasta with tofu to start with. The pasta was pretty good. But with my dislike for tofu, nothing was going make me like this. My co-diners had the Winter Belgium Endives and the Cappuccino. The Winter one was basically a seafood salad – which looked and tasted the best. The Cappuccino was chestnut soup with scallops, that had the best presentation – which looked like a big cappuccino. Overall, I think starters were the best.
Next up, we had our entrees. Out of the Veal, Skirt Steak, and Halibut, I choose the fish. The halibut was flakey and tender, but lack the punch in flavor I was looking for. But then again, flavor in halibut isn’t something its known for. I got to try the Veal, which was pretty good – something I regretted that I didn’t get. For some reason, lately, I have had some good veal both in LA and in Shanghai. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to try the skirt steak. Lastly, we finished up our meal with desserts featuring a selection of the Lemon Chocolate Tart, the Torrone Parfait, and the Vanilla Raspberry Bavarois. I regrettably chose the Vanilla when the Tart came out. The raspberry bavarois was a bit too rich, but again that was my personally palate speaking. I got to try the Lemon Chocolate Tart which had a crust that I liked.
At hotel, formerly known as Regent Beverly Wilshire from the film Pretty Woman, The Blvd very good place to have meal and experience that you soon won’t forget.
What to Order: Lemon Chocolate Tart, Veal What not to Order: Halibut
Rating 2 Pigs Price Range 3 $/¥/NT