Best Local Los Angeles Restaurants for Birthdays!

Birthday in LA! Come celebrate my birthday with me at some of these hot spots in Los Angeles, California:

Otium Restaurant – new hot spot that was well reviewed by Jonathan Gold. Headed by a notable French Laundry alum, this restaurant featured cutting edge comfort grub with an international twist (just like LA)

Kinjiro – artisanal Izakaya in Little Tokyo. They serve upscale Japanese dishes with novel ingredients and a single master chef making all of the food

Tea Master – very popular place to get the best matcha green tea soft serve in town.

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Video timestamps:

0:39 Classic LA traffic on the 5 North with adapative radar cruise control in our Toyota Mirai

1:00 Otium exterior shots – heading in!

1:16 Menu & prices

1:25 Well balanced cocktails at Otium!

1:43 Nomming on beautiful and fresh food

2:07 Foie Gras funnel cake!

2:15 Smoked French toast with maple syrup pork belly

2:38 Walking around downtown LA on our way to Philz Coffee

2:50 Compelling street art in LA

3:05 Philharmonic time

3:17 Kinjiro! Menu and prices are here

3:45 We polished off about two bottles of sake. It was a good pairing with our trio of dishes that were designed to be eaten with sake (but I didn’t like any of those funky dishes)

4:58 The seared prime beef tounge was delicious and well cooked

5:16 American beef tataki

5:25 Tea Master: silky smooth matcha green tea ice cream

5:50 Birthday cocktails over at Blossom Los Angeles~

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Food we ate at Otium:

Passionfruit, Lola Mezcal, Lime, Coconut, White Tea

Saffron lemonade, Espolon, Tequila, Grapefruit, Bird’s Eye Chili, Chamomile

Old Fashioned – Tobacco, Rye, Peat, Red Eye Bitters

Watermelon Spritz, Tequila, Aperitif, Prosecco

Yuzu, Hibiki Harmony, Suntory Toki, Lemon, Almod, Japanese Bitters

Foie Gras, Funnel Cake, Strawberry, Fennel, Balsamic

Ceviche, Kanpachi, Squid, Shrimp, Avocado

Hamachi, Nori, Avocado, Bonito, Tomatoes

Avocado, Beets, Wild Rice, Amaranth, Grapefruit, Miso

Mole, Eggs, Corn Tortillas, Cotija, Cilantro

Smoked Maple Pork Belly French Toast (off the menu)

Food we ate at Kinjiro:

Kimura Akita Issui Junmai Genshu (Akita) $55 (whole bottle)

Uni, Scallop, Blue Crab with Ponzu Jelly $20

American Kobe-style Beef Tataki $20

Seared Foie Gras with Saikyo Miso $24

Grilled Thick-cut Prime Beef Tongue with Sea Salt $24

Bone Marrow Dengaku (with Hatch-miso) $10

Squid Ink Udon $16

Uni Udon with Hijiki Seaweed $20

Sake Accompaniment Trio: Soy Sauce Marinated Firefly Squid, Dashi-soy Marinated Ikura Salmon Roe, Squid Ink-Fermented Flying Squid $14

“Takowasa” Raw Octopus w/ Kizami Wasabi, Tomato, Cucumber, Mountain Yam $8

Uni (Sea Urchin) Risotto $20

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