Noma in Copenhagen is often ranked is the number one restaurant in the world. They opened a pop-up in LA for three months. Mike really wanted to go, but Chris was hesitant because she doesn’t like large three hour tasting menus late at night. Fortunately, they offered the same menu at lunchtime. Mike talked her into it and was able to get a coveted reservation.
It was held in a beautiful location in Silverlake. We were almost late because our Uber driver stayed in the slow lane, took a wrong exit, and let everyone go first at every stop sign. He’d never make it in New Delhi.
They tried to interpret California in their own style instead of do the standard European menu in the US. It was very seafood focused, Which could be OK, but do you really have to serve the tuna eye? We both loved the first dish, a Dungeness crab. Mike tried most of the dishes, except those with insects. He even finished Chris’s lobster broth, which she was a good sport and trying at least drinking it out of the lobster tail.
Some of the dishes that stood out, were a black rice with raw macadamia nuts, and a pistachio sauce, A cherimoya frozen dessert. Chris really loved the baby artichoke so much that after the first bite, she told Mike he she was going to eat his. He agreed.
When the server noticed that we were not eating our dessert with the candied real worms, she asked if we wanted one without worms and we agreed that would be better and brought a different one.
All in all, it was a fun experience, but exhausting…
