Your job: Get to the restaurant. Our job: Help you order. This week, NBCLA's Eat This journey takes us out for...
Bouchon in Beverly Hills: It's the new restaurant from French Laundry maestro Thomas Keller.
Bistro time: Chef Keller likes the convivial, casual, frites-filled space that is the bistro. No fuss, some lingering, plenty of wine, the occasional croque madame, a pile of garlicky mussels or hefty triangle of quiche. That is the heart of Bouchon.
Opening party: Glittery. Attendees at the Monday, November 16th soiree included Ludacris, Ryan Seacrest, Aziz Ansari, and Julia Louis Dreyfus.
Public bow: Set for Wednesday, November 18th.
Dish we'd like to try: Gnocchi à la Parisienne. Because, well, gnocchi. But the beurre noisette has piqued our butter-seeking interests. It's 25.75.
Other Bouchons: There's a location in Yountville -- no surprise there, as that's Kellerland -- and Las Vegas. The Southern California outpost is at 235 N. Canon in Beverly Hills.
We like: The fanning palms and gilt-laden mirrors and other fin de siècle touches. Bistro chic, indeed.
