Owners Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis struck gold again, this time with Saffy’s in East Hollywood on Fountain. Growing up in Israel, Ori Menashe had penchant for Middle Eastern cuisine and opened Bavel. Saffy’s is named after their daughter Saffron. Menashe and Gergis wanted to create an all-day casual neighborhood restaurant for some time. Gergis…
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Soom Soom Delivers Fresh Mediterranean Food
Editor’s Note: The El Segundo location has closed. They have locations on 3rd Street, Brentwood and Westlake Village. If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to eat healthier, Mediterranean food is worth exploring. It is one of the healthy eating plans recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to promote health and prevent chronic…
Mizlala Delivers Solid Israeli Cuisine in West Adams
Simon’s Café was a longtime popular Moroccan mainstay in Sherman Oaks. In 2016, the owner’s son, chef Daniel Elmaleh and his wife Justine took over and renamed the restaurant Mizlala. It quickly became popular and they leveraged this opportunity to open another restaurant named Mizlala in LA’s West Adams area. I recently visited them with…
A Special Evening at Skirball: Taste of Israel
For one night only, the best of Israel’s culinary creators come together in Los Angeles for an incredible gourmet food and wine experience. The Taste of Israel is a one-time high-end event, black-tie optional evening that will take place at the Skirball Cultural Center on June 7th, 2018. Growing up on the Westside, I was…
Jaffa Impresses with Modern Israeli Cuisine
LA restaurants continue to add more weekend brunch offerings. One of the latest is Rosaliné, a Peruvian option. One, however, caught my attention because it featured “Modern Israeli cuisine”. I invited my cousin and her husband to join us for brunch at Jaffa. Israeli cuisine goes back centuries, but more recently is a delicious melting…