Everyone who knows the fact that I met my husband while we were studying in the hospitality school, is aware that our celebrations of life events are always including the explorations of the luxury dining experiences. This time, after the lockdown stillness, we were even hungrier for adventures. Therefore, for our fifth wedding anniversary, we decided not to betray our tradition and support the re-opening hospitality industry.
While thinking about which restaurant we should choose for dinner, we were first of all guided by the desire to catch the LA trends, indulge ourselves after a long break in going out, and get the ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ and impressions. In addition to all that we received a real gastronomical ecstasy, as we eventually had our anniversary dinner at Spago Beverly Hills. This Wolfgang Puckโs first restaurant venture and his flagship restaurant worldwide, known for California cuisine.
The white-glove spirit of Spago greeted us already in the valet parking: we didnโt have to wait even a second. The charming hostess brought us to our table faster than we sanitized our hands. And then I saw something that I havenโt seen since I left Switzerland: the waiters were ironing the snow-white tablecloths right on the tables in the dining area while resetting for the next guests. That definitely brought me back to my memories when my husband and I were having our practical classes in the restaurant of our Swiss hotel school while dreaming about bringing the best hospitality traditions to our future modern businesses.
In 2007 Spago Beverly Hills was awarded two stars by michelin guide, a recognition achieved by only three restaurants in Los Angeles. That night we wanted to answer the main question: how do the two Michelin stars taste like?
In reality, the food we ordered deserves the whole page to write about it with all possible epithets and comparisons. We ordered Spagoโs signature pizza with house-cured smoked salmon and black caviar. For the main course, we had halibut with red curry and basil and veal chop with escarole and rosemary. In the end, both of us had a room for only one piece of chocolate-cherry cake with ice cream to share, because the chef treated us with a compliment spicy big-eye tuna tartare cones in between the courses.
Every dish we tried seemed to be a โdish of the eveningโ for us, but only till the moment when the next dish was taking its turn to be tasted. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ in the mouth pallet were changing each other ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ of the talented dancer during the performance: softly linked with each other ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ and ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ according to the scenario. Both of us agreed that we could imagine no better place to be for our romantic occasion. Thank you Spago Team for adding one more unforgettable evening to the book of my family stories!