DineLA Restaurant Week

DineLA restaurant week is coming up and I am really excited. When I moved to LA, I just missed the last restaurant week so I am looking forward to finally trying some of the famous restaurants I've heard about. Here's where I have reservations so far... we'll see how many I actually make it to before I get sick of eating out.

• Spago - Wolfgang Puck's restaurant - It's supposed to be good; all I'm hoping is that it's better than his airport restaurants.
• XIV by Michael Mina - Michael Mina is a little overrated, but I'm willing to go there for restaurant week.
• Nobu - I keep hearing about it on TV so I really want to go... it's not really vegetarian friendly but I'll find something to eat.
• Gordon Ramsay West Hollywood - I don't know anything about him as a chef, but I love Hell's Kitchen (and I think the food quality here would be more consistent than if I tried to eat at Hell's Kitchen during filming).
• Katsuya - I've already been here (see post here) but I hope to redeem myself by dressing appropriately this time. And it's down the street, so...

And then there's Mr. Chow, which I also keep hearing about on TV. I am hoping to go there for Valentine's Day to cross that off the list too.

Given all this eating out, by the middle of February I think I will be craving spaghetti with Trader Joe's marinara sauce. Or plain white rice.