Kismet

CALIFORNIE

@petitfute

"Kismet est la nouvelle coqueluche des hipsters d'East L.A. On peut leur donner raison, car ces petites assiettes à partager sont tout bonnement parfaites. Inspirés par la cuisine libanaise et proche-orientale, les poulets au citron et au sésame, les falafels vegans, le houmous au pesto et les salades fraîches à l'oignon et à l'aubergine sont modernes, créatives et exquises. Le décor de bois blond est rafraîchissant et l'ambiance minimaliste met en valeur ces plats fort bien composés. Le restaurant est petit ; une réservation est donc indispensable le soir, à moins que vous ne soyez que deux convives : dans ce cas, vous pourrez tenter votre chance à la dernière minute."

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@latimes

"#25 Until recently I would have most readily recommended an early lunch at Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson’s all-day Los Feliz restaurant. That’s mostly due to their “Turkish-ish breakfast,” a $26 spread, enough for two or three people, which usually includes labneh with cucumbers coated in verdant, spicy zhoug; jammy-yolked eggs speckled red from tart sumac; “flaky bread,” a riff on Yemeni malawach; and a rotating cast of vegetable salads. Lately I’ve been showing up at night, when the move is making a meal out of four or five medium-size plates: fritters made of freekeh, fried cauliflower with yogurt, lamb belly with carob syrup, a take on the Persian crisped-rice staple tahdig. It’s a tricky feat to parse flavors from myriad cuisines of the Middle East and North Africa and direct them through a California lens, but Kramer and Hymanson pull it off with respect. The beverage list is full of individualist vintners whose left-of-center efforts fall under the broad definition of “natural wine”; in any case they pair superbly with Kismet’s eclectic cooking. Wine and beer. Street parking. Credit cards accepted."

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