Friday, March 1, 2013

L.A. Times - Food & Dining: Counter Intelligence: Stylish, deluxe Japan-inspired cuisine at Hinoki & the Bird

L.A. Times - Food & Dining
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thumbnail Counter Intelligence: Stylish, deluxe Japan-inspired cuisine at Hinoki & the Bird
Mar 2nd 2013, 00:00

In a modern, luxuriously designed Century City restaurant from David Myers that is part Bond-villain lair, part garden party, the pan-Asian cooking with high-end ingredients leaves an impression.

Hinoki is a fragrant cypress most Japanese associate with extremely expensive bathtubs, popular with the wealthy because the wood is used to build the soaking tubs at onsen , Japanese hot springs. Hinoki wood is also used to build the counters of the most prestigious sushi bars; long, smooth planks that are sanded every day and given weekly baths of milk.

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