Los Angeles: "D" of BLD

BLD is this very very popular breakfast & brunch spot in Mid-City.  Funny thing is BLD actually stands for "Breakfast Lunch Dinner" and I didn't know they serve dinner, since all I hear is how good their breakfast & brunch is.  I figured... dinner's gotta be pretty good too so I took a chance with it when Gilt City had a offer for BLD!

In case you don't know, Gilt City is Gilt Groupe's Groupon-esque site, except rather than offering a discount, most of the time for restaurants it is a set price for a prix fixe menu, and the offer for BLD was dinner for two, with two appetizers, two entrees, two desserts, and a bottle of wine!  Pretty awesome deal in my eyes :P


BLD
7450 Beverly Blvd
Mid-City West, West Hollywood

Los Angeles, CA 90036

bldrestaurant.com

"D" for dinner!

We went with the Fuso Barbera for our free bottle of wine.

Young, a little bit fruity.

For my appetizer, I went with the Spanish Tuna Tartare.  Beautiful presentation.

It sorta tasted like.... spicy tuna to be honest haha.  The paprika aioli was a nice touch for that extra kick.

At first I thought these were small falafels, but it is actually fried green olives!  Salty crunchy goodness.

Diana went with the Citrus Salad.  I knew she would go for this as soon as I saw it haha.  Many tables also ordered this, and yup, all ladies.

Lots of different types of citruses.  Grapefruits, oranges, pomelos are the more prominent ones.  Very light & refreshing!

I went with their popular Braised Short Rib for my entree.  It is this huge piece of short rib that sits on top of Anson Mills grits.

Awesome huge piece of parmesean crisp!

Super tender short rib sitting in tasty tomato beef jus.  Fresh arugula is nice for that peppery flavor.

Diana's Country Fried Chicken with honey glaze.  Our favorite of the night. Perfectly fried and seaoned chicken that's moist. The honey glaze definitely makes the chicken even better.

Mac & cheese.

Collared greens.

For dessert, we went with the malt chocolate ice cream sandwich.  It's hard to say no to creamy ice cream between two warm chocolate chip cookies :P

Banana Cream Pie.  Perfect dessert for the banana lover!  Not really for me but I did like the brownie crust haha.

For our first Gilt City experience, it was a good one, except there were few blemishes by BLD though.  We found a few pieces of fish scale in the tuna tartare, and we even found a hair in the mac & cheese!! To their credit, they did correct everything pretty fast and service was good.

Next time, I want to check out their breakfast & brunch offerings since that's what they are really known for!