Profiteroles at Chaya Venice

Is your favorite dessert profiteroles? With a chocolate sauce and fresh whipped cream? Well here you go!

Gordon Ramsey at the London

Prix Fixes rock! They say if you want to sample a restaurant and get the best value, you should make a reservation at lunch time. Crowds are smaller. You'll get a table easier. My foodie friend Alex Woo and girlfriend Whitney Friedlander (I call them WooWhit) invited me to join them for lunch at Gordon Ramsey's restaurant at The London in West Hollywood.

I don't know what's going on with the ambiance and decor there. It looks like your grandmother's powder room. But who cares? The food was so flipping good. My tastebuds were screaming in delight. Add to that, the service was impeccable and it was a screaming deal! For $35, you get an appetizer, a main course and a dessert. The views of the Hollywood Hills were nice and the service was very attentive. It was the best $35 I'd spent in a while.

Our table's hits were the sea scallop appetizers, beef filet and kobe short rib entree, smoked rainbow trout and asparagus risotto with double cream and parmesan and marscapone cheese. And for dessert, the pineapple souffle with Thai curry ice cream was the standout. Although applause to the Valrhona chocolate fondant for its rich flavor and the grapefruit sorbet for its summery refreshing taste.

A Gordon Ramsey menu, views of Hollywood, great food. You can't lose here.