Monzu

Has anyone eaten lucnh at Monzu? I would like to try it but first would like to hear from others.

Harold,

I have not been to Monzu since May when it first
opened. I've heard good and bad since then. However,
I had a good meal when I was there.

I especially enjoyed the pasta with bottarga (which
can be an aquired taste for some).

On one day a week (it's either Tuesday or Thursday) they prepare the classic Sicilan St. Josephs Day dish- pasta con le sarde- an interesting combination of sardines, wild fennel, currants and pignoli nuts. It is ALMOST as good as my grandmothers!! Definitley try it...

Thanks for the tip. That's another dish I really
like. I still remember fondly the time Celestino
Drago (of Drago's in Santa Monica) made it for me --
just awesome !!

Now that is a meal I would enjoy and go for. Lunch, however, was a dissapointment. We ate the prix fix. I had a pasta with a fresh tomato sauce sprinkled with bread crumbs. My friend had a cauliflower fritata which wasn't a fritata but an omelet. Perhaps the point is the French connection.

Sorry lunch was a disappointment. Generally, I try to
stay away from prix fixe lunches -- the price may be
attractive, but there's always something I really
don't want to eat; I end up ordering a la carte.

Are they still offering the pasta with bottarga ?