The Divine Dish

Dinner at CUBE

Posted on Nov 29, 2009 under Archives | No Comment

My friends Paul and Chris came over to visit over Thanksgiivng Day  weekend from Palm Springs and we ended up joining friends Arnold and Ricardo at Cube restaurant on La Brea.  Guests have a choice of sitting  at wooden tables, at the bar inside, or on the sidewalk patio to  enjoy the menu of fresh pastas, salads, paninis, wood-fired brick-oven pizza, and select main courses and sides.   We sat inside at the cozy cafe.  Here is what we ate.

All tables get a nice sample cheese plate to start.  Ours was paired with crackers and cranberries and very creamy.

We shared a shaved brussel sprout salad with  toasted hazelnuts, pecorino cheese and tangerine segments.

Also shared was a toasted farro salad with roasted beets, baby greens and fresh goat cheese.

We shared sides of baked mac and cheese with charred tomato and truffles, polenta, and seasonal greens.

Our main courses were the smoked pork chop with apple compote and brussel sprout tops with roasted greens, the sugar pie pumpkin stuffed pasta with marscarpone cream and crispy sage, fresh sfoglia and pork ragu, and the balsamic glazed hanger steak with yam and carmalized onion gratin.  All were delicious.

For dessert we sampled a yummy bittersweet Valrhona chocolate mousse (my fave), the apple and blackberry raspberry cobbler duo with vanilla gelato and the warm persimmon pudding.

We all enjoyed a great meal.

CUBE is a great place to meet friends for a yummy dinner.  Located at 615 N. La Brea.