Side Dish: BLD

BLD
7450 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-930-9744

After the healthy Eat Well dinner, Delicacheena was ready for dessert and headed back to BLD. An hour had passed and a table for three was still unavailable. Hey, stop savoring your pastries and french pressed coffee and clear out for us. . .

Finally we were seated and decided that there was room for a starter (we're always tempted by the dishes whisked by in the waiters' hands), although it was actually a transition between dinner and dessert. We ordered the tater tots with mixed charcuterie and cheese. The five croquettes were accompanied by mustard and some salad greens. INK had a feeling this would have been really good with wine, but we were here for dessert and just had a temporary lapse of focus.

Dessert started with the buttermilk bread pudding with brown sugar ice cream. The description sounded better than it was, but thankfully we ordered three desserts. With the start of summer around the corner, INK predicted that strawberry something would be on the menu. The strawberry rhubarb crumble was fresh and tart with a dollop of whipped cream. As we savored each bite, the crumble, fruit and cream combined into a mouth watering spoonful of smooth and crunchy fruit sweetness. While UE would normally not prefer such a tart dessert, her favorite spring oolong tea sweetened with honey (get a load of the honey dispenser) was a perfect counterpoint.

The yellow layer cake with chocolate icing (ala mode, of course) was the favorite. The cake was extremely moist and buttery like pound cake, the thick layers of frosting were rich and pure chocolate. Coffee and ice cream were a must. After a while the chocolate was too much and we ate the cake and ice cream sans frosting.

Since BLD does not take reservations for parties less than 6, wait times could be long. For a little wait, we'll try for dinner next time after 9:30 PM.