Michael Voltaggio's Ink {restaurant}

We stopped by right at door-opening on day 2 to take a peek at rockstar chef Michael Voltaggio's fresh! hot! now!

We were just going to have a (dr)ink...

Four glasses of wine, five dishes, and almost six hours later...

Turnips and Radishes $9

Turnips and radishes with coffee-cardamom soil, vadouvan, frozen yogurt. Colorful. Gorgeous. Loved the soft, sweet, turnips. YES.

Dungeness Crab Toast $16

Dungeness crab toast with smoked mayo, housemade hot sauce, celery. Like a very familiar shrimp toast, but with crab. Didn't love the "hot dog" presentation. Still, YES.

Sea Bass $22

Sea bass with lemon, caper, brown butter, romanesco, anchovy. I am now obsessed with those little green fronds on top, sea beans. No other words but YES.

Spaghetti $16

Spaghetti made of giant squid and squash, with hazelnut-ink pesto, piment d'espelette. It looked interesting and impressive down there at the end of the bar, so we ordered one for ourselves. Should always remember that "looks good from a distance," especially at a bar in LA...? NO.