FOOD REVIEW: Palate Restaurant (Glendale, CA)

Mad Professah and The Other Half went to Palate Restauarant (818-662-9463, 933 South Brand Boulevard) a newly opened restaurant which has already received glowing buzz from The Los Angeles Times.

Here are some pictures of what we ate that night.

salmon rilette (l) and pickled zucchini
butter with amazing warm fresh bread.
cream of broccoli soup
heirloom tomato salad
skirt steak fillet with grilled lettuce
wild seabass with calamari and scallop
chocolate pudding
panna cotta with strawberry

The food was excellent and the service was attentive. The atmosphere at 7pm on a Thursday was a but noisy, and that was with the place not completely full. The 15 (20?) foot ceilings are impressive but are definitely not conducive to a quiet atmosphere. Of course, this is probably a conscious choice but I disapprove of eating in the presence of a din.

It's very exciting to have such a high-quality (and not overly expensive) in NELA (North East Los Angeles). The food was almost uniformly outstanding, with some exceptions. The cream of broccoli soup was a bit bland and the salmon rillette was so cold it was almost too hard to spread. Particularly excellent were the delightfully warm and fresh bread, the extremely tenderness of the beef, the subtle flavors in the fish dish and the overwhelmingly smoothness of the chocolate pudding.

A four course meal (appetizer, soup or salad, entree and dessert) for two (plus drinks) was under $100.

MadProfessah will be back!

AMBIANCE: B.
SERVICE: A-.
VALUE: A.
FOOD: A.