Laurent's Favorite Things

I am a very private man and unless you know me well...you don't know me at all!

Here is a compilation of the things I like - this will help you to know me more fully and understand my taste in food and wine.

Chef: My mentor and greatest chef, Jean Louis Paladin

Dishes:

• My grandmother's snails, the ones I used to catch with my grandfather after a rainy day
• Les Piballes at Chez Pablo in St. Jean de Luz (live baby eels sautéed in olive oil with garlic and chiles, cooked in a clay pot)

Opera: La Wally

Music:

• Reggaeton
• Electro House
• Trance
• Hip-Hop

Classical:

• Claude Debussy
• Robert Schumann
• Erik Satie

Restaurant:

• Memere au Piano, Paris
• Din Tai Fung Dumpling House, Los Angeles
• Providence, Los Angeles
• Musso & Frank Grill, Hollywood
• Ocean Star Seafood in Monterey Park
• El Cochinito on Sunset in Silver Lake
• Hatfields Restaurant
• Bank Mi Che Cali
• ...and many others...

Hotel: I hate corporate hotels - they are like cookie cutter places. My favorite: Family-owned La Villa Didon - visit their web site for a closer look!

Lounge: East|West Lounge in West Hollywood

Coffee House: LAMILL Coffee Boutique in Silver Lake

Hobby: Remixing music with my DJ friends in Los Angeles

Cheese: All of them - I never met a cheese I didn't like!

Wine: Argilo Red and White from my cousin wine maker

Color: Green

Liquor: Jose Cuervo Reserva

Wine Shop/Store: WingHopFung, Monterey Park (corner of Valley and Atlantic)

Singer:

• Ludacris
• Pitbull
• Cruzito
• ...and many more...

Market:

• Santa Monica Farmers Market
• Shun Fat
• Thailand Plaza
• Salvadoran Market

Author:

• Emile Zola
• Bernard-Henri Levy
• Jean D'Ormesson
• ...and many more...

Where I want to live: East L.A. or El Sereno

Painter:

• Amadeo Modigliani
• Daniel Lezama

Flower:

• Leonidas Roses
• Casa Blanca Lily
• Andregias
• ...and so many more...

Herb: Vietnamese Mint and so many more...

Instrument: Piano - I studied at the Paris Conservatory

My passion: Cooking!

My passtime: Collecting French stamps from 1849 to 1875

Books: My collection of cook books is extensive, with some going back to the 15th Century!

Designer Clothes:

• Lacroix
• Jean Paul Gauthier
• John Galliano
• Issey Miyake

Chocolate: Amedei Chocolate from Italy

Boutique:

• Zara
• Kitson

Breakfast/Brunch: Ammo Restaurant

Feel free to email me at lq@bistrolq.com and ask me other favorites. The list will be updated consistently.