Details: Full bar reservations very essential.When: Dinner only, Tuesday through Sunday.Address: 1141 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan Beach.Merrill Shindler is a Los Angeles-based freelance dining critic. The pescatarian in me was cared for, and soothed. I wanted fish … I got fish.Īnd when I left, the salty smell of the Pacific was rolling up from the beach. Slay is described as a “Steak & Fish House.” But for my purpose, it was a “Fish House” with a steak subtext. If you want, you can add shrimp or salmon to any of the five salads, creating another realm of seafood dishes. From the pan-seared Cape Cod scallops to the cioppino fish stew. From the five-spiced baked salmon to the panko-crusted filet of sole. There’s also fried calamari with a lemon aioli charred shrimp with a Calabrian pepper butter steamed Little Neck clams mussels in a garlic and wine broth jumbo lump crab cakes in a fennel remoulade.Īnd though the four seafood entrées are finite, they’re infinitely good. Or, there’s a chilled plate of oysters, shrimp and crudo, for those who want it all. There’s an Aussie rack of lamb and how good does the rosemary-infused farro sound?īut I was there for the seafood, which begins with the raw bar at the top of the menu – ahi tuna crudo in a ginger-lime marinade, the oysters of the day, a chilled wild shrimp cocktail. There’s Mary’s boneless half chicken, and a Granny Smith apple stuffed pork chop. Pastina is a small, star-shaped noodle, a great dish for a sick child who needs to eat, but doesn’t want to eat anything that involves chewing. The one dish I remember, because it’s a food from my childhood reimagined as a grownup dish, is his pastina of the day. His cooking was straightforward, clear, not at all showy – but always so very good. Louis, I did get to know it, and well, when he moved to Los Angeles several decades ago, and opened David Slay’s La Veranda in Beverly Hills. Though I didn’t know his food when Slay was the best chef in St. The cooking of David Slay has been a major part of our culinary lives here in Southern California for a very long time. I had come to eat seafood by the seashore, and I felt like I was in the middle of a childhood rhyme. It seemed more than a little appropriate, since I was just a block above the shore. Since half the name informs us that this is a fish house, it was the fish for which I went. I wasn’t there for the beef, the lamb, the pork chop or the chicken – good as they always are. That’s how I wound up at Slay Steak & Fish House in Manhattan Beach. And I didn’t fish for sport I fished for food. Some of my happiest childhood memories are fishing in the waters off City Island in northeast Bronx. Somewhere in my papers is a lifetime permit to fish the reservoirs of New York City. I didn’t feel a lack of vegetables, but I felt decidedly in need of seafood. Burgers animal-style at the In-N-Out on the way to LAX. Lunch at a downtown deli famous for its corned beef on rye. Tasha went above and beyond taking care of us and catering to our handicap son.It had been a week of too much meat: A birthday party with ribs marching like an army off the grill. Great fried shrimp and excellent service.Very, very popular restaurant in the area. Although their prices have risen a bit much recently, you still receive very fair portions for your money. They do offer a nice selection of non-seafood items as well however, seafood is the specialty. With non stop tourist from Florida this is a big hit with business in such a small town, and they know how to handle it. Its so good you might as well be on a beach eating fresh caught. The only real seafood in town, but don't let that trow you off.Love the fresh selection of seafood, the steaks are tender and cooked to please and the wide menu to please all in you party.Great place to eat very nice waiters and waitresses and the food is just absolutely wonderful it's hot it's fresh and it's delicious.
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