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Slideshow: Sublime Food Lounge Opens in Culver City

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Sublime Food Lounge

Sublime Food Lounge is now open on the eastern edge of Culver City in a slim space of dark chocolate wood and dark grey concrete, with a sliding glass wall open to Washington Blvd. and a massive movie screen showing vintage foreign flicks over its bar. Not just a neighborhood hangout, the witty cuisine of passionate chef Randall Rosa is a timely combination of several cuisines currently grabbing L.A. by the taste buds. While the modern global menu appears rooted in Italian flavors and bistro attitude, Sublime heaps modernity on to its Medi-influenced menu with the kind of innovation that might make Culina and Marcel Vigneron’s Bar 210 take note. So what’s cooking at Sublime?

In addition to house-cured salami and fresh salads with wild mushrooms and burrata, guests can expect such novel creations as foie gras French toast, crispy confit veal riblettes, smoked salmon with fried capers that comes to the table in a smoke-filled chamber, and seared scallops with cashew foam, fennel flan, and blood orange gastrique. There is also a banana burrata alfredo and gelato with olive oil “snow”for dessert. Completing this collection of current hits, there are takes on popular bone marrow and flat breads too, the latter bearing options like squash blossom with honey or linguicia chile. It sounds a little like a slow foods LudoBites with great prices. Check out the menu below and take a look at our slide show of Sublime’s space.

Now open at 8631 Washington Blvd. Culver City 310-622-9170.

Sublime Menu

Charcuterie & Artisan Cheeses (3 or 5) $15/$18

Weekly Soup $8

Split pea pancetta
smoked paprika oil

Salads

Wild Mushroom $10
tarragon vinaigrette
burrata

Roasted Beet $8
goat cheese Ranch dressing
hazelnuts
beet balsamic syrup

Small

House Roasted Nuts $4
rosemary
madras curry

Crispy Confit Veal Riblettes $9
Five spice salt

Salmon Gravlax Stack $11
in smoke chamber
gravalx crème
fried capers

Foie Gras Toast $15
passion fruit syrup
onion marmalade
brioche

Roasted Bone Marrow $12
herb salad
rosemary toast

Tuna Tartare $12
caramelized leeks
lemon zest truffle oil

Flatbreads

Squash Blossom $14
truffle goat cheese
honey crème

Wild Mushroom $14
Linquicia Chile $14
Mixed Salumi $16

Large

36 Hour Prime Short Rib $18
demi glazed potato cake
watercress spring onion chimichurri

Braised Oxtail $15
purple cauliflower puree
roasted golden chanterelles
crispy polenta

Seared Duck $17
pomegranate gastrique
fennel celeriac puree
charred brussel sprouts

Eggplant Polenta Napolean $12
carrot polenta
smoked tomato sauce
gruyere cheese

Seared Scallop $17
fennel flan
blood orange gastrique
cashew foam

Carbonara Risotto $14
house cured pancetta
peas
yolk drizzle

Dessert $8

Caramel Popcorn Bread Pudding
caramel vodka sauce, peanut brittle

Purple Pound Cake
pistachio marshmallow crème
white chocolate pudding

Strawberry Gelato
balsamic gelee
black pepper
olive oil snow

Chocolate Hazlenut Ravioli
banana burrata alfredo

Framboise Martini Float
white chocolate gelato

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Slideshow: Sublime Food Lounge Opens in Culver City