The Couple Behind Met Her at a Bar Debuts a New Date-Night Spot in Mid-Wilshire | Eater LA

"A romantic, live-music-driven date-night spot from Mindy and Vinny Kinne, this Mid-Wilshire restaurant channels the couple’s origin story with an Asian diasporic menu in an opulent, film-set-like room designed by Ashley Sutton, complete with lanterns, hanging fringe, and textured wood and tile across 100 seats. Sous chefs Pornpawee and Prasert Sussadeewong, alumni of the Bangkok Mandarin Oriental, teamed with Mindy (a former food scientist) on a shareable menu organized into cold, hot, and sweet: chicken satay, garlic noodles, crispy tuna rice, and Yangzhou fried rice join salmon sashimi, soft shell crab with green apple salad, and crispy papaya salad; hot mains include kimchi fried rice, a whole deep-fried branzino with basil chili sauce, and lemony herb chili Japanese scallops; sides range from tempura green bean fries to charred broccolini; desserts are a matcha doughnut and a deconstructed, creamy mango sticky rice that’s vegan. Drinks span wine and beer plus cocktails built on Asian ingredients — like the Pearl’s lychee martini with Haku Vodka and sea salt — and weekends bring live music followed by a DJ late into the night, with additional nights planned; hours run 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday." - Mona Holmes