Vespertine, Culver City, California
3599 Hayden Ave, Culver City, CA 90232
April 2026
Two MICHELIN Stars
Tasting Menu with Optivus Selection Wine Pairing/Vitality Non-Alcoholic Pairing
N/A Pairing - Sparkling Birch; Wine Pairing - Suene, extra brut, grand cru, oiry, champagne, France NV
Hidden Meadow (preserved tomato, wild forest berries)
N/A Pairing - Rosé of Pinot Noir Juice and Pink Peppercorn; Wine Pairing - Terlan, saubignon blanc, 'quarz' terlano, Alto Adige, Italy, 2023
Deep Ocean (sweet prawn, pink lady apple); Wine Pairing - Patrick Piuze, chardonnay, 'blanchots', grand cru, Chablis, 2022
Obsidian Mirror (smoked mussel, buddha's hand)
N/A Pairing - Jicama Rice Yeast Rambutan; Wine Pairing - Donnhoff, riesling gg, hollenpfad im muhlenberg, Nahe, Germang, 2022
Add-on Course - Golden Osetra Caviar (AAA white asparagus); Wine Pairing - Ronceray, chenin blanc, domaine belargus, anjou , Loire, France, 2020
Aged Kinmedai (red papaya, timur pepper)
N/A Pairing - Chanterelle Mushroom, Bear Root; Wine Pairing - Littorai 'b.a. thieriot vineyard' chardonnay, Sonoma, California, 2024
Coturnix Quail (waxflower, sacred pepper), Sourdough Porridge Bread (heurloom peel-corn oats, quail fat) [regular and gluten free modification]
Wine Pairing - Poderi Aldo Conterno, granbussia, barolo, piemonte, Italy, 2015
Substitute Course - Takamura Waygu, Yamaguchi Perfecture (yeast fudge, magnolita)
N/A Pairing - Roasted Barley, Huckleberry, Forest Herbs; Wine Pairing - Bodegas Vega Sicilita, 'unico' gran reserva, ribera del duero, Spain, 2012
N/A Pairing - Purple Corn, Blood Orange, Rose; Wine Pairing - Mayacamas, 'mt. veeder' cabernet sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, 2019
Caramelized Pancake (lamb fat, single-malt scotch)
Douglas Fir Tea Infusion
Icy Birch (parsnip, reduced milk); Substitute Course - Hokkaido Uni (1951 Pedro Ximenez)
Layers (black raspberry, sheep's milk)
N/A Pairing - Sparkling Redwood; Wine Pairing - Királyudvar, tokaji esszencia, tokay, Hungary, 2002