we started w/ a bamboo shoot and quasi-custard-y amuse bouche ... delicious especially w/ the accompanying wine ... appetizer choices included an upscale cream of mushroom soup, beet salad, and rabbit w/ toast ... everything was delicious ... i can't even begin to describe the tastes and textures, but everything was perfect from the get-go ...

the soup originally came as a lonely bowl w/ a small cylinder-shaped mass of chopped sauteed mushrooms ... sad ... then the server came around and topped it off w/ the creamy soup ... nice presentation ... renee wished she had a gallon of the stuff ...

i ordered the rabbit dish ... pickled-ish vegetables on the left, a rabbit 'sausage' wrapped in bacon in the center, and two awesome-ly toasted slices of soft warm bread w/ a pate-ish spread on the right ... riesling to accompany the rabbit ...

even the bread and butter screamed 'quality' ... bacon/rosemary bread and seaweed butter?  awesome ... we didn't get the beet salad, but in hindsight, it probably would have been awesome also ...

the entrees consisted of ox cheek, sea trout, and artichoke risotto ... the ox cheek was the most tender piece of meat i've ever had at any restaurant ... crispy skin on the sea trout ... and an amazing taste to the risotto ...

so i suppose i can't say enough about gordon ramsey at the london ... but it is, by far, the best hotel restaurant in los angeles in terms of service and quality ... and you guys know i've been trying my best to get to every hotel restaurant in los angeles ... way to go gordon ramsey ... now i'm going to go watch your show on fox ...

andy