Taste of Beauty（TOB） | West Hollywood

Had dinner here last night with 2 friends and we had an incredible meal. Two of us are vegetarian and one is not— the food was so delicious you don’t even think about the fact that there’s no meat involved! They incorporate flavor profiles from different regions of Asia, including Tibet, China, Thailand, etc. The servers (Wilson and Kris!) were so friendly and accommodating, describing every dish perfectly. The cocktails were also divine, my favorite was the matcha one. I loved that they incorporated all different types of mushrooms into each dish. We did the 8 course vegetarian and I want to go back and try the vegan 8 course now. It’s nice because you’re not too full which often happens at fixed course meals, everything was a great size, plated beautifully, and paced well. Would be great for a date night or friend night (which ours was)! Can’t wait to go back

Had dinner here last night with 2 friends and we had an incredible meal. Two of us are vegetarian and one is not— the food was so delicious you don’t even think about the fact that there’s no meat involved! They incorporate flavor profiles from different regions of Asia, including Tibet, China, Thailand, etc. The servers (Wilson and Kris!) were so friendly and accommodating, describing every dish perfectly. The cocktails were also divine, my favorite was the matcha one. I loved that they incorporated all different types of mushrooms into each dish. We did the 8 course vegetarian and I want to go back and try the vegan 8 course now. It’s nice because you’re not too full which often happens at fixed course meals, everything was a great size, plated beautifully, and paced well. Would be great for a date night or friend night (which ours was)! Can’t wait to go back

We tried Taste of Beauty, a vegan-vegetarian fine-dining spot in Beverly Hills. Service was thoughtful—the waiter explained each dish and welcomed our pet. Marketing is clever: each course comes with a paragraph of description. Unfortunately, it takes longer to read than to eat; portions are minuscule and most flavors blur together (lots of mushrooms and vegan cheese). Only a few dishes stood out: 1) the charcoal-roasted rosemary oyster mushroom ‘Forest’—aroma and texture were lovely but just three tiny pieces; 2) the fried oyster-mushroom lettuce wrap with crisp lettuce and tartar sauce; 3) the ‘Dunes’ seaweed-crisp sushi bites were interesting. Of the eight courses, the rest were average or below. For the price of a month of LA groceries, the meal doesn’t justify the cost, and the ambience is very ordinary. Edit: 2 hours later, both of us that ate here are down with food poisoning and severe stomach cramps :-/ I hate to do this to a veg establishment but eat here at your own risk.

We tried Taste of Beauty, a vegan-vegetarian fine-dining spot in Beverly Hills. Service was thoughtful—the waiter explained each dish and welcomed our pet. Marketing is clever: each course comes with a paragraph of description. Unfortunately, it takes longer to read than to eat; portions are minuscule and most flavors blur together (lots of mushrooms and vegan cheese). Only a few dishes stood out: 1) the charcoal-roasted rosemary oyster mushroom ‘Forest’—aroma and texture were lovely but just three tiny pieces; 2) the fried oyster-mushroom lettuce wrap with crisp lettuce and tartar sauce; 3) the ‘Dunes’ seaweed-crisp sushi bites were interesting. Of the eight courses, the rest were average or below. For the price of a month of LA groceries, the meal doesn’t justify the cost, and the ambience is very ordinary. Edit: 2 hours later, both of us that ate here are down with food poisoning and severe stomach cramps :-/ I hate to do this to a veg establishment but eat here at your own risk.

What I Like about is the creation of Asian food even though it is not new. However it is my first time to see the creation of Asian food. The taste was good although I did not like few dishes. Overall, the food is beautifully presented and full of flavor, striking a perfect balance between creativity and comfort. What I don’t like is 1. The layout Especially the restroom is close to the kitchen. The restroom is a little too shabby, and the sink is too low. The tissue is displayed there, getting socked, which does not make me feel good if it is a beautifully tasteful restaurant. The kitchen looks messy whenever I passed by the restroom, which reminded of some common Asian restaurants that do not care about sanity. I would love to say the table on the window-side was ideal. However, the rest of the area did not please me. Patio was not bad though. 2. The dessert. The Tiramisu is so far the worst I’ve had. The lucky arrival was frozen hard, I can not even crack it. I guess a knife is hard to open it. So obviously it was just taken from the refrigerator and served on my table. Not fresh. I called waiter to cancel it. It was not cancelled and I still paid for. Some dishes are amazingly good like the spicy barbecue meat. And lettuce with mushroom. For the interpreting food part, I haven’t seen any restaurant using a new method instead of saying a lot on each course. I mean if there is another possibility that we can use iPad or TV screen or some standing machine to display the ingredients and really educate customers about the ingredients that are used in each dish. A lot of times, I quickly forget what I ate although I had a little bit memory from what I’d heard when waiters were talking really fast and felt like it was a task that a person must read everything. I can tell more and more restaurants tried to chase the trending that it is no longer easy to satisfy the customers with simple eating experiences. So probably educating customers is what we really wanna know and enjoy the difference between home cooking and outdoor dining.