ma petit menu preview, more on ‘the mix’
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Following up our First Look coverage of Ma Petit Bakery & Café from last week, head chef Nary Kim has released a detailed menu preview for angelenic readers.
Not only does Kim describe some of the restaurant’s many dishes to come, but she explains plans to offer a daily special lunch menu under 700 calories per meal and delivery service with text message and email status updates.
There’s also mention of a glass cake decorating room that will be visible from inside the café!
An excerpt from the chef:
The menu will include artisan breads, gourmet soups, salads, crepes, and sandwiches using organic ingredients whenever possible.
For breakfast menu, we serve omelets, waffles, pancakes, breakfast sandwiches, freshly baked muffins and scones, and many more.
French Onion Soup, Vegetable Barley Soup, New England Clam Chowder, and Spicy Black Bean Soup are some of many soups on our menu.
A salad like pan-fried cornmeal crusted scallop on spring greens with raspberry balsamic vinegar dressing and wrap sandwiches, such as Turkey with applewood smoked bacon smothered with Garlic Caesar House Dressing in basil wrap and Fried Halibut with Citric Cilantro Dressing in sun-dried tomato wraps are good examples in our lunch menu.
Parmesan-crusted polenta with mushrooms and shrimp ravioli with tangy tomato cream sauce are examples of the many gourmet dishes on our dinner menu.
Mix at the Douglas
A parlor space in the rear of Ma Petit will offer casual Asian fusion dishes in a contemporary Zen environment. If you’re in the mood for something a little less European, you may consider “gourmet appetizers, noodles, rice bowls, and desserts with influences of Asian countries like China, India, Japan, Korea, and Thailand.”
Appetizers like deep-fried stuffed potato balls, curried chicken wrapped in puff pastry, and chicken-shrimp house rolls will be offered.
One of many special dishes is pan-seared halibut with ginger soy sauce topped on steamed basmati rice and mixed vegetables. Our customers also have choices in meat prepared in different sauces serviced in a bowl of steamed rice or stir-fried noodles.
Basically, the ladies of Ma Petit will be serving up food from a majority of the world, but tailoring it all to health-conscious Angelenos on the go! I can’t imagine anything more fitting for the Downtown restaurant scene.
-first look: ma petit bakery & cafe
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I can hardly wait. This will be a long overdue addition to a dark block. Along with the other openings this Spring in the Douglas Building, this will be the block to enjoy in downtown’s historic core!
i’m glad to see something move into the douglas, too. but it sounds like they are really spreading themselves thin on the menu. french cafe with a zen parlour and cake decorating station? hmmm. pick a specialty and do it well, i say. i’ll be excited when i visit and the food is good.
^No guts no glory, man!
While there is something to say for simplicity, I admire their ambition. If it’s all well-executed, they’ll bring something extraordinary to Downtown.
“there is something to be said for simplicity”
there is something to be said for quality as well, and that is usually what suffers when a space lacks a focus, becoming just a bland hodge podge of culinary buzzwords from around the world.
hey, i’m stoked something is going in, but i’m just not convinced the idea will work. like i said, if the food is good, i’m there. i’ll wait and see before i start throwing around my congratulations.
Okay Mr. Friday, If I don’t like this Café, the meal’s on you right? We don’t need another “Mode” situation.
^ I don’t appreciate the swearing, Ms. Pucci! That’s one four-letter word we don’t want to hear around here, dammit!
I was looking forward to the opening of Ma Petit, but April has come, gone, and published her collected memoirs. Is there an update?
Geoff:
From what I was told, the sisters behind Ma Petit ran into some financial trouble and that impacted their opening schedule by 4- 5 months. There was nothing going on inside the space for a long time. However, as of this weekend, construction workers were at the restaurant, and things are back on track. In fact, they have a new website available for Ma Petit:
http://mapetitla.com/
My guess is we’ll see them open by September.
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