insideKENT Magazine Issue 83 - February 2019 | Page 118

GETAWAYS
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ CONT.
LOS ANGELES
MUST SEES
Warner Bros Studio Tour
Jump on a set buggy and embark on a three-hour visit to a real working Hollywood studio
on the Warner Bros Studio Tour. Explore outdoor sets and sound stages that have been
used in productions such as The Big Bang Theory, Pretty Little Liars, La La Land and
Gilmore Girls. Get up close and personal with the Batman Museum and see the Batmobile
collection, original props, costumes and sets including those featured in the DC Universe.
We even had sneak peeks of closed sets before taking a seat on that sofa from Central Perk!
www.wbstudiotour.com
Our top pick for dinner: Roku
Situated on Sunset Boulevard, Roku brings contemporary high-
end Japanese dining straight to West Hollywood. The dining
room is split into three: the secluded and trendy indoor/outdoor
patio dining room for those looking to explore the à la carte
menu of sushi, sashimi and refined Japanese dishes featuring
exceptional quality ingredients including Japanese Waygu, black
cod and tuna; the sushi bar, where diners get up close to Chef
Jiro Kobayashi as he prepares his signature traditional and
contemporary sushi; and our destination for the evening: the
Teppanyaki Room.
Situated at the rear of the dining room, and handily placed to
watch the mixologists prepping up a cocktail storm, are the
Teppan Grill tables with their high stools placed to take full
advantage of the theatre of the specialist chefs in this interactive
dining experience. The menu offers either the ‘lite’ choice of
house soup, vegetables and a protein choice, or the ‘loaded’
which adds kale salad, hibachi shrimp and either steamed,
vegetable or chicken fried rice to your dish.
Following the manager’s recommendation, we went for the
combo option – one opting for the Japanese A-5 Wagyu New
York and lobster and one the filet mignon and Jidori chicken.
Not to be left out, there is a dedicated children’s Teppanyaki
menu from which they chose the Faroe salmon, Jidori chicken
and filet mignon to complete the hat trick.
And then came the fun part...
Hours of food theatre, onion volcanos set alight by laser beams,
impressive knife skills, ingredient juggling, and best of all, the
presentation of dish after dish of spectacularly prepared, beautifully
presented and wonderfully tasting Asian cuisine finished as we
began, with yet more fire, with Roku’s unique take on DIY
s’mores and the volcanic brownie revealed by the burning of the
most amazing blueberry candyfloss – family dining perfection!
www.rokusunset.com
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