Fine-dining king Josiah Citrin's happy hour is the city's best kept secret.
space where he debuted his original in 1999, the new Mélisse is a 14-seat dining room with an open kitchen that serves an elegant and elaborate 10-plus-course tasting menu. Citrin and his longtime right-hand man, chef Ken Takayama, might start the $295 meal off with canapés like a wagyu tartare beggar’s purse, followed by a leek chawanmushi with an abalone base, uni-laden scrambled egg, and caviar.
From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the restaurant’s 22-seat bar, you can order a UFO oyster for $4.50, a wagyu meatball for $7, some Japanese yellowtail for $8, or a smaller portion of lobster Bolognese with capellini and brown-butter truffle froth for $14 while you drink $10 cocktails, $10 wine, or $7.50 beer. There’s also a bar-only cheeseburger, which is called the Mélisse Burger even though it’s at Citrin for $13.The chef, who also serves a version of this cheeseburger at some of his other L.A.
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