Mr. Tanaka's brilliant Mediterranean-accented Japanese. Crowd: young, youngish, and recently used-to-be young, faux-hawked in sloppy hairdresser-ish couture, and jeans with cache. Inventive, modern space. Beautiful open kitchen so you can see the master at work preparing 5 spice pork, black bean glazed baby back ribs, uni and blue fin sashimi, and climax-inducing desserts from a changing menu....
The dining room at Mako is very Californian---sleek and stylish---which leaves the anticipated fusions of East and West to be found primarily on the intriguing menu. Whether you're huddled at a table or dining at the bar, you'll enjoy viewing the action in chef-owner Makoto Mako Tanaka's exhibition kitchen. The former chef at Spago, Chinois on Main and New York's China Grill has assembled an...
Mediterranean melds with Asia at Makoto Tanaka's swank Beverly Hills boite.:
The Scene
A gleaming marble bar skims the tan-walled room, and a black grid floats above diners' heads, providing geometric definition to the space.
The Food
Flanked...