If you haven't taken advantage of DineLA's restaurant week (www.dinela.com/restaurantweek), i HIGHLY recommend it. It's a great way to go to a usually too expensive restaurant at a somewhat reasonable price. Sure, 35-45 bucks is still a lot of money, but the amount of food you get and the quality is way worth the occasional splurge.

So far, I have dined at Ruth's Chris in Pasadena, The Restaurant at the Standard, and Katsuya in Glendale. Ruth's Chris definitely gives a lot of food in the 3 course meal. I was stuffed by the end of it. The Restaurant at the Standard was ...standard. It wasn't anything too special, but still good. Katsuya was amazingly surprising. I tend to not find Japanese food very satisfying, but Katsuya gave quite a bit of food and it was delicious.

Tomorrow night I will be going to Zucca, an Italian restaurant in downtown LA, and on Friday I will be going to Ruth's Chris again, but this time in Beverly Hills. Can't wait!