Last year, we lived "La Vida Sake" PDF Print E-mail
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Bloggers all over LA talked about last year's events. Here's a few of them!

*From Eater LA:

You Have $60, Which Food Event Should You Choose?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008, by Lesley Balla

It's that time of year again: The calendar is chock-full of every sort of charity food event imaginable. But which ones are worth it? Let's look at a couple upcoming events back to back and compare cost, menu, cocktails, beneficiaries, and overall fabulosity. We'll weigh in, you make the call.

La Vida Sake
Petersen Automotive Museum, Miracle Mile, Thur, May 22, 7pm-10pm
Cost: $60 in advance, $75 at door
Menu: Nibbles from Maison Akira, Water Grill, Japon Bistro, Maru Sushi, Warun, Oiwake and others.
Cocktails: Lots of sake, sake experts, sake sampling.
Beneficiary: Little Tokyo Service Center.
Overall Fabulosity: Last year, it was Morimoto and Star Wars at the Science Center; this year it's sake and low riders at the Peterson Museum. As they said on Losanjealous: "We have no choice but to applaud the LTSC for managing to neatly encapsulate the essential ingredients and flavors comprising Los Angeles, our fair city, within this one event: fund raising, alcohol, small portions, numerous cars and Wilshire Boulevard will all be simmered in a melting pot of cultural influences with serious Latino and Asian leanings. Voila!"

Drink:Eat:Play's Cupcake Challenge
Montmartre Lounge, Hollywood, Sun, May 18, 1pm-4pm
Cost: $60
Menu: Cupcakes from Yummy, Lucky Devil's, MILK, Vanilla Bake Shop, Mrs. Beasley and others.
Cocktails: Wines from K&L
Beneficiary: Percentage of proceeds goes to Elizabeth Glaser Pediactric AIDS Foundation
Overall Fabulosity: While eating cupcakes and drinking wine might sound fabulous to some, the thought of eating only cupcakes for one afternoon put us right in a sugar coma. But for cupcake fans who don't want to drive all over town to buy $3 minis for your own showdown, you can match palates with "celebrity" panelists (i.e. Caroline on Crack, Lesley Bargar from Los Angeles magazine, Sam Rubin from KTLA, etc.) to pick the winner.

For What It's Worth: Of course you can do both, but if we only had $60 to spend on an event next week, we'd take sake and low riders at the car museum over cupcakes and wine at a Hollywood nightclub. Low riders and sake, people. You?

 

*From Dig Lounge:

Living La Vida Sake

By Matt Mitchell

Sun, Apr 13, 2008

It’s that time of the year again for the annual fund raiser to benefit the Little Tokyo Service Center. Last years event was a blast and worth every penny. This year it’s at the Peterson Automotive Museum with a private viewing of the limited engagement “La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels”. Dozens of sake tasting stations will be set up for unlimited tastings, along with catering stations from various restaurants. VIP admission will get you into the Awards Gala honoring Chef Akira Hirose of Maison Akira. Otherwise, admission is $60. Banzai!


*From Winnie Eats World: a review and photo blog about the event

 

*Even yelpers loved La Vida Sake! Did you go? Yelp about it here!

Pete said:
Pete S.

Wow! Wow! Wow! What an event!

Came here locally via 8th street through the hood since 10 Westbound and Wilshire was a bit congested. Upon checking in and having paid $60 in advance, they give you a wristband and a plate. You go upstairs to second floor and......

OVER-STIMULATION GALORE! Music was pumpin! Love the live band! They were just awesome! Food and drinks were flowing and of course, no short of celebrities either. I saw Chef Hirose from Maison Akira and Cher Calvin from KTLA there. I was a bit hungry so I didn't mingle nor did I bother with the silent auction items. My senses were overloaded by the food, music, pretty people, beer, sake, and cars.

Some memorable things from last night:
The 2006 Bugatti- Where else are you going to see a $1M car? (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
The Hot Wheels exhibit (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
The Speed Racer Car (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
The Gyu-Kaku's beef appetizer (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
The Mishima soft shell crab salad (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
The Maison Akira fish dish (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
The girl that kept pushing me to buy more raffle tickets
Jizake

Some other good eats:
Tokyo's table's tuna tartar and beef sushi (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)
Japon Bistro's salmon cerviche (http://www.yelp.com/bi...)

 

For more of the review, visit it here.

Thanks to all the bloggers and Yelpers that lived "La Vida Sake" last year!! Hope to see you this year!