Saturday, August 23, 2008

Oui Brunch

********THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED.********

Oui brunch. Yes, oui do. Golf Girl is staying with a friend who lives in Marina Del Rey, so we met them at Le Marmiton (4724 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey) this morning.
le marmiton 004
le marmiton 002
Le Marmiton is an unassuming eatery in a strip mall, but the patio area is lovely and sunny. If you have a good imagination, you can pretend you're at a French cafe. Our real French server, who was friendly and funny, helped make that easier.

So did a mimosa ($10.00).
le marmiton 005
We started with some tempura calamari ($9.95). Gotta love Los Angeles, where a "French" brasserie serves you "Japanese-inspired" food. The batter was a tad on the thick side and was not like tempura at all. Not impressive. But it's fried finger food. You can't go too wrong with that.
le marmiton 008
I spared Golf Girl and her friend from my meal snapshots. Mr. Monkey and I split two crepes -- La Californian and La Provençale, each $11.95.
le marmiton 010
le marmiton 009
La Californian contained tomato, avocado, bacon, and scrambled eggs.
le marmiton 013
La Provençale housed spinach, zucchini, tomato, mozzarella cheese, and scrambled eggs.
le marmiton 014
La Provençale suffered from extreme blandness, so we doused it with Tabasco. La Californian was bit more flavorful on account of its bacon.
le marmiton 015
I wasn't wowed, but it was still good enough for this ending.
Bananas Unpeeled by at
Labels: ,

15 comments:

  1. The Modern TypeAugust 23, 2008 at 9:05 PM

    Random I know, but I met with Michelle Brue today. She was showing me samples and when we got to yours she said "Have you heard of Weezermonkey. She's my biggest fan. She obviously wasn't afraid of color." I knew the name sounded familiar so I googled you. And here I am, reading lots of your old posts, and now I'm hungry. {waving hello}

    ReplyDelete
  2. JenAugust 23, 2008 at 9:06 PM

    Hmm. Looks like a lot of spinach...

    Love the last pic. haha :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. California GirlAugust 23, 2008 at 9:17 PM

    I find I can clean most plates, impressive or not :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. LeslieAugust 23, 2008 at 10:35 PM

    $10 for a mimosa?! Holy cow.

    ReplyDelete
  5. GlamAugust 24, 2008 at 2:52 AM

    I guess the one drawback of you becoming such a wonderful photographer is that you make every meal look so beautiful and delicious. With pics like yours, I find it hard to believe that meal wasn't outstanding!

    ReplyDelete
  6. ssincaAugust 24, 2008 at 9:44 AM

    those crepes are so not the real thing. but I suppose they will do for being on the other side of the atlantic.

    ReplyDelete
  7. WinnieAugust 24, 2008 at 1:44 PM

    Hmmm, that gigantic piece of avocado was enough to distract me.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Erin PalmerAugust 24, 2008 at 1:45 PM

    YUM. I love breakfast.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Da FashionistaAugust 24, 2008 at 7:53 PM

    what's your fave crepe place? I love crepes. I need more of them in my life...

    ReplyDelete
  10. tam phamAugust 24, 2008 at 8:02 PM

    bacon makes anything better.

    ReplyDelete
  11. dapotatoAugust 24, 2008 at 8:40 PM

    crepes! mermosas!

    ReplyDelete
  12. wanAugust 24, 2008 at 9:36 PM

    yet another example of "bacon makes everything better"!

    dang it. tam pham beat me to it.

    ReplyDelete
  13. ClaireAugust 25, 2008 at 11:19 AM

    all crepes should include bacon in copious amounts. NFT.

    ReplyDelete
  14. RAugust 25, 2008 at 12:36 PM

    Looks like another tasty monkey adventure. Even if it wasn't all super tasty.

    ReplyDelete
  15. amberAugust 26, 2008 at 2:18 PM

    the pics make it all look quite mouth-watering.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...