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A foodie has discovered what dining at one of California’s trendiest restaurants is like, with high prices, artsy dishes and spacious bathrooms.
YouTube creator Jacob Cruikshank booked in the Gucci OsteriaHoused in a Gucci boutique on Rodeo Drive, it boasts a Michelin star with Italian chef Mattia Agazzi at the helm.
Jacob explains to his fans that he opted for the five-course tasting menu, which costs $170 per person, and an $8 bottle of mineral water.
This brought the total to $230.51 after tax and service charges were applied.
YouTube creator Jacob Cruikshank booked a stay at the Gucci Osteria, which is housed in a Gucci boutique on Rodeo Drive
Jacob explains to his fans that he opted for the five-course tasting menu, which costs $170 per person, and an $8 bottle of mineral water
The creator said he was a little concerned that he didn’t look fashionable enough, but when he arrived he was treated like an “important person” and escorted to a table by a fleet of staff.
Jacob said he received a ‘welcome gift’ in the form of a bread selection. The items include a croissant with truffle butter and some more bread with honey butter and ricotta
As the first course of his tasting menu, he was then given a salad called ‘Spring is Here to Stay’.
Jacob then ate a seafood salad with seasonal vegetables, which he said was his least favorite
The creator said he was a little concerned that he didn’t look fashionable enough, but when he arrived he was treated like an “important person” and escorted to a table by a fleet of staff.
Jacob sat at a table that was “half inside, half outside” in the 50-seat restaurant. Of the interiors, he said, “It really reminded me of a grandma living in Italy who had like $100 million and you were eating in her backyard.
“Something about it really reminded me of old ladies.
“There was Gucci furniture in the restaurant and I noticed that I think everyone who worked there was wearing Gucci sneakers.”
As for the food, Jacob said he received a “welcome gift” in the form of a bread selection. Including a croissant with truffle butter, and some bread with honey butter and ricotta ‘with some pepper on top’.
As the first course of his tasting menu, he was then given a salad called ‘Spring is Here to Stay’.
The mixture consisted of fennel, sturgeon, seasoned asparagus and nori (dried edible seaweed).
Jacob gave his assessment of the course and said: ‘There was sturgeon in it, and I actually had to google what that is. If you’re going to eat that kind of fish, you should Google it before you eat it because it’s the kind of fish that grosses me out so much.
“With the salad, they gave me some taco-like stuff and told me you could use that to put in your salad… but I ended up grinding it into the salad to make it crunchier.
‘Definitely not my usual salad, but I did enjoy this course. It tasted lemony and had little bits of some kind of creamy cheese in it, which was nice.
‘It was good. Did it remind me of Gucci? Not necessarily, but it did remind me of fancy human food.”
For the second course, Jacob had a seafood salad with seasonal vegetables, which he said was his least favorite dish.
He mused, “It didn’t look edible to me… but I appreciated its uniqueness. I just didn’t like the taste that much, but I finished it anyway Of course I still liked it.’
After a disappointing second course, Jacob said he was excited about the next offering: a ‘risotto disguised as pizza’
Jacob had his last savory dish, which consisted of Milanese cod with a tomato terrine from the farmer’s market
To top it all off, Jacob’s menu ended with a dessert called Charlie Marley, which contained chocolate, hazelnut and wild rice.
Before indulging in more food, Jacob went to the bathroom and described it as “luxurious” and “very spacious” with a chair in the corner
Despite spending the most ever on lunch for himself, he was ‘still not full’ in the end
After a disappointing second course, Jacob said he was looking forward to the next offering: a “risotto disguised as pizza.”
He explains that chef Mattia Agazzi was inspired to make the top of the risotto look like pizza, and the waiters told him to try all the colors (red, white and green) separately before mixing them up.
His expectations did not disappoint, and Jacob said the risotto course was “delicious” and that he would have eaten “four times as much as the portion they gave me.”
Before eating more, Jacob went to the bathroom and described it as “luxurious” and “very spacious” with a chair in the corner.
Back at the table, Jacob ate his last savory dish: Milanese cod with a tomato terrine from the farmer’s market.
Jacob described the creation as “basically fish that has been battered and fried.”
As a result, he said, ‘There’s no way this can’t be good’ and it glistened with oiliness.”
Like the risotto, he said the cod was “delicious” and that he “cut off a little piece of the fish and added some tomato stuff with each bite.”
Finally, Jacob’s menu ended with a dessert called ‘Charlie Marley’, which contained chocolate, hazelnut and wild rice.
He commented that the presentation was “cool” and that its tower-like shape reminded him of a building.
As a ‘farewell gift’, Jacob received a ‘fruity gummy and a chocolate circle with salt on top.’
Overall, Jacob seemed pleased with his luxurious lunch, with ‘very attentive’ staff and good flavours.
But, he said at the end, despite having spent the most he’d ever spent on lunch for himself, he was “still not full.”