DRAGO Centro

525 South Flower Street, Suite #120, Los Angeles, CA 90071
tel: 213-228-8998

Now, I need to preface this by saying, I'm biased to this restaurant.
With that said, best food in Los Angeles.
If you get a chance to go here, be adventuresome, this is a unique menu.
Take advantage of this opportunity and expand your taste buds.
You will not be disappointed.

The items below are some of my favorites, with the pappardelle and the garganelli being probably my favorite dishes on the planet right now.

La Panzanella Di Bietole (17)
market beets, focaccia croutons, baby spinach, goat cheese

Beet salad, need I say more. You will need to be more surprised if I put a beet salad on this blog and say it's wretched, than see one up here I love. I have yet to meet a beet salad I didn't like, and I order every single one I come across. This one does not disappoint, as usual. The majority of the salad is spinach, you've got your goat cheese on top only one dollop, and then a few slices of red beets. The croutons, house made, are greasy/buttery, a bit oversized and very crunchy. I personally like them very much. Very strong flavor, and since the salad is mostly spinach crushing that puppy up and spreading it around with each bite works wonders.

Le Pappardelle Al Fagiano (lunch 14/ dinner 21)
pappardelle, roasted pheasant, morel mushrooms

I can not even begin to tell you how delightful this dish is. Fresh wide pappardelle (all the pasta is made in house) with a thick brown creamy sauce. Pieces of torn off pheasant lightly strewn about. These are not cut "strips" or "cubes", this is straight from the pheasant, pulled off the bone and put in this dish in small bite size pieces. Lovely. Just enough mushrooms to give you a new texture and taste here and there, but not enough to even remember they are present. Works divinely.

I Garganelli (lunch 13/ dinner 19)
garganelli, pork sausage, parmesan, fennel seeds

Twisty garganelli noodles that have plenty of space to tuck all the sauce into each bite. (My favorite mac and cheese are the spirals for the same reason...they seem to hold secret pockets of cheese unparalleled to their hollow counterparts.) Fennel seeds give a burst of flavor and a small crunch with each piece of sausage. The pasta and the sausage are matched perfectly. There is more sausage then you would probably think, but it's perfect. No need to take a single bite of the pasta without plenty of sausage to go around. Don't get me wrong, this is not a sausage dish with some pasta, it really is a harmonic balance. Melted on top, in a very small dose you'll find the parmesan. Not even necessary with all the fantastic flavors, but certainly adds to this meal. This dish visually looks small, don't fool yourself, it's very filling. Do not pass it up!


http://www.dragocentro.com/