Peruvian taste at Yapa Little Tokyo

The Pacific Food and Beverage Museum is offering a complimentary tasting event called Tamalitos Verdes: A Peruvian Classic with chef Richie Lopez on Sunday, Jan. 11, at Yapa Little Tokyo. This one-day-only experience is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. RSVP at fareharbor.com/embeds/book/natfab-museum/items/118373/availability/382522732/book/?flow=65654&full-items=yes. 236 S. Los Angeles St., (213)947-3399.

Special menus at Fia

Now through Jan.12, enjoy dishes and drinks incorporating kumquat fruit during Santa Monica Restaurant Week 2020. Diners are encouraged to share photos of their experience on their Instagram, Twitter or Facebook using #SMRestaurantWeek for a chance to win a $500 dining gift certificate. At Fia, seasoned restauranteur Michael Greco and Michelin-starred chef Brendan Collins are preparing a special roasted duck with spiced turnips and poached kumquats for $46. The coastal Californian and Italian Fia is also offering a special dineL.A. dinner menu starting on Jan. 17. Dishes include tuna carpaccio with black garlic tea and ruby red grapefruit, black cod with heirloom cherry tomatoes and tomato dashi, and hanger steak with spinach, smoked mushrooms and fermented garlic for $49 per person. 2454 Wilshire Blvd., (424)280-4196.

Socalo opens in Santa Monica

Award-winning chefs/owners Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken are back in Santa Monica. Their new canteen and Mexican pub restaurant, Socalo, just opened at the Gateway Hotel, offering conscientiously-sourced, seasonal SoCal-style Mexican fare. The dynamic duo offers daily breakfast and lunch counter service. Dinner shifts to full service with creative cocktails, small-batch spirits, wines and craft beers on tap. During Santa Monica Restaurant Week, order the salmon poke with a kumquat ponzu, serrano, cucumber, rice, fennel and sesame seeds for $16 through Jan. 12. 1920 Santa Monica Blvd., (310)451-1655. 

Santa Monica Restaurant Week

During Santa Monica Restaurant Week, the chefs at Azule Taqueria are highlighting kumquats with duck carnitas tacos. They are topped with kumquat habanero marmalade, pickled radishes and Fresno chili. Each taco is priced at $4, now through Jan. 12. Azule Taqueria located at Santa Monica’s dining collective, the Gallery Food Hall. 1315 Third Street Promenade, (310)598-5598. 

dineL.A. Restaurant Week, Jan. 17-31

The 15-day dining event showcases Los Angeles as a premier dining destination while highlighting the diversity of culinary experiences L.A. has to offer. For a complete list of more than 400 participating restaurants is available at discoverlosangeles.com.

Tres by José Andrés dineL.A. menu

Kick off the new decade at Tres by José Andrés enjoying a winter dineL.A.Restaurant Week menu. Step inside the SLS Beverly Hills for a three-course menu that includes octopus confit and crispy pork belly, lamb pappardelle and wine-braised beef short rib for $59 per person. 465 La Cienega Blvd., (310)246-5551.

Fine dining at The Bazaar

During dineL.A., The Bazaar at the SLS Beverly Hills is offering an expansive menu of its greatest hits for $110 per person. Diners receive many courses including bagel and lox cone, smoked oysters, croquet de pollo, coffee-rubbed Wagyu and Philly cheesesteak. 465 La Cienega Blvd., (310)246-5555.

Charcoal Venice dineL.A.

Josiah Citrin’s beachside restaurant Charcoal Venice is offering special dineL.A. menus during brunch and dinner. The two-course brunch options include a cheddar buttermilk biscuit with pepper honey, charcoal crab Benedict and the charcoal burger for $25 per person. Dinner options include some of the restaurant’s most popular dishes, such as cabbage baked in the embers, smoky grilled chicken wings, collard greens salad and J-1 marinated Snake River Farms Wagyu, for $59 per person. 425 Washington Blvd., (310)751-6794.

dineL.A. menus at Bottlefish

Bottlefish is offering a dineL.A. lunch for $25 and dinner for $49. Signature dishes include spicy tuna on crispy forbidden rice, smoked trout dip, ginger salmon, seared scallops and fried chicken sandwich. The dinner menu also includes a glass of house wine and a choice of dessert – either a warm chocolate chip cookie with Sweet Rose Creamery vanilla ice cream or their signature lemon pie. 11677 San Vincente Blvd., Suite 200, (310)954-9495.