Art objects hang from tree trunks in one of the petite dining rooms of Bastide restaurant, which is open for dinner in West Hollywood. Bastide, known for its elegant food and wine, recently hired a new chef and now offers an a la carte menu in addition to its chef’s tasting menu. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Bastide’s expert sommelier Pieter Verheyde pours wine for diners Karen and Abe Witteles. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Wild French turbot, a Mediterranean dish, is served with crisp skin and moist, pearly flesh. The fish is often paired with maitake mushrooms and spinach puree. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Surprises also include slices of tai snapper sashimi served with tiny quenelle made of umeboshi (pickled plums). (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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Chef Paul Shoemaker serves the local spiny lobster, just in season, often combined with razor clams and sweet-tart kumquats. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
The cheese course at Bastide may be a small, fragile panna cotta, held together with gelatin and laced with Epoisses, the luscious Burgundian cheese. A hint of orange and candied pistachio add more layers of flavor. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A panel of artwork adorns the walls of Bastide. The atmospheric restaurant, a small house behind a walled, lavender-scented garden, is decorated inside with the owners own art collection. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A lamp in the form of a Campbell’s soup can hangs over a dining table. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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Bastide’s new chef, Paul Shoemaker, formerly of Providence in Hollywood, works his culinary wizardry in the kitchen. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
