Butter biscuits with blackberries, pimento cheese and honey butter. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Dining tables are close together in the main room of the Santa Monica restaurant. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
A plate of hinoki scented black cod at Hinoki & the Bird, a new restaurant at the base of a Century City condo tower in Los Angeles. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Fresh fish is served with yuzu kosho. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)
Patrons share a horchata-tona, enough for two to four people. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
