Matteo Ferdinandi labored with legend Piero Selvaggio on the now-closed Valentino earlier than opening this bustling industrial warehouse house in Arts District with chef Angelo Auriana, who cooked at Valentino for 18 years. Since Manufacturing unit Kitchen opened in 2013, it’s developed some signature dishes, just like the Ligurian foccacina flatbread lined with melty crescenza cheese, anchovies, and capers for a mouthwatering starter. The intense inexperienced pesto-coated mandilli di seta, or handkerchief pasta, will seem on most tables. The ricotta-filled cannoli with orange marmalade is the perfect dessert. Manufacturing unit Kitchen stays a major instance of recent Italian in Los Angeles.
It’s been a decade for the reason that Manufacturing unit Kitchen opened its doorways and wowed diners with its magnificent mandilli di seta, handkerchief pasta in a basil-almond pesto. Swing into the Arts District stalwart for the signature dish, together with pillowy plates of gnocchi ladled with veal sugo and tangles of tagliatelle served with a braised venison ragu.
