Let’s say you’re having a few people over for a nice cocktail party and you want to do something more than buy some stuffed mushrooms and pizza poppers from Trader Joes. Go where the chefs go, Surfas Restaurant Supply. Heck, even the very prego pop star Gwen Stafani was shopping here over the weekend.
Hand made French butter with white and black truffles.
It’s more than just cooking tools and commercial kitchen equipment; it’s a plethora of fine dinning snacks and food. Stock up on cured meats and gourmet cheeses, premium steaks, pastas, sauces, flavored olive oils, gourmet salts and spices, French truffle butter, hors d’oeuvres, chocolates, and a ton of other goodies.
Cured meats and gourmet cheeses.
Favored oils, vinegars, and truffle oils.
They have grilling supplies, pots and pans, utensils, plates, knives, $1200 dollar food processors, convection ovens, cooking books and more. Beyond that they have every baking supply you will ever need. 3 kilo blocks of cooking chocolate, cake pans, baking molds, candy making supplies, and every kind of sprinkle topping you could ever imagine.
They feature free demos every week in their test kitchen. Some of the upcoming events feature a fruit carving demo, a father’s day root beer demo and a Valrhona chocolate demo.
The venison sausage Haute Dog.
No visit to Surfas would be complete without stopping in at Cafe Surfas, the restaurant attached to the main store. I had heard about their gourmet Haute Dog ($8), a smoked venison sausage, topped with maytag blue cheese cream, caramelized red onion and dijon mustard, served on a demo baguette. This sandwich was so rich and tasty, something you dream about at night.
I also tried the ultimate grilled cheese ($6), which changes on a regular basis. This one was served on a raisin walnut bread, with what seemed to be a sharp white cheddar. A great combo of salty and sweet.
The food comes served in these sturdy compact lunch boxes that would be perfect to take with you to the beach or for an outdoor concert. They have breakfast and a dozen or so Paninis and salads. They also had a wide variety of cakes and muffins. The Key Lime White Chocolate Cheese Cake looked amazing and I will be back to try it.
Surfas (restaurant and cafe)
8777 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 558-1458
Tue, May 27, 2008
Culver City