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Do you love salt so much that you carry around little salt packs around with you, that you listed “salt” on your list of things you must have with you on a deserted island and would never throw spilled salt over your left shoulder, not even for luck? Well have I got the events for you: salt tastings!

Salt and Sake at 3 on Fourth
This Santa Monica restaurant has a tasting event every month and March’s event focuses on salt, along with sake.

3 on Fourth’s chef Daniel Snukal showcases the seasoning in a unique tasting menu which utilizes Himalayan salt, “the purest salt in the world.” Each dish is paired with a premium Gekkeikan sake.

Tasting Menu

  • Himalayan Salt-seared asparagus and Wagyu beef
  • Himalayan Salt-cured halibut and Kampachi Sashimi
  • Housemade potato chips with citrus salt
  • Sweet cherry port jellies with fleur de sel

And if you’re still famished after the $45 event, there’s a $35 prix fixe dinner available downstairs to salt tasting attendees.

6:30-8 pm. Wednesday, March 26. For reservations, call (310) 395-6765. 3 on Fourth, 1432A Fourth Street, Santa Monica (map).

Saltistry’s Salt Party at Food Court LA
This salty party has got a lot of salty goodies and a variety of salty drinks to enjoy. Hopefully there will be lots of water available as well.

FOOD

  • Radishes, plugra butter and various salts
  • Clementines with Preserved Lemon Salt
  • Watermelon and cantaloupe with Coconut Black Salt
  • Smoked chili pepitas
  • Roasted pee wee potatoes with Truffle Salt
  • Duck rillette, crusty bread and Preserved Lemon Salt
  • Dark chocolate with Smoked Salish and Popcorn Salt
  • Assorted breads with plugra butter and Lemon Thyme Salt
  • Albacore tataki on Himalayan Salt Plate with ponzu
  • Grilled flank steak with Smoked Chili Salt
  • Kumamoto oysters with assorted Citrus Salts
  • Root vegetable chips with Six Pepper Salt
  • Sea salt caramels with Lavender Gray Salt

DRINKS

  • Saltini - vodka, baby tomatoes, Six Pepper Salt
  • Margarita with Lime Flake Salt
  • Salty Dog (grapefruit, vodka) with Tangerine Salt
  • Six Pepper Bloody Mary
  • Coronitas with Lime Flake Salt

6-9pm. Monday, March 31. $25 tickets, all inclusive, available at the door. (Valet $4.50) Food Court LA, 8334 W. Third Street, Los Angeles (map).