Eat (Like) the Rich at Asia De Cuba

Strange thing about L.A. That very New York phenomenon known as "Summer Fridays" doesn't really exist here. Perhaps that's because we don't have to race out of our offices to get to paradise, because well, we already live there. (I'd add neener, neener, neener, but that seems a bit cruel.) Still, Asia de Cuba has a Friday-night special that tips its hat to the same concept: "Out of Office Fridays." From 1-4 pm, the fancy schmancy restaurant in the Mondrian is offering a $5 food menu, with $5 cocktails and $5 valet. This is a deal at any bar -- even more so at a place where the average appetizer is $28, and the entrees run as high as $76. Perhaps the temporary special is a tacit admission that even rich people are hurting from this recession too, poor dears.

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What’s on offer is nothing to sneeze at: specialty cocktails include mojitos and caipirinhas. Apps include everything from simple fried Spanish olives to the more complex tuna pica and bigeye tuna tataki. They aren’t scrimping for this happy hour: Kobe beef sliders for $5? Roast duck confit for $5? It’s such a good deal, you’ll want to order all of it. The one catch? You need to provide a business card for entree.

The restaurant also has another happy hour, dubbed “Recess Is On,” in their ADCB Lounge downstairs in the lobby, with selections of sushi and tapas from 5-7 daily.

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