Platine Bakery

 Sebastian and I made our first Sweet Safari of the summer. We headed up Washington Boulevard about 10 minutes east from our house to Platine Bakery in Culver City.  They have been baking up cookies for Hollywood types but they just opened a storefront. When I heard the chef was from the French Laundry, well, how could I resist? All Sebastian needed to hear was "Cookies!" 

The shop is on a sketchy stretch in Culver City and it's more chic than the surrounding shops (like the gun shop) on this Washington Blvd strip across from the Best Buy mall. I had just read that the bakery was making ice cream sandwich cookies (a current summer trend) so I thought we should try one right away. Sebastian was thrilled. When he heard you can create your own sandwich he said, "this is the best place eh-ver."   

Sebastian chose to sandwich his ice cream with one chocolate chip cookie and one "signature cookie" (oatmeal, raisin, chocolate chip). He chose caramel ice cream (yum).  The ice cream is from Milk in West Hollywood.  The cookies are fairly petit so the sandwich was not overwhelming - really the perfect size for a 6 year-old.  But he found room to try some other cookies, too.  We bought an assortment from a selection that changes daily.   

The stand-out was this thing they made with three tiny pancakes in o.j. emulsion with bacon candy on top. Basically it was like eating a breakfast of delicious mini pancakes and bacon with maple syrup poured all over everything. Not really a cookie, but quite an experience. Oh, and they serve La Mill coffee which they do in a french press.  All in all, a fun little stop.  Don't bother with their chocolate chip (I'll bake you some for free if you ask).  Cookies were ridiculously expensive but try something unique there and you won't be disappointed!