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On our lists of the best romantic restaurants and special-occasion restaurants in Los Angeles.

Steak tartare sits on chilled mapo tofu and cumin lamb arrives as a thick saddle cut at Anthony Wang's green-tiled dining room inside Mandarin Plaza. The rest of the Chinese American menu is small plates too, among them tofu gnudi, Chongqing fried chicken and a steamed custard loaded with bay scallops, with a chamomile custard to finish. Kenzo Han runs the bar, where a mandarin negroni and a paloma spiked with Sichuan peppercorn head the list.