with the recent opening of sunny spot, la's resident king of fusion, roy choi has added another sucessful concept to his budding empire. much like a-frame, the newest venture features bold bursts of asian and latin flavors. but where a-frame errs heavier on the asian influences, you might think of sunny spot as its reggae-jamming, sandal-wearing, caribbean step-brother. we were looking forward to checking it out when we met up with new friend howard of consuming la . after looking at the caribbean-influenced menu, we were half-expecting the bartender to address us with a 'hey mon'. thankfully, he didn't - the caribbean theme is never heavy-handed in either the service or the decor. one place the caribbean theme does make its presence strongly felt is on the cocktail menu, where rums from haiti and jamaica, as well as aged rums from nicaragua dominate the list (below). also available is a small selection of wines and a predominately caribbean selection of beers on tap o