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Monthly Archives: December 2011
German/Swiss at Chalet Edelweiss.
Found a strange German/Swiss restaurant near LAX amongst all the corporate restaurants and fast food. It’s a little cheesy (har har), but the food was hearty and comforting. Great pit stop if you’re waiting for a flight. “Swiss mac and … Continue reading
Oldfields Liquor Room – Free scotch tasting from Skyy Spirits
My journey towards whisky actually started with a love of Pisco sours. Since Pisco is hard to find in most bars, the whisky sour is the less finicky alternative and surprisingly less vomit inducing (and crazy-making) than tequila cocktails. Now, … Continue reading
Rosół (Polish chicken soup)
When we were at Warszawa, Tom got chicken soup as an appetizer and he reminisced about the chicken soup his aunt used to make. I’ve made typical chicken noodle soup a bunch of times before, but it usually involves cans … Continue reading
Warszawa Santa Monica
It was a toss up between neighborhood favorite Warszawa and vegan restaurant Real Food Daily. It’s not hard to see what won out. Following a brief German food phase that encompassed such restaurants as Suppenkuche (SF), Walzwerk (SF), Teske’s (SJ), … Continue reading
Fat Spoon mac & cheese
Fat Spoon is a curry house in Little Tokyo/downtown LA that also does pasta and salad. It’s kind of difficult to describe because it’s Japanese, but not an izakaya, not ramen, and not sushi. It was the perfect stop after … Continue reading
An oldie but a goodie — seared duck breast with cherry balsamic sauce.
Used a different cherry balsamic recipe that was way better than last time with some changes since I only had jarred cherries. 1 shallot, diced 2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped 1/2 to 1 cup drained jarred cherries 1/2 cup balsamic … Continue reading
simplethings pie shop mac & cheese
Makes a pretty picture. Too bad it was one of my least favorite mac and cheeses to date, which is saying something. This is not, however, representative of the food at simplethings. We had brunch here and the brunch food … Continue reading
