Picnic in the Hills The Taste 2011 9900 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Dining date: 9/3/11 The Taste’s final event of the weekend-long festival was this picnic, hosted by Giada DeLaurentiis. I was glad to return to Beverly Hills (my favorite of the venues I visited); for the most part, the set-up was similar…
Baja Night 3.0 – Mexicali Taco & Co., Ricky’s Fish Tacos, Churro Borough of Los Angeles 1st St & Beaudry Ave Los Angeles, CA 90012 Dining date: 9/10/11 Street food has been spotlighted more and more in LA the last few years, largely led by the popularity of gourmet food trucks. However, two of my…
Shin-Sen-Gumi 132 S Central Ave Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 9/8/11 Little Tokyo has a lot of places that serve ramen, but the only really notable option has been Daikokuya. For me, the greatest downside is its own popularity – there is always a line outside, often very long. Enter Shin-Sen-Gumi, one of the…
Street Eats The Taste 2011 Paramount Studios 5555 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA Dining date: 9/4/11 Day three of The Taste brought 4 events: Fashion Bites Brunch, Street Eats, Desserts After Dark, and Food Noir. I wanted to check out the Hollywood venue, and “Street Eats” would provide a perfect opportunity. I feel like ‘street…
Secrets from the Kitchen & Cellar The Taste 2011 9900 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Dining date: 9/3/11 After Friday’s opening night event “Burgers & Beer,” Saturday brought two more: “Secrets from the Kitchen & Cellar” and “Taco Tequila Tryst.” I elected to go to the first. Whereas the “Burgers & Beer” event was focused around…
Burgers & Beer The Taste 2011 9900 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Dining date: 9/2/11 Last year, the Labor Day weekend brought the debut of two new food festivals to LA. LA Times brought the one-day fest called the LA Times Celebration of Food & Wine to Hollywood, while Food & Wine Magazine presented…
Flying Pig Cafe 141 S Central Ave Los Angeles, CA 90013 Dining date: 7/28/11 Flying Pig Truck is probably one of the more popular food trucks in LA and one of the few to successfully make the leap to a physical storefront thus far (it seems to be the next step for food trucks nowadays)….
Dining date: 8/27/11 A good steak. I can’t think of any other food that is so delicious, yet so simple to cook. In terms of ingredients, salt, pepper and a good piece of meat are all you need. That’s pretty much all I used here. I stumbled upon a steak that immediately caught my eye – a…