Fed up with not able to find parking around the West 3rd street neighbourhood due to the fact that all the street parking require permits, we headed south onto Pico Blvd to the Wilshire Vista neighbourhood as we vaguely remember seeing some interesting looking eateries there. And viola! There’s the cozy Bloom Cafe. I like […]
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September 14, 2007
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Sea Urchin Pasta
By Joan in Food: KitchenLast weekend a Japanese market stocked big shipment of Sea urchin so I bought some home, hoping to cook my favorite Sea Urchine Cream Spaghetti. I used Squid Ink Spaghetti because that’s all I had. I don’t think they taste much different from regular Spaghetti though, but they’re a lot more expensive. Ideally oyster mushroom […]
September 11, 2007
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Warszawa (Lincoln Blvd)
By Joan in 16: Santa Monica, Favorite Food EntriesIt’s a pity my camera failed to capture the interior of the Polish restaurant Warszawa. I love the space! It’s converted from an old house and decorated with old fashion cozy European furnitures. There’re cool 50s-60s posters hanging on the wall. The old fashion euro charm made me felt like I’m not in LA anymore. […]
September 10, 2007
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Charcoal (Sunset Blvd)
By Joan in 08: HollywoodEver since Charcoal opened near my work place, the comments I’ve heard from coworkers were: bland, so-so, average, alright, pretty good, took too long, overpriced…etc. Doesn’t sound so appealing so I don’t have much desire to give it a try until a colleague invited me to go. I got the Grill salmon salad (can’t go […]
September 9, 2007
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Wild Oats Cafe (Melrose Ave)
By Joan in 07: Mid-WilshireI often drive by this small sandwich and coffee shop on Melrose and mistaken it for “Wild Oats Market”, the grocery store (i.e. the confused me: a grocery store in that tiny space? just a take out counter? huh?). So I quickly learned that they’re two different places when my co-workers took me here for […]
