Unlike Freda I don’t eat at the west side that often. It’s my turn to try the Serbian restaurant Metro Cafe which Freda blogged before. Jon got the not-so-Serbian burger. Delicious! I’ve heard wonderful things about their breakfast so I got the Serbian breakfast. The Serbian cured meat is very good. It is similar to […]
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July 28, 2007
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Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential Restaurant in LA
By Joan in Food: Los AngelesAwhile ago Jonathan Gold’s did a 99 Essential Restaurants list on LA Weekly. I like Jonathan Gold’s review because he covers a wide range of restaurants, from high and low, celeb chefs to no-name. He would even review little ethnic eats from ethnic neighbourhoods that most mainstream media ignore. His list truely shows the diversity […]
Tags: Guide
July 23, 2007
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The Elite (Monterey Park)
By Joan in 01: San Gabriel, Favorite Food EntriesSorry that we’re behind in updating entries. The quality of dim sum restaurants in LA goes up and down like rollarcoasters. They might start out good (ex: The Kitchen, Mission 261: 1.2) until the the chefs got recruit somewhere else and the quality drops. My last visits to The Kitchen and Mission 261 end up […]
July 9, 2007
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Cafe Metropol (artist district)
By Joan in 06: Downtown LAToo bad cafe Metropol (old entry) doesn’t open on Sunday since they have an quite extensive brunch menu, and I like their space a lot (so un-LA!) European breakfast: 2 eggs, salad or grill potatos, choice of bread and meat (bacon is what Jon chose). I got the Banana Waffle, blue berries is another option. […]
June 29, 2007
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Cilantro Live (San Diego: Hillcrest)
By Joan in 18: Greater LADrove down to San Diego for a day without doing any research on where to eat. We felt like eating something healthy, and so upon seeing the “100% RAW, 100% ORGANIC” sign at the door of Cilantro live, we knew that’s the one to try. The interior space is very designey (I love the wood […]
Tags: Organic, Vegan, Vegetarian
