I was working near the Venice beach and was looking for places to eat. I came into this restaurant despite it giving a tourist vibe with its huge space and “famous people from Venice” caricatures on the wall. The menu looks like a mix of Californian, diner comfort food and Jewish deli. The Famous Venice […]
Tags: Deli
Another new breakfast place to try! Huckleberry is a new bakery in Santa Monica. I came here on a Tuesday only to find out they open on Wed-Sun. So I came back on a crowded (expected) Sunday morning. Customers aren’t supposed to wait in a table without an ordering number at the counter (long queue), […]
Tags: Breakfast
A new restaurant + gourmet deli/market/bakery called Bottega Louie opened down the street of where my friend lives. The setup reminds me of Dean & Deluca and Fauchon, but with far less items on the shelves and deli. They sell their own brand of olive oil and balsamic vinegar on those shelves. They were giving […]
Tags: Breakfast, fashionable
My lovely boyfriend Jon treated me birthday dinner at FIG, a new restaurant located at the inside of the Fairmont Miramar hotel in Santa Monica. Headed by Ray Garcia who used to work at Cyrus (see my entry) and French Laundry, FIG is a bistro emphasizes on using local, seasonal and organic ingredients for simple […]
A new noodle place called Bamboodles opened in San Gabriel Valley. It specialized in “jook-sing mein“, or Bamboo Noodle in English, a rare Cantonese noodle dish in which they use a large bamboo stick to tenderize the dough. If anyone seen that Hong Kong episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservvation, you would remember the part […]
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