Posted in 11: Philadelphia on May 14th, 2010
More exploration of Chinatown. I found this tiny joint called QT Sandwich that specialized in Vietnamese Banh Mi. It is run by a mother and daughter team. I always get the House Special that is the classic deli/cold cut + pate one. The baguette is big (unlike the narrow ones used in the chains over [...]
Posted in 07: Mid-Wilshire, Favorite Food Entries on Apr 18th, 2010
I first heard of the deli/catering/cafe/marketplace Larchmont Larder when we had their catering at work. We had sandwiches and salad and they were wonderful. I couldn’t believe such delicacies were on Larchmont yet under our radar since it’s not exactly on the main stripe of Larchmont Village. On Larchmont blvd close to Melrose Ave, Larchmont Larder [...]
Posted in 08: Hollywood, Favorite Food Entries on Dec 1st, 2009
For the past year my coworkers and I have been eagerly waiting for this place to open because it’s just right down the block from where we work. For months we speculated what it’ll be, a cafe? an expensive sit-down restaurant? Turns out it’s a wine bar + deli called Mercantile. Everyone was delighted as [...]
Posted in 18: Greater LA on Oct 7th, 2009
Let me put up this almost forgotten entry before we left the country. The beautiful Extraordinary Dessert‘s floral decorated cakes and tea room are part of my San Diego experience every time I go there. When I went there few months ago, I found that they opened a restaurant version at downtown (Little Italy). Upon [...]
Posted in 21: Food truck on Oct 6th, 2009
Yesterday Jon tipped me that Nom Nom truck would be at my office’s neighbourhood during lunch time. Nom Nom is a food truck that does banh mi (Vietnamese sandwich, one of the most delicious things in the world), but they also serve Vietnamese tacos. Like fellow popular food trucks Kogi and Marked 5, you can [...]
Posted in 06: Downtown LA, Favorite Food Entries on Sep 1st, 2009
After finding out their star item was the Pork Burger, We went back to the Brazilian restaurant Wood Spoon on the weekend at once. Here it is: The Pork Burger, with roasted cabbage, onions, on toasted potato bun. It is SO delicious! The well seasoned pork patty is meaty but light in texture, very tender [...]
Posted in 06: Canada, Favorite Food Entries on Jul 27th, 2009
Continue with our Montreal visit. Next morning we had Brunch at this really popular place at Old Montreal called Olive + Gourmando. It was a rainy morning, though that didn’t lessen the crowd a bit. We had to waited at least 30 minutes for a table. Love the twig chandelier! It was very chaotic inside, [...]