April 2010
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Nice to Eat You, Starry Kitchen
I left three knives with Ross Cutlery in DTLA. My knives wouldn’t be ready for pick-up until 4PM Monday — and food ding! — why not FINALLY venture to Starry Kitchen for their lunch-only feeding? And that I did.
Photo: LA Times What I knew before I got to SK is the following: 1. Tacked up on my wall is an LA Weekly article of their former renegadin’ — when the...
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A Darling Leg of Lamb at Mo-Chica
Mo-Chica is not the typical food court fare — nor is the mall that Mo-Chica rents out of. In most malls, the requisite McDonalds and Panda Express would never-ever list the caloric count for each of its menu items (how nasty that would be). But at the Mercado la Paloma, it seems every food service counter happily lists the number of calories per dish in clear view. Know that there are two...
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"In Portugal -- Some of the Saddest People I've...
Monica, our Spanish goddess of a wine instructor returns — with her usual endearing sass. She’s obviously not bonkers for Portugal (that’s what she said, above). But of course not — she’s from SPAIN. Where, with so much passion, they eat and drink and dance and sing and love — and evidently, neighboring Portugal is the opposite of that. For years, the Portuguese...
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A Big Helping of Tiny Spanish Sausages at Barbrix
I miss the Eastside, of course. But it being that I still get my hair chopped in Echo Park (at goodhead salon — get in with the mustachioed owner!), it gave Liz and me a great reason to see what’s what at Barbrix. While somewhat difficult to procure two seats without offering a solid “yes” to eating — to our credit, we thought it’d be fine to just drink wine at...
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Fish Savory Enough to Eat on a Monday
Something I’ve noticed: People get a little insecure about revealing where they eat sushi. It seems there’s always a disclaimer — “oh, well, it’s cheap” (that place in the Thai Town strip mall), “man, it’s fun, bro!” (Sake House), “it’s fucking nice-ass sushi with nice-ass-looking people eating it” (Katsuya), “it’s...
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Small Black — “Despicable Dogs (Washed...
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"Don't Go to Tuscany. Go to Piedmont." -- Day...
Figuring out wine in Italy is nuts. The regions are endless. But Chianti, just so we’re clear, is of sangiovese grapes in Toscano — or Tuscany. Piemonte (or Piemont) is a northwest region of Italy producing Barolo and Barbaresco, both of Nebbiolo grapes. This is where Michelle, our substitute wine instructor for the day (boy, did we miss our Spanish goddess Monica), suggested we visit...
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Rivera Is Not Your Typical (Spicy) Latin Lover
Further (belated) Downtown exploration led me to Rivera on a Saturday night. Bumped into Dig Lounge’s Matt — hugs! — and he advised me to drink the Blood Sugar Sex Magic of rye whiskey, red pepper, agave nectar and basil. Yes, I sipped two. Business-casual. That’s how I wish to describe Rivera. The menu is gorgeous — breathtaking adjectives and accoutrements to...
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Monday Night at Rustic Canyon Means I Eat Two...
Finally — I get over to Rustic Canyon for Burger Night. And that would be Mondays, when the staunchly seasonal Santa Monica kitchen, led by the fearless Evan Funke, concocts a couple of specialty burgers that are worthy in taste to sit alongside veteran burger item, the Niman Ranch Burger.
Photo: Dig Lounge Now, this is the burger (pictured above with a-little-extra fried egg on top, i.e....
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An Unexpected Three-Course Meal at Drago Centro
A little freelance work led me to Drago Centro — and I was treated like $7 million bucks (yes, the actual budget to design the place). A tour of the restaurant was a part of the agenda — beverage director and sommelier Michael Shearin led me around, even unlocking the 15-foot glass tower-cum-cellar so I could glimpse a few fanciful Barolos chilling at a comfortable fiftysomething...
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WatchThe Telepathe girls are so rock — “So Fine” being one of my all-time anthems. But the song being recorded in the video above, “Michael,” is sweet, emotional and a quiet sexy — all things that encourage note-taking from yours truly. Plus, how cool is InCase? MR and his acute skill of collecting cool culture things happening now and later told me so.
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She Cried: "Who Goes on a Date and Orders...
This girl was hoping for a little commiseration from yours truly when she’d gone on a bad date and the guy’s first sin was ordering the lasagna — but unfortunately for her, I order lasagna all the time. But just at Cafe Angelino.
This lasagna is wow. Stoeffer’s it is not. It’s a meat lasagna, but the meat consistency is very subtle, and you know, not clumpy and...
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I Found New Orleans Food in L.A. -- That Is...
In my backyard lies this “Creole eatery” I’ve never wanted to walk into. It’s called Uncle Darrow’s, and getting in there two years too late is my biggest regret in the world (or at least in two years). Its menu is heavy on the po’ boys, and I would’ve ordered the catfish if it weren’t for a little handwritten sign taped to the cash register boasting...
