pok pok LA, chinatown.
portland's famous pok pok came to LA before i could get to portland, and i'm A-OK with that. and pok pok LA is most certainly part of the amazing chinatown resurgence that is happening right now.
valentine's day winemaker dinner with roomforty.
wanting to try something a little different for valentine's day this year, we bought tickets for roomforty's annual valentine's day winemaker dinner.
chinapoblano at the cosmopolitan.
we arrived at the cosmopolitan and got checked in around 9pm. we were tired, and hungry, and luckily, we found china poblano right inside the hotel! it's famous spanish chef jose andres interpretation of mexican and chinese food.
amazing dinner with friends at belcampo santa monica.
we recently made the trek out to santa monica to finally eat at belcampo meat co's restaurant with some friends. i already have much love for belcampo as they are my favorite butcher shop; i was very excited to see what they could do with a full bar and kitchen!
baby, it's cold outside. eat some ramen!
this cold, drizzly LA weather is wondrous. and you know what pairs wonderfully with it? a delicious bowl of ramen, and ramen champ in chinatown is a damn good choice.
dinner at the newly opened otium.
months ago, we reserved tickets to the new broad museum. coincidentally, it ended up being the opening weekend of neighboring (and much anticipated) restaurant, otium. the space is beautiful, and the food was excellent.
civil coffee opens in highland park.
the beautiful new civil coffee opened in highland park a couple weekends ago and we went on opening day to check it out!
jgold 101 at union station
jonathan gold's list of 101 best restaurants in LA was released by the LA times last week, and they threw a launch party at union station to celebrate.
a shiny new coffee bar at grand central market.
when g&b first opened at grand central market, they always said they were eventually going to tear down the existing stall and create a full 360 degree bar.
love is a yakitoriya in little tokyo.
kokekokko is a yakitoriya in little tokyo that came highly recommended, and there honestly aren't many good strictly yakitori houses in LA.
noodles and dumpling heaven at JTYH.
there are several restaurants that i frequent a lot, because they are cheap and delicious and comforting and easy, but i never think to bring my camera. but since these places are some of my favorites, i am really going to try and make an effort to share them here as well. first up is JTYH restaurant, a chinese restaurant located in the san gabriel valley
cassell's hamburgers.
while i'm not a burger person, i occasionally crave one. when that craving hits, it's almost always for a simple, classic burger a la in'n'out, or as i recently discovered, cassell's hamburgers!
ohana means family at ohana poke co.
while i was sad to see black hogg go, i'm so so so excited for ohana poke co, which just took over half the space. why? i'm currently obsessed with poke.
but first, coffee in silverlake.
only a couple weeks after blue bottle coffee opened their echo park location, alfred coffee opened up a cute little shop in silverlake! love the coffee love that the east side is getting.
blue bottle and blue skies in echo park.
we needed a pick-me-up on a hot saturday afternoon, so we ventured over to the newly opened location of blue bottle coffee in echo park. the space in the historic jensen recreation building and is a bright, clean, industrial space filled with natural light and lots of seating options.
guerilla tacos at silverlake wine.
on thursday nights, at one of silverlake wine's weekly wine tastings, the guerrilla tacos food truck parks out front and serves up their fare. #wineandtacos should really be a thing.
the royce at the langham hotel.
we recently did a family dinner at the royce, located inside pasadena's langham hotel. the food was delicious, and the space was weirdly modern, but still beautiful.
cacao mexicatessen
you know you're in for a treat when you see someone expertly making corn tortillas by hand! our first visit to cacao mexicatessen in eagle rock did not disappoint.
simbal restaurant.
i was simply looking for an available table one night after work. simbal came up as a really interesting option especially since i've been missing/craving southeast asian food since we came back from bali.
BS taqueria.
i'm really excited about this post. i am completely infatuated with b.s. taqueria. it was after work on a tuesday, and i had planned on cooking, but was too tired. so i started skimming through what was available on opentable, and b.s. popped up.
barrel and ashes for brunch.
on a hot and weirdly muggy sunday, we were craving both barbecue and something new. it was clearly time to try the texas barbecue at studio city's barrel and ashes.
