March 2012
44 posts
Handsome Coffee Roasters: Back Door Coffee Club →
handsomecoffee:
These are our good friends:
Stephen Kenn and his wife, Beks.
Stephen builds beautiful furniture:
Damn beautiful furniture.
Steve is like a real-life version of the guy from the Notebook. A handsome, charming, and humble craftsman who rides motorcycles, opens doors for his wife,…
Instagram: Hashtag Highlight: #spilladay →
Sometimes, it happens…
instagram:
Sometimes one photo can inspire an entire series. That’s what happened with @aelana’s #spilladay photos. Last year, she took a photo of her morning coffee, spilled across the table. That sparked a series of #spilladay photos, each morning bringing a new spill and a new photo. The…
EATAKU: McDonald's Japan March 2012 →
Kind of the opposite of one of our tours…American food in Narita, instead of Japanese food in Little Tokyo. So meta.
eataku:
With a two hour layover in Narita, I figured I’d hit up the McDonald’s here and score one of those new Wasabi Oroshi Chicken Tatsuta sandwiches I tweeted about last week. But upon arrival, I was crushed to discover that “For a Limited Time” meant for a VERY...
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From Jeff's Desk: Fisherman's Outlet
One of my favorite places to eat in Los Angeles is a tiny shack nestled in between 5th and 6th street on Central. Arrive anytime, but particularly on a Saturday anytime between 10am to 3:30pm and you will find a long line, and every table full of people with a giant mound of seafood over rice or fries.
This place embodies what’s great about Los Angeles’ food scene. Through its doors...
Why we love Boardner's
For the uninitiated, Boardner’s is Hollywood, in restaurant form. The place has been open since 1927 and appropriately has a place in the early history of the film industry, when actors wandered off set between takes and future stars waited for their big break behind the bar counter. Many of the bars and restaurants that used to line Hollywood Boulevard have vanished, but Boardner’s...
LA food blogger checks out our Thai Town food tour
Duke of Oolong Milk Tea checks out our Thai Town food tour in Hollywood. He says:
After living in LA for all these years, I’ve never been to Thai Town in Hollywood. Heck, I don’t even remember the last time I was in Hollywood, except for a night out….
Definitely a fun and informative day! One thing that did strike me was that most of the dishes we’ve had were more...
Hipmunk Blog: Home of the savvy traveler: Dim sum... →
hipmunk:
This is a Hipmunk post from Jodi Ettenberg of Legal Nomads
Back in May of last year, I posted about the 10 Thai foods that will make your mouth water. I’m back in Thailand now after a fall in Morocco and Turkey and I realize I’ve left one thing out: the dim sum, steamed…
Top 10 alternative Los Angeles hotels | Travel |... →
Splendid Table: LA Times writer Noelle Carter... →
“Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants 2011: The Google Map + Start...”
– Another list to conquer, from LA’s marvelous Jonathan Gold…[LA Weekly]
Check out: An interview with Joseph Elvado
Joseph Elevado is the executive chef at l’Ermitage Beverly Hills, where he opened the restaurant Livello last year. He’s worked for Nobu Matsuhisa and Masaharu Morimoto and at Social House in Las Vegas and Mexico. The Italy-meets-Asia menu at Livello features Elevado’s classic techniques and Japanese aesthetics: oysters with ponzu gelee and sambal; spaghetti carbonara with...
WatchBabyCakes LA hosts Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal. BabyCakes is a favorite stop on our Downtown LA tour. [Marketplace]
“After the Oscars, dessert will be served in 3-D at the Governors Ball this year....”
– LA Times: The post-Oscar menu: Puck plans a small-plates party for the Governors Ball 