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pork belly bbq chez ron & julie. (pork belly not pictured)
in the middle are grilled herbed oranges served with greek yogurt and smoked paprika. tasty. on the left is stephanie’s celery-pear-hazelnut-dill salad, also yummy.
Cafe Habana: Sliced Grilled Steak, Onion, Peppers, & Chipotle Mayonaise, On a heroi love this sandwich. i used to live 3 blocks from cafe habana and ate this all the time. best steak sandwich in the city. beef juices + chipotle mayo = joy.
i know i still have an i.o.u. outstanding for a review of umami burger. if you’re on the fence, don’t be - just go. you can thank me later.
but until then, let me just double down on unfulfilled promises by sharing this mouthwatering shot of the burger at the golden state. wow was this good. harris ranch beef, fiscalini farmhouse cheddar and a surprising hit of sweetness from brown sugar glazed bacon.
beyond the burger, hot dogs, sandwiches and sides, the golden state features a lovingly curated selection of california artisanal beers and ice cream from scoops, either l.a.’s best or second best ice cream shop, depending upon whether competitor and silverlake standout pazzo gelato is offering their cinnamon brown butter ice cream.
ok, wait, that makes four reviews i need to write now. damn.
after i polished off that burger and beer, i had room for one modest scoop of brown bread ice cream. i’ll have to hope they’re still offering the jameson ginger on my next visit.
both umami and golden state are less than 10 minutes from my apartment by car. expect to see me at both, often.
betterthancupcakes says, “S’mores cookies at We are not Martha. Thanks to Spork or Foon for originally posting them. I clearly couldn’t wait long to make them!”Dear Lost Pot Luck friends,
Expect these next week. Fuck yes.
xo
me
want. i’m trying to keep myself from licking the screen.
los angeles has plenty of good, nay great ice cream. between the unbridled creativity of scoops and the decadent alchemy of pazzo gelato, my frozen dairy treat needs are pretty much met. throw in milk on beverly and carmela ice cream at various farmers’ markets, and we’re bordering on too much of a good thing.
yet…
yet there’s a new ice cream shop, humphry slocombe, whose menu is kind of blowing my mind. a few flavors for your consideration:
the bad news? it’s 380 miles away, in san francisco. but i’m thinking i might be overdue for a road trip.
ice cream, anyone?
(photo jealously lifted from nerd.love via flickr)
a clever promotional stunt for a good cause. who doesn’t love chicken soup? i’m kinda jonesing for the tabla offering: goan chicken soup with ginger and chiles.
if any of my new york friends check this out, please report back.
saturday night. plan a cancelled a few hours earlier. plan b fell through. plan c: table for one at umami burger to try their “triple pork burger.”
to quote the menu: fresh ground pork spiced with chorizo and cob-smoked bacon, aged manchego, pimenton aioli.
i’ll offer a more in-depth review once i’ve had a chance to go back and sample my way through more of their menu. but they’re off to a very good start.
one of these days i’ll figure out how to take a non-blurry close-up with my iphone. sigh.
i used to live near the bleecker st. two boots and work above the rockefeller center one, so this isn’t so much a review as a reunion.
two boots makes a damn fine slice of pizza. if you’re adverse to unexpected flavors, you need to tread lightly on their menu - their crust, their sauce and some of their toppings are not the familiar ones you may be expecting.
first-time visitors should sample the plain (cheese) slice, the mel cooley (pesto, roasted peppers, white pie) and the cleopatra jones (roasted peppers, crumbled sausage and red onions).
if you like what you’ve had - and you probably will - then venture further into the more unusual corners of their menu, like the bayou beast (shrimp, crawfish, andouille sausage).
two boots isn’t my favorite pizza in new york, but it’s a reliably tasty slice with a texture and toppings you won’t find anywhere else. i’m thrilled that they’ve come west, which automatically catapults them in my list of top 5 la slice joints.*
10 word review: not too far to drive for a taste of home
(photo by nick sherman, lifted from slice, the best pizza blog in the business of pizza blogging)
*vito’s for sure, joe’s of bleecker if i’m already in santa monica…and i’m having trouble thinking of two more worth mentioning. garage, maybe, or mulberry st in beverly hills. village pizza is overrated and verrazaano’s is dead to me.
