‘Animal’


Eating Like a Human at Animal Restaurant

July 22nd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Drink up you coward.

On of the big perks of running a meat blog is the number of restaurants people recommend to me.  I always do my best to check these places out, but no restaurant has been recommended to me quite as voraciously as Animal Restaurant.  But Animal is not the kind of restaurant you visit every day.  It resides in that level of restaurants deemed “For Special Occasion Only.”  But last week a special occasion rolled around:  my birthday.  And to celebrate the fact that I have remarkably survived on this planet for 26 years, my perfect girlfriend wanted to celebrate by taking me to dinner at Animal.  Like I said, perfect. Continue Reading»


Going Global at Plan Check

Fries of the world.

A couple of weeks ago, The Backyard Bite invited me to The Burger Culture Clash, sponsored by Stussy (which apparently still exists) and Plan Check. Plan Check, by the way, is a sort of new (since February) restaurant in West LA with Chef Ernesto Uchimura of Umami Burger fame. As my love of burgers, especially those of the umami variety, I jumped at the opportunity.

Although I arrived alone, I was not the only lone eater. Just next to where I was seated, I met e*star LA and we decided to share a meal called loneliness, because it’s better than eating alone. We made quick friends over our respective blogs and Midwestern roots, then got to work at dissecting the special menu, which Plan Check will be featuring for the next month if anything tickles your fancy.

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