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Invoking Memories at Xi’an

June 1st, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Oh how I've missed you.

A lot of people visit China and are completely blown away by how different the food there is than the Chinese food they get back in the USA.  Some are disappointed, some are overwhelmed, and some even like it.  I am one of the latter, because while I lived in China, I couldn’t get enough of their food.  I liked it so much that when I returned to my homeland, I avoided Chinese food for months, knowing that it just wouldn’t be the same.  When I finally got up the courage to eat Chinese food again, I did it with the mindset that the Chinese food here just wasn’t the same as in the actual Middle Kingdom. Continue Reading»

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Thanksgiving Come Early at Capriotti’s

May 28th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Only half the story.

It isn’t too often that my buddy, Joel, repeatedly requests that I go to a restaurant with him, so when he does I try to listen.  After asking me to go to Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop in Beverly Hills with him a couple times, I gave in and went.  I’m not sure what I was expecting when I walked in, but the place kind of had the air of an upscale Subway.  But aside from that and the general shape of the sandwiches they served, to compare this place to Subway would be a severe disservice. Continue Reading»

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More Than Ice Cream at Al Gelato

May 14th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Leaf!

With a name like Al Gelato, you kind of expect to be walking into a gelato shop.  This is not the case with Al Gelato in Beverly Hills.  Sure, the place has gelato, but it is also a full-on Italian restaurant.  Aside from realizing that it wasn’t just a gelato place, I also found that Al Gelato didn’t carry a lot of the pretension that Italian restaurants seem to have.  There was no mood lighting, no fancy table cloths and no people with strange accents that weren’t quite Italian.  Despite this, I found that the prices still fell into what you would expect in Beverly Hills, with very little under 10 bucks and pasta prices jumping up to 15 if you wanted any meat. Continue Reading»

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Loading up on Dough at CPK

January 28th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Bread!

A long time ago, I tried out the BBQ Chicken Pizza from California Pizza Kitchen (CPK).  By this time, the restaurant was in Michigan everyone had been raving about it.  I tasted it was really disappointed.  Using BBQ sauce instead of tomato sauce disturbed me, and the onions hidden in the cheese made it even worse.  Later on, I tried many different pizzas from CPK and was pleased.  Yet, since moving to California, I have had very little, if any contact with CPK.  Recently, though, I had the chance for a revisit to their Beverly Hills location and decided to once again try out their BBQ Chicken Pizza.  But this time, I was prepared. Continue Reading»

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A Waste of a Meal at Greenleaf

July 15th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
At least it is displayed well.

At least it is displayed well.

As I was getting dragged to Greenleaf in Beverly Hills, I knew my meal that night wasn’t going to end well.  You don’t call a place Greenleaf without getting a reputation for having a lot of leafy green items, also known as vegetables.  Fortunately, I was told they had burgers, or else I wouldn’t have gone within 100 feet of the place (court ordered).

I arrived ready to grab a burger, only to find they were all out.  I don’t think I’ve ever been to a place that has actually run out of the ingredients for a burger, but a place called Greenleaf is as good of a place as any to have my first.  I scoured the menu in an attempt to make sense of the plethora of vegetables and finally decided on the BBQ Chicken Sandwich.  The only problem was that it came with onions, so I ordered it without.  Apparently they couldn’t do this, since the BBQ Chicken ingredients were pre-mixed.  I guess the “made to order” concept doesn’t apply to leafy restaurants. Continue Reading»

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Silk Thai Cuisine

February 11th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

In the Hills of Beverly, there lies a restaurant called Silk Thai Cuisine.  A friend of mine recommended it, so I went with a couple friends of mine.  Despite the initial trauma of trying to find the restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard when there are somehow two Santa Monica Boulevards, we arrived in one piece.

You know it's good curry when it's orange.

You know it's good curry when it's orange.

The menu was littered with all sort of Thai goodies, and my eyes immediately went to the Panang Curry, which is Thai curry mixed with coconut milk, peanuts, basil and kaffir leaves.  There was also a choice of vegetables, tofu, chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, calamari, salmon, seafood or scallop.  Despite the initial setback of vegetables and tofu, they offered a nice array of unvegan additions.  I decided to keep it simple and went with the beef.   Because we were in a group, though, we decided to get our food “family style,” so we each ordered a dish to split.  This was unfortunate for my lifestyle, because I have no other friends with a diet that excludes vegetables.  My “friends” chose to order the Pad Thai with Chicken and Basil Chicken.  On top of that, we each got our own little bowls of rice. Continue Reading»

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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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