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To the Salt Stick, With Love

July 1st, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

It may be phallic, but it's the best kind of phallic.

To many people, the bagel is the king of breakfast.  It’s like an evolution of toast, similar, yet greatly superior.  And the best of those who love the bagel bow down to the salt bagel, the king of all bagels.  It adds a perfect amount of flavor that goes great with cream cheese, especially strawberry cream cheese.  But why strawberry cream cheese?  Well, combining the sweet of the cream cheese with the salt of the bagel creates a perfect balance unparalleled by any other food in the world.  Ever.

But is the salt bagel perfect?  No, far from it.  While bagels are delicious, they have one major flaw.  That flaw is obvious to anyone who has ever attempted to shmear cream cheese across the surface of the bagel.  The hole.  This hole sucks up perfectly good cream cheese, rendering the bagel an imperfect medium for shmearing.  Enter the Salt Stick.  Continue Reading»

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Waking Up to Ram’s Horn

June 18th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

This is a good way to wake up.

For an early breakfast after my favorite LAX-DTW red-eye, my parents took me to Ram’s Horn in Farmington Hills.  Ram’s Horn is one of those restaurants that every town just needs.  They have no specialty and they definitely don’t excel at anything.  It’s typical American fare that you can count on at a good price.  And it will never leave you disappointed.  Or at least that had always been my experience, but this was my first breakfast visit to the place. Continue Reading»

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Getting Huevos at the Omelette Parlor

April 28th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A pile of goodness.

With some family in town, I headed to Santa Monica to eat breakfast at the Omelette Parlor.  When we arrived, the line was out the door, but we were told there was only a 20-minute wait.  Since it was so nice out, we took a walk up Main Street and came back just in time to be seated.

Now the usual thought would be that if you go to a place with omelette in the name, you order an omelette, but on this day, I was glad I didn’t follow that rule.  Instead, I decided to order their Huevos Rancheros because they looked so good.  It was a delicious mix of rice, beans, egg, cheese, tortilla and sauce.  There wasn’t any meat involved, but there also weren’t any vegetables there to ruin the party. Continue Reading»

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Overpaying at Overland Cafe

March 2nd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Oh hello breakfast.

Often packed and with a line out the door, Overland Cafe sits in the Palms neighborhood just down the street from me.  One of their biggest draws, in my mind, is their champagne brunch, featuring all-you-can-drink champagne for 5 bucks until 2:00 pm on weekends.  This price doesn’t include the orange juice required to make mimosas, but is still a pretty good deal.  Unfortunately, that is just about the only thing that is a good deal there. Continue Reading»

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Tasting Anger at the Avocado Grill

February 16th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Filled with anger.

Larchmont in Hollywood is a delightful little street that is a nice change from what you would typically consider Holywood to be.  There are some great restaurants and shops that usually treat me pretty well.  My most recent visit to that street, however, only led me to a meal of disappointment.  This came at the hands of the Avocado Grill, a pretty simple Mexican place that reminded me a bit of places like Qdoba. Continue Reading»

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A Brunch Burger at Rush Street

January 6th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

So shiny and buttery.

A little birdie named my girlfriend told me Rush Street in Culver City had a swanky brunch, so we went on a grand Sunday morning to experience this middle meal with a friend of hers.  Now you might think that Rush Street is named for the street it is on, but you would be wrong, since it lies on Washington Boulevard.  Being a smart Midwesterner, though, I quickly realized that this restaurant must be named for Rush Street in Chicago, one of their big roads.  I was right, as the owners are from Chicago.  The place is supposed to give off a Chicago sort of vibe (but don’t tell my girlfriend that, since she loves Rush Street and somehow hates Chicago).  Anyway, back to brunch. Continue Reading»

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A Breakfeast at the Buttermilk Truck

December 22nd, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Hungry workers.

Hungry workers.

As I sat on my couch in the morning, waiting for my English Muffin to toast, I realized that I didn’t actually have a Newsweek to read.  This was very disappointed, so I turned to my iPhone and checked Twitter.  Thinking nothing new would be there at such an ungodly hour (8:30), I was just hoping to kill time.  But then I saw it.  The Buttermilk Truck was already on the streets and serving up breakfast in El Segundo, essentially across the street from where I work.  I shot up from my couch, grabbed the English Muffin from the toaster and tossed it back into the fridge, then hit the road to get some breakfast from a truck.

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Food for the Soul at Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles

August 13th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
A morning delight.

A morning delight.

I’d been waiting for a very long time to finally make my trip to Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles.  It took the right combination of alcohol and lack of sleep from the night before to finally propel me to the location in Mid City.

My buddy and I walked in around noon and there was a short wait before we took our seats.  The menu was loaded with so many varieties of chicken and waffles, without a vegetable to be found, that I really couldn’t figure out what to order.  I decided to wait until the waitress arrived to make sure I ordered the right thing.  Unfortunately, service wasn’t exactly the strong suit of Roscoe’s.  I didn’t mind though, I wasn’t there for service, just for chicken and waffles.  Finally the waitress came and told us to get combo #1, which was 1/4 fried chicken and two waffles.  We happily complied. Continue Reading»

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A Grand Breakfast at IHOP

August 5th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
If only they could slip a little meat in there...

If only they could slip a little meat in there...

I’m not usually a “go out to breakfast” type of guy, but recently when I was in Lake Tahoe, going out to breakfast was really my only option.  Rather than take my chances with a place I had never heard of, IHOP started calling my name, and I answered.

The wait was kind of long, but I knew it would be worth it to get a hearty meal before spending the day hiking.  IHOP was having a special called Hawaiian Pancakes at the time, so my eyes immediately started checking them out.  This wasn’t simply an order of pancakes though, the special also included bacon, hash browns and eggs.  Amazingly, this special cost less than if I had just ordered eggs, hash browns and bacon (without the pancakes) so I knew it had to be mine.  Of all the Hawaiian flavors, I decided to get the Strawberry Passion Fruit.  The picture of it on the menu looked delicious, especially with the strange yellowish cream spilling out from between the two pancakes. Continue Reading»

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S & W Country Diner

July 27th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
A breakfast for champions.

A breakfast for champions.

The following guest blog is courtesy of Waldo Centeno.  Check him out on Twitter:  @waldocent

I woke up on Sunday contemplating two things:  what happened last night and what’s for breakfast?  In a way, both questions were answered with one phrase – S & W.  Since moving to Culver City, my roommate and I have regularly attended S & W a few times a month and frequently run into people we know.  This time was no different, as we were greeted with many friendly faces.

As usual, the diner was uniquely covered in a menagerie of old travel souvenir items (license plates, road signs, large coca cola cap, etc.) scattered along the walls.  The simple setup of a counter, booths, un-sturdy tables, and mismatched chairs fondly reminded me of Ann Arbor’s own Fleetwood Diner, which is also a great place to get rid of hangovers while blowing away cigarette ash off of your plate. S & W, however, lacks cigarette ash/smoke, which is a plus in my book. 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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