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Feeling French with Monsieur Marcel

September 13th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

An extreme grilled cheese.

Situated somewhere in the middle of 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica is a place called Monsieur Marcel.  It’s easy to miss if you aren’t looking, and in the countless times I have been there I had never seen it myself, at least until I was looking out specifically for it.  Based on the name, you would expect Monsieur Marcel to be French, and you would be right.  The menu is populated with unpronounceable dishes, but fortunately they also come with English descriptions. Continue Reading»

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A Birthday Burger at Comme Ça

July 26th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Well, it is melty...

Ever since I conceived of the notion of a to-eat list, Comme Ça (pronounced comb-eh sah) has resided on that list.  The reason is because once upon a time, Jane Sigal of the New York Times called The Comme Ça Burger “perfect.”  That is no small claim and no small publication.  But how would it fare against my unvegan palette?  Would it crumble to the ground and beg for mercy like the Father’s Office Burger or would it leaving me begging for more like Umami Burger?  I hoped it would be the latter. Continue Reading»

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The Monte Cristo of Cafe Orleans

March 16th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

These fries are frites.

On another fantastic trip to Disneyland, this one filled with wheelchairs and electric scooters rather than roller coasters, we ended up at Cafe Orleans for lunch.  More upscale than your average Disneyland restaurant, Cafe Orleans is located in the heart of New Orleans Square, not far from Pirates of the Caribbean.  Serving up French-influenced food, they had a good-looking menu with a couple unvegan options. Continue Reading»

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Splitting Crepes at La Creperie

September 27th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Put some curry in my crepe.

After a couple of days in Michigan, it was off to Chicago for a wedding, but I wasn’t going to let the wedding get in the way of my feeding.  My sister, a Chicagoan for the past few years, recommended we head to La Creperie, so La Creperie we went.  Having been to La Creperie a few times in the past, I was pretty excited to grab some lunch there.  The place has a great outdoor courtyard that is perfect for those Chicago summers.  If only they could last for more than 3 months. Continue Reading»

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Haute Food at AOC

March 11th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Say cheese!

For the birthday of a special someone in my life, we headed to little French restaurant called AOC.  You may be wondering what AOC stands for, and so did we.  Apparently it is not some made-up acronym, but actually is the French version of the FDA, which makes it far more pretentious and Frenchier.  We had a reservation and were seated immediately, as I would expect from the French.  Our waitress, who had an indistinguishable accent that most certainly was not French, brought us our menus so we could figure out some foodstuffs. Continue Reading»

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More First Fridays with the Flying Pig

November 12th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
Who wouldn't eat from a bright pink truck?

Who wouldn't eat from a bright pink truck?

For my second course on First Fridays in Abbot Kinney, I headed out to one of LA’s newest food trucks, the Flying Pig.  When I first read about this Mexican-French fusion truck, I wasn’t too amazed by what I read.  Fusing Mexican food with Asian is one thing, but to try to fuse it with French as well seemed like a strange niche that I didn’t need to explore.  Lo and behold, my opinion changed when I saw the truck and the happy customers outside of it. Continue Reading»

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Celebrate Filet Mignon Day

August 13th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Today is the day to celebrate that painfully expensive cut of steak, the Filet Mignon.  It’s hard to think of the Filet Mignon as a manly meat, considering it is French for “dainty fillet.”  Nonetheless, it is quite tasty and really every day is a day for tasty meat.

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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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