‘Indian’


The Himalayan Experience at Tara’s

August 3rd, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
It's naan-tastic

It's naan-tastic

Tara’s in Palms is another little restaurant I’ve driven or walked by many times and wondered what great things wait inside.  Finally, I was craving some Indian food, so I took a step inside.  Now, to be clear, Tara’s isn’t a straight-up Indian restaurant.  Rather, it is Himalayan, aka Indian with a twist of Nepalese and Tibetan.  I think this gives the place a bit more character than just plain Indian cuisine.

To start the meal right, I asked the waitress what beer I should order.  She recommended a bottle of Old Monk beer, so I took her advice.  This was a great Indian lager beer that was especially good, because it came in one of those tall bottles that you can only seem to find at ethnic restaurants. Continue Reading»


The Crown Rivers

January 23rd, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit
This is as good as British food gets...

This is as good as British food gets...

Being stuck in London’s Heathrow airport, I was sure I wouldn’t be able to find anything to eat beyond a bag of “crisps” and a bottle of Irn-Bru…gag.  I was actually surprised when I found myself with a decent selection of restaurants.  After carefully checking out each menu and price (since the British pound is worth about 1.5 dollars) , I settled on The Crown Rivers.  They served up mostly pub food, but also had a good-looking selection of curries.  I settled on the Thai Green Chicken Curry, since I always wanted to know what green chicken tasted like…just kidding…maybe.

The ingredients listed in the curry were lemon grass, coriander, lime leaf, cumin, coconut and choi sum.  None of these sounded like vegetables to me except for the choi sum.  I figured I would take a risk and allow it, hoping it could be some incredible new meat I had never heard of. 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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