‘silver lake’

Home is Where the Slop is

March 30th, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Sure, I'll eat your commie pancakes.

Over in the land of Silver Lake on LA’s east side, my sister, girlfriend and family friend converged upon a restaurant called Home.  The place looked nothing like my home and the menu items barely had some items I’ve ever seen at home, so I assumed the name was derived from some sort of Silver Lake hipster irony.   We sat outside on a relatively cold Saturday for LA and I watched as the workers fumbled helplessly to try to keep the heat lamps lit while the women tried desperately to keep warm.  It was unintentionally entertaining, to say the least, and I hoped the food would at least be half as good as said entertainment. Continue Reading»

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Sausage Time at Berlin Currywurst

March 2nd, 2011 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Paprikawurst with some level 3.

As an unvegan I always like to be on the forefront of any sausage happenings around LA.  Fortunately I have my friend DCo1 to keep in the know and he informed me of some new sausage popping up in Silver Lake called Berlin Currywurst.  I am not the most knowledgeable about food from Germany, but I figured I am a fan of curry and a fan of bratwurst, so a place that combined the two sounded great in my book. Continue Reading»

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One Plate at Gobi Mongolian BBQ

June 16th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A beautiful painting or a pile of meat?

For a while now, I have been a devout member of Blackboard Eats, an email list that sends out some cool deals for restaurants like 30% off, a free dessert, a free bottle of wine, etc.  One deal they sent out recently, though, caught my eye.  It was 30% off for a place called Gobi Mongolian BBQ in Silver Lake.  I’ve always loved me some Mongolian BBQ because you get to decide everything you want in your food, so if you don’t want any vegetables like a smart little unvegan, you don;t have to pick up any.  Plus, they are all-you-can-eat; a big bonus for this guy.  Or are they? Continue Reading»

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Slices of Tomato Pie

June 9th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Not pie, just pizza.

Though LA still doesn’t have it’s own style of pizza, I keep finding more and more places that attempt to create a sort of New York style pizza.  My buddy recently brought me to Tomato Pie Pizza Joint in Silver Lake.  At first I was frightened by any restaurant that would use the name of a vegetable in their name.  Would every pizza be loaded with tomatoes?  Would this actually be a pizza place or just a place that baked pies made with tomatoes?  Did my friend even know who he was eating with?  What’s the meaning of life?  All these questions and more flooded my brain, but when I walked into the joint and the kind of pizza they had to offer, my questions and most of my fears washed away. Continue Reading»

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Not My Kind of Gogi at Lee’s Philly

May 26th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Fuse me!

Where the mac and cheese balls from World Fare were my appetizer at the Silver Lake Jubilee, I still needed to find myself a main course.  After a long stroll around the trucks, I found myself at a truck that I had never seen before, called Lee’s Philly.  Lee’s Philly is born of the same vein as many of the Kogi-style food trucks.  Their specialty is gogi beef, but while they have fused it with tacos and burritos, they have also created a Philly cheese steak out of the stuff.  Wording on their truck claims that they have “LA’s Best Gogi,” but I took it upon myself to be the true judge of that. Continue Reading»

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Having a Ball (or Three) at World Fare

May 25th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Quite a claim, World Fare.

So like any good food blogger, I headed to the Silver Lake Jubilee over the weekend.  For an event that wasn’t solely for food, it was amazing how all I really heard about the event was that there would be 34 food trucks.  I didn’t even know LA had 34 food trucks (not counting the old fashioned kind).  This sounded all good and well, but these sort of events seem to attract a butt-load of people and I was a little worried there would be a hassle for parking, getting in and then food.  When I got there, though, I found no hassle at all.  It was five bucks to get in and right off the bat I was bombarded with foodery.  A long row of food trucks lined the center of the jubilee, burning up tons of diesel and serving up some interesting food. Continue Reading»

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Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State.  No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries.  While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery.  The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

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