(310) 552-10801751 Ensley Avenue,Century City, CA 90024Adequately Fed: $10Rare Roast Beef Sandwich***Chocolate Chip Cookies*****(Out of Five Stars)This charming cafe off Santa Monica is a little difficult to get to and even more difficult to park. There's a small lot behind the restaurant, but the popularity makes this place crowded even in the late afternoon on a Monday. Clementine does...
Monday, 28 April 2008
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Eating Veal is NOT Eating Babies
Reading my last entry, a review of Mio Babbo's, I realize that I may not have as many veal fans among my cohorts as I might believe. Though I do not think I can bring over the moral objectors with words alone, it would take a delicate veal chop to do that, I want to lay the groundwork for their first foray into the tender meat of calves.All meats bear their characteristic flavors due to the lifestyle...
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Mio Babbo's
(310) 208-5117 1076 Gayley AveWestwood, CA 90024Adequately Fed: $15House Salad with Italian Dressing**Spaghetti Pomodoro***Veal Piccata*****(Out of Five Stars)After reading the chapter on meat in Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking explaining the science of cooking, I felt compelled to order a veal entree. McGee writes that meat gains flavor from life, meaning older...
Coral Tree Cafe (Breakfast)
(310) 979-8733 11645 San Vicente Blvd Brentwood, CA 90049Adequately Fed: $10Sciliana Breakfast Panini***Marcella Scramble***(Out of Five Stars)The reason that this review is noted specially noted as breakfast is due to my own admitted prejudice against the early...
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Chocolate Skittles
When I was a kid, I made the mistake of confusing Skittles with M&M's. As I grew up and understood more and more about how the world works, I also came to recognize that these two confections occupy different spheres of the candy world. M&M's and Skittles represent two separate kingdoms and...
Sunday, 6 April 2008
The Counter
(310) 399-83832901 Ocean Park Boulevard,Santa Monica, CA 90405Adequately Fed: $152/3 lb. Beef Burger**** topped with: Gruyere Grilled Onions Lettuce Sprouts Tomatoes Sauteed Mushrooms Horseradish MayoFifty-fifty Sweet Fried and Onion Strings****(Out of Five Stars)After my trip to Father's Office,...