Lattitude Has the Right Attitude

Okay that title is a bit of a misnomer. The food at Lattitude was special, but not because of any perceived attitude. In fact, the appeal of the restaurant was because it lacked the bold in-your-face style of so many Thai restaurants nowadays. It was just too good/bad a title to pass up.More after the...

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Community Building through Food: 5x5 Dinner at La Terza

Almost all of the tables were cleared and silent, a clear contrast from the commotion of earlier in the evening. The hordes of diners who had made service a nightmare were no where in sight. However, even though the upstairs dining room had cleared out, the commotion had just moved to the bar and transformed...

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7 Courses of Beef You Wouldn't Want to Miss: Vietnam San Gabriel

Admittedly the title is a little unclear, but then so is the name of the restaurant. Feeling like I deserved a treat after the mind-numbingly boring auditing training, I hopped in my car and followed Jonathan Gold to San Gabriel for my first experience with Seven Courses of Beef.More after the jump...For...

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Hardly Any Fair at All: The Mitsuwa Torrance Hokkaido Fair

Due to a strange course of events, I actually ended up at two food events last Saturday. After returning home from the aforementioned LA BBQ Festival, I drove down to Torrance for the Mitsuwa Market Hokkaido Festival. I actually didn't know what to expect, but I heard good things from I Nom Things and...

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LA BBQ Fest Debriefing

Looks rather grim and not that impressive, huh? I think that's the general sense I got from the long-awaited barbecue festival. Strangely enough, the weather seemed to match the mood of most of the participants. All around me people seemed stuffed, but not particularly satisfied. See why after the jump...Don't...

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Los Angeles Barbeque Festival

Updated summaryThis weekend is the Los Angeles BBQ Festival. I was originally just going to blog about my experience there afterwards, but I realized it would probably be a good idea to let my readers know too. Click for details...Saturday and Sunday (9/13-14) at the Santa Monica Beach adjacent to the pier.Noon-6pmAdmission is $10 or $50 for VIP. As far as I know, VIP gets you cutsies in lines.Use...

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Redondo's Cantina: Ortega 120

Ortega 1201814 South Pacific Coast Highway,Redondo Beach, 90277(310) 792-4120With a suggestion from my girlfriend's mom, we ended up at Ortega 120. She told me the location had previously been a lobster shack not too long ago, and then an Italian restaurant before that. Guess it must be a bad location. The restaurant itself was comfortably airy. Tables were far apart, giving you room for just your...

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Bland Indian, Isn't that an oxymoron?

Addi's Tandoor800 Torrance BlvdRedondo Beach, CA 90277(310) 540-1616http://www.addistandoor.com/$20 per entreeGiven my frequent visit to the South Bay, I figured I needed to acclimate myself with the available restaurants in the area. It seems that no one eats in the South Bay, at least no one eats...

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Where to Buy Me Some Banh Mi: BC Deli in Oakland

I am testing out my newly formatted entries thanks to help from Drew of How to Cook Like Your Grandmother. This new addition allows me to create summaries of entries to give you a taste before you jump right in. So for the first entry, I decided to write about a backlogged place that I've been eager...

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Destination Peru #13: Apu Salkantay Puno

City of PunoWe were in Puno to visit Lake Titicaca. Quick, someone tell me something they know about the lake besides it being the highest lake in the world be elevation...yea that's all I knew about it also. However, my mom had remembered reading about it when she was in grade school so we made sure...

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Lunch Around the Corner

Corner Bakery Cafe1019 Westwood BlvdWestwood, CA 90024(310) 824-1314http://www.cornerbakerycafe.com$7 or so for a sandwichI've been enthralled with the idea of microliterature, four word movie reviews and twelve word novels. I think that restricting yourself to only four words allows for some amazing...

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Destination Peru #12: Peru has Pizza?

AmaruAgua Calientes, in the town square with the Incan fountainI apologize for the lack of addresses or more specific directions, but this is probably the easiest way to find the place paired with the above photo. Restaurant Amaru is upstairs, providing a scenic balcony view of the square.View from...

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