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Hi! Welcome to my myriad of foodie excursions! If it is comestible I will eat it! I use to be a picky eater but I realized that I’ve been missing out! If you don't open up your palate, YOU HAVE NOT LIVED. I learned to appreciate other cultures through different cuisines & I have TONS of favorites! Caribbean (I’m an east coast girl at heart! Jamaican patties were my staple!), Middle Eastern (I CRAVE basmati rice.. like CRAVE), sushi & Izakaya (if I die tomorrow I would like to have uni and ankimo to be the last thing I eat), Italian (I am WEAK to burrata with EVOO & balsamic dressing drizzled all over on a bed of sour dough), Philipino food (Pork sisig is SO effin good!), Indian (garlic naan dipped in tikka marsala MMMM!), AUTHENTIC Mexican (lamb soup from a Mexican crawl in East LA WOWED me!) and to my own very ethnic food such as Vietnamese (bo kho, bo luc lac, bun rieu, etc. etc. ETC!), Hainanese (I love Savoy!) and French (uhh EVERYTHING!). I'm the happiest when I find a great hole in the wall, appreciate the occasional fine dining experience (not too often to lose its luster), and best of all, good ol’ home cooking. I just love ALL FOOD.
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Monday, June 7, 2010

Part IV Taste of the Nation

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Akasha
Akasha Richmond
Pulled Niman pork on pretzel rolls with slaw & pickles
Grilled market vegetable salad

Border Grill / Ciudad
Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger
Cochinita pibil tostaditas
Yellowtail ceviche sushi from St. Joseph's Center's Bread and Roses Cafe and Culinary Training Program
The ceviche was light and refreshing while the cochinita tostaditas was inhaled in one bite.
And this concludes my eating extravaganza.  I missed quite a few such as the Bazaar's liquid nitro margarita, Culina's burrta with peperonata, Eva's charred beef, Gelato Bar and Osteria Mozza's panna cotta vaniglia.
However I got to run into Chef Michael Voltaggio again.  This was the icing on top of the cake... very fattening cake.  I had a great time and this will definitely be an annual event for me.  It was for a GREAT cause to help feed hungry children and in return we were able to eat food from the best chefs in LA.


To recap... my favorites were Hatfield's, Moonshadow, Fraiche, BLT Steak, and Nobu if my memory serves me right.  I can't wait till next year already!
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3 comments:

Cafe Observer said...

Your last pic above reminds me how wunderful it wood bee two marry someone who can cook! ;)

June 9, 2010 1:34 PM
Anonymous said...

(it's La Quercia not Querica)

June 11, 2010 6:50 PM
Oanh N. said...

Thanks for the grammar correction! I don't even know where that is but I'll look for it.

June 13, 2010 7:29 PM

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