The Village Idiot
Clementine
BLD
Din Tai Fung
Tea Station
KC's Crepes
No fireworks for Delicacheena, but lots of good food, at least for UE, INK and cohorts (JM is in the wilderness).
BLD was closed on the 4th so we drove north to Village Idiot: hot-off-the-something BBQ ribs special with greens and cornbread, salmon on soba noodles, flaky veggie pie, "cheeky halves" of Heavenly Hef and Nectar of the Gods to quaff, apricot triple sec bread pudding, glorious peach shortcake.
Saturday included the dependable Clementine and finally BLD with standout special nectarine salad of spinach, chickpea fritters and ricotta. Eating all the seasonal stone fruits!
Today was about our inner cheena. Din Tai Fung: juicy pork dumplings, fried rice almost like Dad's, perfectly round and fluffy red bean bao. And taro and almond milk tea bobas from Tea Station
UPDATE: For dinner, after visiting BP and MH and the new baby. . . French bulldog, we head down Lincoln to KC's Crepes near LMU: crunchy sweet chili chicken with basil and greens, Margherita, and caramel vanilla crunch.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Treat Street - Back To School
Treat Street
Silverlake, CA
Back in September, Delicacheena visited the traveling bake sale known as Treat Street. Not as well as hidden as previous sales, UE and JM met up with TW to grab some Back To School treats. Among our favorites: PB&J Sandwich cookies, Expresso Cookies and Reese's Cup. Though we were able to purchase most of the treats, we were surprised at how fast the items were selling out. Treat Street is no longer a secret whispered among dessert fanatics. Delicacheena will have their dollars ready when the next location is posted. Stay tuned!
Silverlake, CA
Back in September, Delicacheena visited the traveling bake sale known as Treat Street. Not as well as hidden as previous sales, UE and JM met up with TW to grab some Back To School treats. Among our favorites: PB&J Sandwich cookies, Expresso Cookies and Reese's Cup. Though we were able to purchase most of the treats, we were surprised at how fast the items were selling out. Treat Street is no longer a secret whispered among dessert fanatics. Delicacheena will have their dollars ready when the next location is posted. Stay tuned!
Taco Nostalgia
La Taquiza
3009 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 741-9795
Delicacheena loves attending conferences at 'SC because it's the best university ever, but it doesn't hurt that La Taquiza is just a bit north of campus. This place has been around forever or at least since we lived on 30th St which was long, long ago. Nice to see the restaurant in a L.A. Times article about aguas frescas the following week.
Come to me tacos al pastor y carne asada con salsa rojo and a sprinkle of cilantro and onions! Carne asada is just-right tender and juicy. The pork is smoky sweet and melts in your mouth. They give you two kinds of salsa for to-go orders, but there are more options in the salsa bar. The red salsa is hot without numbing your tongue; the green is that watery avocado (I think) stuff that you get at some places, but it was a nice slightly creamy contrast to the heat, meat and grease (grease equals flavor).
I guess there are other great items to consume (TW raves about the mulitas), but I'm here to wax nostalgic about the tacos of my past. I order four at a buck and half each. Don't you want to bite into these fat babies? Bits of meat tumble out when you hoist them to your mouth, but don't let any of them get away. Savor each mouthful.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Our Favorite Hole in the Wall
Hole in the Wall
11058 Santa Monica Blvd. (Behind the Winchell's)
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-312-3632
Carvel Ice Cream
11037 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-444-0011
We blame ourselves for the demise of Dainties. A half dozen about every month, was that the best we could do? Of course not. We didn't step up and now the best cupcakes ever are never more.
Now we have vowed singlebloggedly to raise the awareness of our favorite cupcake chef's newest endeavor and to assure that Hole in the Wall is with us for years to come. So, come on and eat their burgers already!
Delicacheena knows it's hot sitting on the parking spots with just some umbrellas for protection and there are countless high and low end burgers out there. But you know you can replace one of you meals from a box or a lousy chain with a juicy half pound of beef, turkey or veggie patty.
It's a build-you-own affair. There are checklists like at the Counter, but far more simplified. Choose your meat or lack-there-of, bun or bowl, cheese and mayo. Decide if you want all, some or none of the lettuce, red onion, tomato and house made zucchini pickles. Extras include apple wood smoked bacon, avocado, roasted peppers, sauteed onions, fried egg and sauteed mushrooms. There are packets of ketchup, mustard and Tapatio. Sweet potato or regular fries? They're both thick, crisp, hot and fresh-tasting and one order is enough for three.
The beef is juicy and, well, beefy. The meat was cooked the way we like it: medium. The fried egg is perfectly cooked, not rubbery, not runny. Had she known about the roasted peppers, TW would have paid the extra price to add it to her burger order.
The turkey burger is peppery, not as juicy as the beef, but moist and hearty. The chewy pretzel bun holds up well to the slippery mix of meat, provolone cheese, and cranberry mayo. On another visit, the chipotle mayo with its bite is more prominent than the the cranberry mayo.
The veggie burger tastes of smoky black beans and corn. The whole wheat honey is slightly sweet. Sans bun, this patty is the best choice for the burger bowl. Throw a fried egg, sauteed onions, provolone cheese, and mushrooms on a bed of red leaf lettuce and this truly becomes a very tasty salad.
We leave stuffed; the savory side of our stomachs satisfied, but the sweet side was a little sad. We ventured across the street to Carvel Ice Cream where we were able to calm our sweets craving. While we worked on our haiku, we reflected on the loss of the cupcake that should have been.
But maybe,if chef and co-owner William Dertouzos regains a little faith in the Los Angeles consumers, just maybe he'll feel we're worthy of his cupcakes again.
11058 Santa Monica Blvd. (Behind the Winchell's)
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-312-3632
Carvel Ice Cream
11037 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-444-0011
We blame ourselves for the demise of Dainties. A half dozen about every month, was that the best we could do? Of course not. We didn't step up and now the best cupcakes ever are never more.
Now we have vowed singlebloggedly to raise the awareness of our favorite cupcake chef's newest endeavor and to assure that Hole in the Wall is with us for years to come. So, come on and eat their burgers already!
Delicacheena knows it's hot sitting on the parking spots with just some umbrellas for protection and there are countless high and low end burgers out there. But you know you can replace one of you meals from a box or a lousy chain with a juicy half pound of beef, turkey or veggie patty.
It's a build-you-own affair. There are checklists like at the Counter, but far more simplified. Choose your meat or lack-there-of, bun or bowl, cheese and mayo. Decide if you want all, some or none of the lettuce, red onion, tomato and house made zucchini pickles. Extras include apple wood smoked bacon, avocado, roasted peppers, sauteed onions, fried egg and sauteed mushrooms. There are packets of ketchup, mustard and Tapatio. Sweet potato or regular fries? They're both thick, crisp, hot and fresh-tasting and one order is enough for three.
The beef is juicy and, well, beefy. The meat was cooked the way we like it: medium. The fried egg is perfectly cooked, not rubbery, not runny. Had she known about the roasted peppers, TW would have paid the extra price to add it to her burger order.
The turkey burger is peppery, not as juicy as the beef, but moist and hearty. The chewy pretzel bun holds up well to the slippery mix of meat, provolone cheese, and cranberry mayo. On another visit, the chipotle mayo with its bite is more prominent than the the cranberry mayo.
The veggie burger tastes of smoky black beans and corn. The whole wheat honey is slightly sweet. Sans bun, this patty is the best choice for the burger bowl. Throw a fried egg, sauteed onions, provolone cheese, and mushrooms on a bed of red leaf lettuce and this truly becomes a very tasty salad.
We leave stuffed; the savory side of our stomachs satisfied, but the sweet side was a little sad. We ventured across the street to Carvel Ice Cream where we were able to calm our sweets craving. While we worked on our haiku, we reflected on the loss of the cupcake that should have been.
But maybe,if chef and co-owner William Dertouzos regains a little faith in the Los Angeles consumers, just maybe he'll feel we're worthy of his cupcakes again.
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