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re: Some food porn pics from my Cali trip
Posted on 12/22/15 at 11:01 am to Powerman
Posted on 12/22/15 at 11:01 am to Powerman
And since I'm not an OT baller, I did go to a couple of cheaper places as well.
This was a Guatemalan place in the South Bay area (I'll update post when I find the name of the place.) Just got some papusas and pastor tacos. Also ordered a sweet corn tamale not pictured. I didn't care for it as it was really sweet. Go figure.
They were bigger than expected. I was expecting them to be more about the size of the ones at La Macarena in NOLA. I got one with pork and one with jalapeno and cheese. The latter was really good.
ETA - This was Le Esperanza on Western Blvd in Harbor City, CA. This is near Torrance/Redondo Beach area where I used to work a few years ago. I had met up with a friend who joined me for the Muse concert on Saturday.
This was a Guatemalan place in the South Bay area (I'll update post when I find the name of the place.) Just got some papusas and pastor tacos. Also ordered a sweet corn tamale not pictured. I didn't care for it as it was really sweet. Go figure.
They were bigger than expected. I was expecting them to be more about the size of the ones at La Macarena in NOLA. I got one with pork and one with jalapeno and cheese. The latter was really good.
ETA - This was Le Esperanza on Western Blvd in Harbor City, CA. This is near Torrance/Redondo Beach area where I used to work a few years ago. I had met up with a friend who joined me for the Muse concert on Saturday.
This post was edited on 12/22/15 at 11:11 am
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Posted on 12/22/15 at 11:20 am to Powerman
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Torrance/Redondo Beach area
Anza Elementary Alumi here.
Posted on 12/22/15 at 11:28 am to Powerman
Posted on 12/22/15 at 11:30 am to Powerman
Another night I went to Chi Spacca. This is one of Mario Batali's restaurants that is focused on meats. Definitely would be better for a group of people as opposed to a lone diner like myself. (insert forever alone pic here)
There is no bar at this location but you can sit at the bar next door in Osteria Mozza (I tried to get a reservation here but you need to book months in advance. It does appear with 1 or 2 people you could just walk up and eat at the bar as I saw a few people doing.)
Had another cucumber cocktail and an apertif called an aperol spritzer. Never had Aperol before...I could take it or leave it.
Started off with the daily selection of cured meats
From left to right it was some fried pork thing, pate, "Christmas salame", pork loin that had been cured for a long time (I want to say 7 months or something), and some more salame.
Also ordered some pickled vegetables that are not shown in the top of the picture. I think it was carrots, cauliflower, and fennel.
For the main I ordered the beef cheek and bone marrow pot pie. Way too much for one person.
I took the advice of the lovely waitress and mixed the marrow in with the mashed potatoes. For an inside view of the pie (and the point at which I finally surrendered)
Inside included beef cheeks, mushrooms, and some onions. Pretty simple but very good.
Ordered a peanut butter pie for dessert. Not as rich as it looks.
If I could do it again I probably would have ordered the heavily recommended Butterscotch Budino, but I already had one butterscotch dessert on the trip.
There is no bar at this location but you can sit at the bar next door in Osteria Mozza (I tried to get a reservation here but you need to book months in advance. It does appear with 1 or 2 people you could just walk up and eat at the bar as I saw a few people doing.)
Had another cucumber cocktail and an apertif called an aperol spritzer. Never had Aperol before...I could take it or leave it.
Started off with the daily selection of cured meats
From left to right it was some fried pork thing, pate, "Christmas salame", pork loin that had been cured for a long time (I want to say 7 months or something), and some more salame.
Also ordered some pickled vegetables that are not shown in the top of the picture. I think it was carrots, cauliflower, and fennel.
For the main I ordered the beef cheek and bone marrow pot pie. Way too much for one person.
I took the advice of the lovely waitress and mixed the marrow in with the mashed potatoes. For an inside view of the pie (and the point at which I finally surrendered)
Inside included beef cheeks, mushrooms, and some onions. Pretty simple but very good.
Ordered a peanut butter pie for dessert. Not as rich as it looks.
If I could do it again I probably would have ordered the heavily recommended Butterscotch Budino, but I already had one butterscotch dessert on the trip.
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