SLS Hotel High Tea

The Patisserie at the SLS Hotel puts on a High Tea service that is very a fun way to spend an afternoon hanging out with some girl friends.  This is definitely not a traditional High Tea (menu), but afternoon tea in LA has become much more innovative and interesting.  Our reservations were for 3:30pm on [...]

The Little Flower Candy Company Cafe

We walked over to a small cafe on Colorado Boulevard near Eagle Rock a few Saturdays ago. It’s not a place you would just stumble upon…if you find yourself there, then you definitely went there with a purpose. It seemed like a popular spot for “well to do” locals. While we were there, the three [...]

Alcove Cafe – Silver Lake

Choala Yummy and I used to hike every Saturday morning at Griffith Park. We stopped after the fires last year. She introduced me to Alcove Cafe, which is a nice little place to relax after hiking on a weekend morning. I especially like the chai tea. Anyway, Scott Gold of the LA Times wrote an [...]

SoKongDong SoonTofu

There’s nothing like a bubbling hot cauldron of Korean Tofu Stew on a cold winter morning. When we want soondubu, we go to SoKongDong. We only frequent BCD when SoKongDong is closed. Today was no different. We drove to Koreatown and were a little early. SoKongDong opens at 10am. So we shopped for groceries at [...]

Tofu Stew

Despite this picture and story from the LA Times about BCD, we still patronize Sokongdong more often. I’m sure Hee-sook Lee worked very hard to build her business, which is always open. However, when it comes down to taste, it’s a very subjective call. We prefer the flavors at Sokongdong, and we think the rice [...]

The Ritz Restaurant and Garden

We ate at the Ritz in Newport Beach on Friday night. The food was SO delicious. Finger lickin’… Yum… We had dinner plans with some other couples. We whetted our appetites by shopping at Bloomindale’s at Fashion Island, and walked over to the restaurant. I’d heard nice things about this place, but I didn’t think [...]

Asha Frozen Delights

Who hasn’t heard of Pinkberry? This sour frozen yogurt dessert seems to have taken over Los Angeles. There are competitors everywhere. Just in Pasadena, frozen dairy treats are easily found. A partial list includes ColdStone, Gelato Di Roma, Bulgarini, Tutti Gelati, Piccomolo, 21 Choices, and of course, Pinkberry. As of January 1, there is another [...]

Myung Dong Kyoja

We had a craving for some good noodles and tasty dumplings, so we headed out to Koreatown. Myung Dong Kyoja is located on the corner of Wilshire and Harvard. The menu is pretty sparse, but everything they serve is top notch. They are known for making their own hand-cut noodles. Basically there are only 4 [...]

Turner New Zealand

(This is actually c.bear’s post) My mission for the business meeting was to entertain, impress, and delight. Remembering the old adage that success depends on the three As (availability, affability, and ability), I chose to meet near South Coast Plaza at 6:30pm. I was three “traffic Twilight Zones” away in West LA, and it was [...]

Al-Noor Pakistani Restaurant

choala.bear reporting: Choala.yummy and I had a hankering for some spicy food this past weekend. We were driving from Westchester to the 98cent Plus store in Gardena when we spotted Al-Noor. Something in my food memory recalled a review by Jonathan Gold, so we thought we’d stop by. The locale is a non-descript strip mall [...]