Food Love

Round I: Tofu popcorn

Round II: Baos (Grilled tofu and panko fish in white, wheat & bibb lettuce options)

Round IIIa: Salted caramel macaron ice cream sandwich (from one of my LA favorites, Milk)

Round IIIb: Banana nutella bao

Katie and I checked out Take a Bao's Studio City location on Friday and indulged in a variety of their offerings as you can see from the photos above. We also got comped a napa salad (thank you to whoever in the kitchen accidentally made it) - which was also just as delicious, fresh and perfect component to our al fresco lunch on a warm sunny afternoon.

Food Love

Pasteis de nata. Carne de Porco à Alentejana. Oh, it's been far too long since my Lisbon trip and all the yummy Portuguese food. I'll have to make my way towards Sherman Oaks more often.
Muito obrigado, Natas Pastries!

The Big Easy

An idea raised during a Vegas dinner with five friends over July 4, 2011 led to a reunion of 15 in New Orleans over this past Presidents Day weekend. Parades, gumbo, crawfish etouffee, beignets from Café du Monde, po-boys, beads and live music - it was a packed three days of good food and partying. While I would probably pass on another Bourbon Street night out, I wouldn't mind returning to the music venues along Frenchmen Street or for more food adventures over Jazz Festival one day.

Laissez les bons temps rouler!