Category Archives: food

BLD Brunch

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BLD is a little foodie haven that never disappoints.

Located on Beverly Blvd close to the Grove, they serve up one of the best brunches in town with no pretentiousness. The wait for a table is usually around 30 minutes – I don’t think they take reservations for small parties but it is always worth it. I had the strawberry cream cheese french toast (graham cracker crumbs, whipped vanilla cream cheese, fresh strawberries) and my lovely date had the breakfast hash (fried eggs, bacon, shaved yukon gold potatoes,
bell peppers, onions, hollandaise.)

I thought the french toast would be too sweet for me – but it was so delicious I got through a good 3/4s of the it before giving up. They have 4 types of bloody marys, my drink of choice was the original “granny mary.”

I think I need to go back there today.

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Nobu Omakase

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This past week I went to Nobu and decided to test out their Omakase. There are $100 and $150 options and I chose the latter, you only live once right?

It was absolutely worth the money and I am not quite sure how I made it through the seventh sushi course. Just barely. :)

I highly recommend this Omakase – my favorite dishes were the live shrimp, sashimi and the octopus.

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Bludso’s BBQ

Posted by francesz in cooking, drinks, food, los angeles

Bludso’s BBQ opened up a location around the corner from me and I was there last week for their opening day. About 20 other BBQ loving people were lined up when they opened on President’s Day.

They serve all their meat by the pound (or by links) and we had a pound of ribs and 1/4 pound of brisket, which was way too much for 2 girls lol. For sides we had Potato Salad, Collard Greens and Mac N Cheese.

You have your choice of hot vs. regular BBQ sauce. I like spicy but not too spicy so I chose the regular sauce. Everything was cooked to perfection. They also serve a large selection of cocktails including mint julep on tap. I’m not quite sure what that means but they are STRONG. Their jackpot cocktail is also delicious.

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Dates.

Posted by francesz in baking, cooking, food

Proscuitto Wrapped Dates. So easy to make and so delicious! Recipe below.

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ingredients:

pack of proscuitto

dates

almonds (or other nut if you prefer)

1. Remove the pits from the dates and replace with an almond, close up neatly.

2. Cut proscuitto into thin date – width slices.

3. Wrap proscuitto around each date

4. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes, until proscuitto is crispy

Don’t eat them all in one sitting! :)