Mediterranean
Valley Bakeries
[Photo of Natas Pastries]
Hi cake lovers! I did a lot of legwork recently and have come up with a bit of a guide to some of the best bakeries in the mid-East Valley, meaning from Encino to Studio City, keeping close to Ventura Boulevard.
This is by no means an exhaustive nor definitive report.
Which LA [...]
ZenChi Cafe
For over a year I have driven past a nice-looking venue (at 11334 Moorpark, just east of Tujunga) where a posted sign promised “ZenChi – Coming 05.â€? Eventually the sign was changed to read “Ok….2006.â€?
Funny! At least these restaurateurs have a sense of humour.
Well at long last ZenChi Cafe [...]
Is this even a restaurant?
Adana Restaurant
6918 San Fernando Rd., Glendale 91201
Lunch: $10/person; Dinner: under $20/person
The first time I went to Adana, I was told we would probably be the only people eating there. While a statement like that would usually make me wary of a new restaurant, it came from one of my most trusted eating buddies, so I [...]
“Isn’t Danny Thomas One?”: Lebanese Food at Cedar House Cafe
50 gajillion points to anyone who understands what my title is all about. Everyone else has to Google it.
I have discovered as I go through life, that there is a direct correlation between the prestige and salary of my career and the regularity with which I get to take a lunch hour. In my very [...]
Food at a Wine Shop? YES! –at Upstairs 2
OMG.
I love love love the Wine House in West LA. Not only for their huge diverse selections of wines, but because of the food. A wine shop that has real food, you ask? Why yes, yes it does. At Upstairs 2 to be more exact. Just make your way up the stairs from the wine [...]
Moishe’s at Farmers Market
When we go to the Farmer’s Market at Third and Fairfax, I have a rotation of three regular stops. It is either Loteria, Pampa or Moishe’s.
Moishe’s serves middle eastern cuisine — kabobs, falafel, and shwarma, hummous, baba ghanouj, taboule, food along those lines. My absolute favorite, though, are the grilled chicken wings. Ten wings [...]
The latest on Osteria La Buca
Photo taken by YOURS TRULY!  (By the way, I am sitting at the front window corner table, with my back against the wall. This photo shows pretty much the entire dining area.)
La Buca is a tiny, neighbourhood restaurant situated just East of Paramount Studios, at the corner of Melrose and Wilton.
I first wrote about La [...]
Magic Carpet Ride to Shaherzad
Westwood and Beverly Hills are large Persian communities, so it is therefore no surprise to find some of the best Persian food there. Topping that list is Shaherzad. Enormous portions and exotic spices, exactly what you expect from Middle Eastern food. For most of us, our knowledge of Middle Eastern food ends with kabobs, and [...]
