Archive for the ‘Pasadena’ Category
Fine Dining @ Five Sixty-One
Friday, December 16, 2005 17:19 4 CommentsWant a $100 gourmet meal but don’t want to pay the full $100? Then Bistro 561 is the place for you! Located right next door to the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, the restaurant is the final test for aspiring new chefs. While dining here is still not exactly cheap, it [...]
Just Drinks (My Cupcake Avoidance Strategy)
Friday, October 28, 2005 22:25 4 CommentsTwo great LA drinks for the Al-Anon crowd…
Supermarket Sushi
Monday, June 13, 2005 13:04 8 CommentsWhole Foods and Bristol Farms offer solid quality sushi and accomodate special orders.
Café Atlantic - Cool Cuban Cuisine
Saturday, June 4, 2005 19:14 6 CommentsIt has been a long week of eating non-stop and heavy indulgence. Lots of good food and happy hour. I know… it’s tough to be me. All this celebrating has a great deal to do with yesterday being my last day of work. So now that I am unemployed, I [...]
Once Upon a Time In Pasadena: Puerco Pibil
Wednesday, May 25, 2005 15:56 8 CommentsThe cook at Dona Rosa in Pasadena really needs to watch his back. Apparently he hasn’t seen Robert Rodriguez’s Once Upon a Time in Mexico in which Johnny Depp, who plays CIA Agent Sheldon Jeffrey Sands, shoots a cook for making a perfectly slow-roasted pork dish.
Agent Sands’ rationale: “It just happens to be [...]