Author: The Offalo
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Ramen Hayatemaru (Revisitings)
I (generally) devote a single post to my first visit to a new place (e.g., most recently Gjelina, Littlefork, Pizzeria Mozza) or for great individual meals at familiar haunts (e.g., Shunji, Kiriko), but I have a rotation of places I like to visit regularly that I haven’t posted on recently. So I will be working […]
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ShopHouse in Santa Monica
ShopHouse‘s second L.A. location, on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, opened mid-October. I made a short post on it at Chowhound at the time, but I thought it might be useful enough to post here as well. My wife and I went to check it out just before noon on opening day. I […]
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Gjelina Brunch
Gjelina’s been on my must-try list for quite some time, but stories of long waits and insensitive service have kept me away. However, the potential of a butterscotch dessert that could rival Pizzeria Mozza‘s budino was enough to entice me and my wife to finally give it a try on an early Sunday afternoon. And […]
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Littlefork
Seafood restaurants are hot in L.A. these days, particularly New England-inspired ones. Littlefork, which opened earlier this year, is doing this trend justice by executing a signature New England dish that holds its own against the ones I’ve had growing up on the Right Coast. Before we get to that, the main reason that I […]
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Pizzeria Mozza: An Anniversary Lunch
I’ll keep the pre(r)amble to a minimum, since Pizzeria Mozza‘s bona fides‘ already well established. My wife and I went for lunch on a Sunday in early September for two main reasons: First, we were celebrating our anniversary. Second, perhaps more importantly, we wanted to see if the famed Butterscotch Budino that I had heard […]