Friday, February 05, 2010

not taipei/snapshot: LA, OC and Las Vegas



Hi everyone! I've been in the states for about a month now, trying out new places and old favorites. I've been so busy that I haven't even really spent very much time in LA- I went to Irvine, Newport, San Diego, Las Vegas and Park City.

But despite being on food blogging vacation, I had to take a few pictures to share. Here are some highlights of my trip:



- the Scallop salad at Gulfstream in Century City, CA is one of my favorites. This salad was the beginning of my love for beets. Now I even get a huge scoop of beets when I go to Souplantation. haha! I also can't leave Gulfstream without getting the lemon meringue pie (lusciously light meringue and tart and sweet lemon filling) and the hot fudge sundae that you just can't find in Taipei.



- Deep dish mushroom and sausage pizza at Tony's Little Italy Pizza in Placentia, CA. Definitely no Zachary's, but it hit the spot after I had been searching for deep dish pizza in Southern California for a long time. A tiny restaurant in a strip mall, it was packed on a weekend night. We called ahead with our pizza order (it takes around 45 minutes to bake) and we still had to wait awhile for our food. The meatballs on the spaghetti were huge, but the pizza was better. The hot cheese oozed everywhere and and each slice was dense and filling.



- I am in LOVE with the Spicy Tuna Don with brown rice at Fukada in Irvine, CA and I think everyone else is too. The lines on the weekends are painfully long, but this is so so so good. Not too spicy with a touch of sweet, the texture of the brown rice compliments the tuna. The combo special also includes a bowl of udon or soba!



- It's hard to capture how HUGE the Snickers Pancake at Hash House A Go Go in Las Vegas, NV was, but maybe you can kind of see with my iPhone in the picture for scale. I gasped when I saw how big it was- the size of a small to medium pizza and enough to feed at least four people. This busy brunch place off the strip was featured on Man Vs. Food for its fried chicken benedicts (which were equally huge) and it was worth the trip off the strip. (Though the Wynn weekend buffet with fresh guacamole and prime rib was pretty enticing too).



- There were a lot of new things to try at Bazaar, in Los Angeles, CA, but the cotton candy foie gras had to be one of the most unusual. The melt in your mouth sugary and savory flavors and textures was to be tried in one bite and tasted like you would imagine. When I get back to Taipei, I want to post up the pictures from the rest of the food that night!

So that's a little bit from me right now... I'm fighting a cold and it's raining and I have so many places I want to eat and not enough time, but I'll be back to Taipei in a few days and should be back to regularly scheduled blogging in no time!

24 comments:

StuddedLilly said...

this is making me hungry!
awesome food blog :)

xo

food je t'aime said...

The cotton candy foie gras was also one of my favorites at the Bazaar!

Baby Madison said...

i want your pie, snickers pancake and cotton candy foie gras!!!!!

have fun, can't wait to see the rest of the pics :)

joanh said...

oops accidentally deleted brian's comment when deleting spam:

Brian said...
month long vacation..lucky you! great to see a post again! <1 month until taipei!!!

i will start to figure out some places to check out using your blog :)

2/07/2010 6:21 AM

LIN said...

Ooh yay you went to Fukada! I love that place.

I have finally arrived in Taipei, by the way! Just in time for the Lunar New Year feasts :) I will be checking out the many places you listed soon!

Kristine said...

I completely agree with you on the spicy tuna don at Fukada. I used to live down the street from there, but there was always a line! Love your blog but it induces some serious stinky tofu cravings, lol!

kirbie said...

Oh wow, the snickers pancake looks enormous. Next time you visit San Diego you should contact me! I'm hoping I can go to Taipei this year so I can take you up on your offer.

Anonymous said...

When will you be back in Taipei? Or have you eaten all there is to eat there? :)

Taufulou said...

woah~ the food look so nice!~

Kimberly Cheng said...

i LOVE fukada. is there a spicy tuna bowl in taipei?

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joanh said...

studdedlily: thanks for reading and commenting

christina: it's definitely one of the most unusual!

baby madison: man, i still have to post the rest of the bazaar pics!

asri: yup, park city!

brian: hope you had a good trip!

lin: love fukada! miss it so much! will you visit taipei again soon?

kristine: the line at fukada is too crazy. thanks for reading!

kirbie: thanks! always such a short trip when i go to SD! hope to meet up with you in taipei soon

anonymous: haha! way too much to eat in taipei to finish eating here!

taufulou: thanks!

kimberly: i have not found any spicy tuna bowls in taipei or expect to find any as delicious as the one from fukada. ;(

LIN said...

@joan - i absolutely want to! i miss all the night markets and snow ice. hopefully, i can convince my parents to let me go as a graduation present or something :D

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