December 2009
12 posts
Great for a rainy day
It was pouring today in Los Angeles. What’s better on a rainy day than a lobster roll and a pint of Oregonian beer? That’s right. Nothing.
Refer to S.P.’s previous posting on B.P. Oysterette for a full rundown. - H. Lee
Happy Holidays
I freaking love Japanese grocery stores. Why? Because they dispense onigiri rice balls the same way a 7-Eleven will dispense heatlamp-irradiated jalapeno taquitos.
Merry Christmas.
Why is that jerk staring at me?
Memorandum
To: the Asian lady sipping on tea for forty minutes after finishing her Umami burger while a throng waits outside for a table
Dear Madam,
Are you kidding me? Lady, this isn’t Sunday dinner at Lucques. Jesus Christ. People come to Umami Burger to 1) wolf down a Hatch burger; 2) guzzle down an orange Crush and; 3) go home to consummate their eating disorder ritual before reading...
California" Tacos in Nebraska?
I find myself in Omaha, Nebraska (don’t ask) missing all the food options L.A. has to offer. Without Jonathan Gold or even yelp to guide me I have to turn to a douchier source for meal advice. Guy Fieri. Whatever, I’m hungry. He suggests California Tacos & More (www.californiatacosandmore.com). What’s a “California” taco? Anyway, I’m going. Maybe it...
The McRib is back
A few McRib facts:
Over the past few decades, the McRib has been purposefully yanked from McDonalds stores in order to repeatedly “bring it back” in a number of farewell tours - a calculated marketing move.
The McRib consists of a boneless pork patty, pickles, onions and bbq sauce. Note the fake bone marks.
The McRib isn’t half bad for essentially a microwavable sandwich. -...
Why there are no Dunkin' Donuts in Los Angeles
The most common question asked in L.A. is not why there is so much traffic on the 405 (there are too many cars, duh). It is not why Heather Locklear looks perpetually 34 (she keeps a Dorian Gray portrait in her Malibu attic). It is why there are no Dunkin’ Donuts franchises in southern California.
My friend Hayden put off his dick-joke writing deadline one night to research the answer....
Yu Chun Naeng Myun
Let’s explain this right off the bat: naeng myun is a Korean dish consisting of thin, hand-made buckwheat noodles served in a tangy, crushed-ice laden broth. Also found in the stainless steel bowl are thin slices of tender beef, julienned cucumbers, a hard-boiled egg, spicy chili dressing and pickled radish strips.
So if you’ve never had a craving for spicy cold noodles, I have four...