Saturday, April 28, 2007

MILK

7290 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, Ca 90036
www.themilkshop.com

Here are my friends doing the "Munchie Face"

We journeyed out to MILK for a late night "sweet tooth" craving. Boy did that totally hit the spot. The interior was all white with displayed desserts at the counter. My eyes got big when I walked in because the first thing that caught my eye were the frozen treats display.

The strawberry sorbet ice cream sandwich was amazing. The flavors were doing the happy dance on my tongue and I was doing the happy dance in my seat. This was really good because the sorbet was sandwiched between two macaroon cookies. That's right, just like the little things I get from Boule.

One of my friends got the special sandwich of the day, grilled ham n cheese with poached eggs in white sauce, that I cannot recall the name of. This, my friends, was the shit. The sauce was awesome and everything together was even better. All I got to say is that poached eggs are the "Shit"! I totally regret not ordering this myself because when she offered me a bit, I wanted it all!
The blue velvet cake caught our eye so we had to get it. Starring into to blue colored cake, I knew it contained wonderful flavors that were just waiting for me to taste. I really liked the blueberry taste of this cake, but I really enjoyed how soft and moist it was. My friend disagreed and said that she is gonna stick with red velvet from now on.

I order house made bon bons. I did not care for the toffee flavored bon bons, but I really did enjoy the mint n chip bon bons.

The cookies n cream ice cram bar was really good too. The ice cream on the inside was rich and creamy and the outside was full of crushed cookies.

I am so glad that this place is far away because I would be one fat ass biatch! I like this place so much, if I lived closer, I would come here everyday and wait for it to open. I would get a job here and get paid my bon bons.~ Bootsi






Friday, April 27, 2007

GREEN FIELD CHURRASCARIA

5305 E. Pacific Coast Highway
Long Beach, CA 90804
http://www.greenfieldchurrascaria.com/

You have to go to a Brazilian churrascaria at least once before you die. These places are amazing and a carnivore's dream come true. For under $30 dollars a person, you will be treated to an astounding array of roasted meat. There is also a salad bar that all kinds of stuff to be eaten at your discretion. There is a little wood cylinder on every table. When the cylinder is on red, the workers with the meat just pass you by. When the green is on top, it tells the workers to bring on the meat. Bringing on the meat is what they do best.


Going around tables, these workers bring the meat to you. They bring the whole slab of meat and cut a piece or two for you. Look at how crisp it is on the outside. so good!

This was a perfectly cook piece of rib eye. It was soft and juicy and went really well with the roasted veggies that I got from the salad bar.

This was also brought to our table. Roasted chicken was amazing! Straight from the fire, the skin from the chicken was light and crisp. The meat and flavor of the chicken was great. Nothing bad for me to say about this meat. The sausage was flavorful and moist.

The skirt steak was good. It did have a livery taste to it, but that happens a lot to skirt steaks. Either way the meat was really juicy.

This is probably one of the best flans that I have ever tasted. It is really rich and creamy. It sticks to the roof of your mouth, that's how thick it is! Bomb Shit!

This was a really fun experience. The meats come out as you please and it is a great way to eat a bit of everything. The meats were good and most were cooked medium rare to medium. I really like this place and can't wait to go back. ~BOOTSI









Wednesday, April 18, 2007

FLEMMING'S STEAKHOUSE

2301 W. Rosecrans Ave #1199
El Segundo, CA 90245
www.flemingssteakhouse.com

This is my 4th time making it out to Flemmings Steakhouse. Located on Rosecrans by the Pacific Theaters, it is a convenient stop after or before the movies. Today I watched 300 with my dad. This was an amazing movie that mad me feel like I should go on a diet...starting tomorrow!

Flemmings was very dark and pretty ghetto compared to my pass visits. It was dark enough where I felt like I walked into the movies all late and shit. Ghetto because I saw numerous people in there wearing baggy ass jeans and a white T. Whatever happen to the good old days when the workers at the front desk would look at you all disgusted and shit to hint you that you're not at a burger joint and that your ass best come dressed just a little nicer next time? lol Sounds harsh but that's what happened to me the first time I came hear and they looked at me up and down, then sent us outside to the patio with the quickness. haha

Well spur of the moment trip here, had us looking like the rest of the diners. They gave us complimentary toasted crunchy slices of bread and a blue cheese dip and some other dip. The blue cheese dip was amazing. We ordered a side of sauteed mushrooms with our steak. It had both button and portabello mushrooms that was sauteed in butter and whole cloves of garlic. I love mushrooms, so this was right up my alley.

The creamed corn was amazing. This is not your mom's cream corn. It was not runny at all, like the many that I have tried, but more like a casserole. It had melted Parmesan and Gruyere cheese it and was topped of with crispy fried jalapenos. I couldn't get enough of this side.

We ordered the 16 oz bone in filet mignon, which was one of the specials of the night. It was extra tender and soft. The only problem with this steak was that we asked for it to be done medium, but it was given to us rare.

The prime 22 oz bone-in ribeye was damn good! Cooked to the way I liked it, it was soft and juicy. I really don't know how else to explain it besides "Delish!"

It is always a great time when I spend it with Pops. ~ Bootsi



Wednesday, April 11, 2007

BUCA DI BEPPO

1670 South Pacific Coast Highway
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
www.bucadibeppo.com

I drove down to Redondo Beach for a friend's bday a couple of weeks ago. There is no parking anywhere at this place so you have to get it valeted, which roughly cost around $2. Once you're inside and they get your table ready, they take you through their bustling kitchen for a quick view.

It was just four of us but we some how ordered enough for a family of ten! We first started out with a large pizza (1/2 pepperoni, sausage and red onions and 1/2 pepperoni and peppercinis. The flat thin crust pizza was full of grease from the toppings, not like that's a bad thing. The pepperoni and sausage pizza was a good combination with a little bit of spiciness and saltiness.

This other side of the pizza was just as greasy. I had to dab it with numerous napkins. The peppercinis and pepperoni accompany one another really well. The crust on both sides of the pizza was really soggy because of the grease, it reminded me of when i used to microwave Jeno's frozen pizza.

Gnocchi al telefono was a decent dish. Its potato dumplings tossed in marinara sauce and topped with fresh mozzarella and basil. It was a very hearty dish that made me full rather quickly. I was looking for the chicken cacciatore on the menu but couldn't find it. Come to find out, the restaurant 86 my favorite item from the menu! Fortunately, the waiter told us that the kitchen staff could make it for us..and so they did. It was a whole roasted chicken on top of buttery garlic mashed potatoes and smothered in cacciatore that was full of vegetables. This was so good, I kept on eating even after I was full.

It is a cool place to eat if you are really hungry or if you are with a big hungry group. There are two portions of food served at this place and they are big and bigger. ~Bootsi



WING STOP

20700 AVALON BLVD
CARSON, CA 90746
and many other loctions
http://www.wingstop.com/

There is something about wings! I don't know why they are so good (they have barely any meat, a lot of skin and a lot of bones). I guess all those bad things = something good. Hot wings are great but only a couple of places make outstanding hot wings (Bj's Brewery, Hooters and Pizza Machine).

Wing Stop doesn't do a great job of making hot wings either, nor do their teriyaki glazed wings (pictured on the right) do a better job. It was actually pretty darn discussing. A sticky thick extra sweet glaze was not happening from the beginning, but being Chinese, I felt obligated to eat it all and I did..uuUUAAHHH!!

What was happening was the lemon pepper chicken wings (pictured on the left). These were amazing! The skin was still crisp and the meat was juicy. The flavor was out of this world!

Their fries were good, maybe a little too over seasoned for me, but were good none the less. They were the soft soggy kind, so if you want the crispy fries.... go to Burger King and have it your way! The BBQ beans were pretty good too. It tasted just like Pork n Beans, but just a tad sweeter.

Whenever I come back here, the only chicken wings I will even bother getting would be the lemon pepper ones. Bomb shit!~ Bootsi

KING TACO

12102 Long Beach Blvd.
Lynwood, CA 90262
www.kingtaco.com

This was my first time ever going to King Taco. I was so excited because I have heard so much good things about their tacos and their sublime hot sauce. I would of been here a lot sooner had I known it was right down the street from my torta spot (Gallo Giro) in Plaza Mexico. I thought this place would be a hole in the wall but I was totally wrong! This place was big and reminded me of Burger King with murals of Aztec warriors on the wall.

So I ordered 2 carne asada tacos with everything. The first thing that stood out to me was the tortillas, it wasn't an off white like I was used to, it was yellow and the texture was soft yet chewy. It was really good. The carne asada was good but not great. The red sauce on the other hand was amazing, not too over powering, just perfect!

I also tried the al pastor, marinated pork, taco. That was hands down the highlight of the trip. The flavorful crispy pieces of pork was sinful. Man that was one hell of a taco. The other taco I ate was filled with carnitas. This was really good too, but after I ate the al pastor that was all I was really thinking about, that and the red sauce.

I guess on weekends they serve rotisserie chicken dinners. My friend had told me so much good things about the chicken that I made sure we got it even if it was a 20 minute wait. Full and stuffed after the tacos, the whole chicken finally came out of the rotisserie and our # was finally called. It came with a package of steaming hot tortillas, packaged chips and beans. The chicken was melt in your mouth good. The skin was extra flavorful and salty and because of that my drink was disappearing at an alarming rate (no free refills).
All in all I was really impressed by this place. The food was good and cheap, the red hot sauce was amazing and so was the green sauce that everyone seems too over look. The only disappointing part was the chips. I thought that they could of been a little more authentic than packaged chips! ~ Bootsi