Strada Eateria & Bar (Los Angeles, CA)

I recently discovered this hidden gym of a restaurant tucked into a quiet street in the heart of downtown L.A., Strada Eateria & Bar! The menu is filled with all kinds of dishes that highlight the owner and chef’s focus on European “street food”, but done in a much more elevated fashion. Each dish was […]

Randy’s Donuts (southern California) – Holiday donuts!

I love that Randy’s Donuts has a monthly special, and this time they had two in time for the holidays! I stopped by the Inglewood location to have a taste… For the entire month of December, all locations will have their Ugly Christmas Sweater Donuts, but honestly, I thought they were adorable! I also tried […]

Otosan Sushi (Long Beach, CA)

I may have found my new favorite sushi restaurant… Otosan Sushi! Take a look at the beautiful dishes I tried, including the Salmon Flight prepared three ways, the Natsu Roll (which was surprisingly good even without rice), the Hamachi Jalapeño appetizer, and a nice hot bowl of udon with tempura! I truly cannot wait to […]

Randy’s Donuts (southern California)

Randy’s Donuts is the world famous donut shop that you’ve seen in movies, TV shows, and music videos with the iconic giant donut that’s one of L.A.’s most recognizable landmarks. Although I usually prefer cake donuts, Randy’s makes the most delicious fluffy, raised donuts because they’ve perfected the recipe over the last 60 years! Although […]

Sneak Peek: Golden Road Brewing in Anaheim!

Cheers! As a food blogger for the past few years, I have been treated to a few sneak peeks but not one quite like this! A select group of us were treated to a behind the scenes look at Golden Road’s‘s latest brewery set to soft open on November 18th. What that meant was that […]

Meat Street : A Slice of Carnivore Heaven!

When you are a food blogger who doesn’t eat pork and loves her Meatless Mondays, you end up turning down a lot of invitations. Sorry Bacon Fest! So when I received the invitation to preview and attend Meat Street, I was ready to pass… until I saw Foodbeast was putting it on, and I KNEW I would have to […]

LA Weekly’s The Essentials 2017 video recap!

Food festivals are always such a blur with all the delicious dishes to try, free flowing drinks, and happy people to meet that even though I love attending them, I need that full year to recover for the next event. I have been known to skip a few here and there, but I make it a […]

North Italia’s Spring Community Dinner Series (Irvine, CA)

I was recently invited to be a plus one to the first of North Italia‘s signature spring community dinner series at their Irvine, California location. According to the description I received, “the community dinner series invites people to enjoy a specially created seasonal meal in an intimate setting, developed by the restaurant’s Executive Chef and […]