Looks wonderful @J_L, thanks for the report and pics.
For the paella, did you finish heating it up / getting the socarrat through your re-heating, or was it already there when you picked it up? Thanks.
Looks wonderful @J_L, thanks for the report and pics.
For the paella, did you finish heating it up / getting the socarrat through your re-heating, or was it already there when you picked it up? Thanks.
Tacomiendo meat sides.
Asada and carnitas.
The perfect high-pro car snack! No exciting photos. Just these…
Holbox’s website says family of 4. I concur. It is a LOT of food.
Socarrat was already present in the container! The paella to-go container was piping hot as I carried it to my Maybach. (Pro-tip: Must remember to have Chauncey wear oven mitts to go pick it up next time…)
Update from the morning after:The paella re-heats up beautifully. So tasty!
No, no hot seafood on the rich Corinthian leather!
En Voyage LA Edition
Providence X Needle X Holbox X Republique
He’s the in-house food critic. Judges all things fishy.
Having escaped LA for warmer less virulent climes I’ve been getting my fill of mango season in Oahu
Enjoy. How’s the mask sitch out there? Tell us if you do Sushi Sho!
Sleeper grinds in Honolulu: Yama’s Fish Market for casual plates, and Ahi Assassins for poke of the gods…
Thanks for the recs both those spots are awesome! I’ve done sushi sho twice before on visits but I haven’t done indoor dining since covid. Although I definitely thought about it.
Sho spaced their dining room so the main bar has only 8 seats instead of the usual 10 and the small bar has only 4. But with the length of meals and with the amount of staff they have unfortunately I still feel the risk is too high
I’ll just have to stick to getting their weekly chirashi bowls which are a steal at 30 dollars a pop.
Aw yeah. No ka oi.
And do them malasadas to the max.
Tim Ho Wan in Waikiki is better than Irvine.
Needle: Pork chop rice is OK - I get that “day old rice” should be used for fried rice, but in this case it was a tad too dry. Like a good trendster, I also got the char siu kit, but knowing everyone would be heating theirs up pretty much immediately, I wanted to hold off on trying mine to see more feedback before attempting it. On the bright side, the almond tofu, with all that fresh fruit and excellent agar texture, was refreshing and definitely worth it.
Antico: SUMMER HARVEST PLUM ice cream (not on their printed menu) is tied with Chef Colby’s Andy’s Orchard Peach and Harry’s Berries Strawberry for Antico’s best ice cream thus far. It’s so damn convincingly true to flavor, I want to bring some of this to Leo Bulgarini and ask what he thinks of it.
@hungryhungryhippos is the quarantine requirement for travelers from the global-epicenter-of-uncontrolled-Covid19-infections still in effect?
Yes it was supposed to be lifted in Aug. 1 but the rolled it back after the state was unable to implement effective testing a monitoring measures and there has been a spike in cases in Hawaii (although small compared to the mainland).
Picked up some Indian food at Crown of India in Hollywood. Nothing mind blowing but still pretty good. I don’t always have time to drive down to Artesia so this will do. I didn’t see a whole lot of orders when I picked up (dinner time on Sunday), which worries me about the business staying open. You get a ton of food for the price.
Before we picked up our food at Crown of India, we stopped at Bhan Kanom to pick up some Thai desserts. I haven’t been here since COVID restrictions started, and I was wondering how they would handle it since it is a very small and narrow space. They are only allowing 6 people in at time (which seems like too many considering how small it is) and masks required. They also have plastic dividers up around the cash register counter area, and pass your order under the divider. But I didn’t have to worry about crowding because there was only one other customer in there.
Also gotta pick up some Thai snacks when there. They have a nice selection of packaged Thai/SE Asian chips, cookies, etc.
Unfortunately did not see any kanom krok while I was there. But when they are making it fresh, it is sooo good.
Alphonso Mango?
Looks like a large ataulfo, or is it a honey mango?
Is anyone importing/exporting these in bulk besides this guy? Was lucky enough to have an alphonso mango shake at a tech consulting company’s commissary and it blew my mind. Like, if a commissary could make the mango taste so damn good…
Would love to hear of any other leads…
Ref: We Were Promised the World's Most Delicious Mangoes. They Never Came.