More leftover polenta! For dinner last night while watching the oscars, we put the last few polenta cakes to good use. My mom got it all nice and crispy, fried up an egg, and sat the dish on a bed of tomato sauce. With a little salt, pepper, and cheese on top, it was perfect! Awesome snack for in front of the TV.
Friday night my friend and I went to Asahi Ramen. I delicious ramen place on Sawtelle between Olympic and Santa Monica. This ramen place is a frequent spot for kids at my school and is one of my favorites. Asahi has 10 varieties of ramen on there menu, and if you aren’t the biggest ramen fan, they have really tasty noodle and rice dishes. My friend got the Curry Ramen with chicken, and my order (as always) was the Mabo Ramen. Mabo Ramen is ramen with spicy sauce, ground pork, and tofu. It is delicious.
Tonight my mom made corn chowder, crab cakes, and sauteed polenta cakes with the leftovers from last night. It was amazing. The corn chowder had a little spice to it, which was surprising and really yummy. Crab cakes are one of my favorite foods so I was happy to devour those. My mom took the leftover polenta and put it in a baking dish in the fridge over night, once it was firm she cut it into pieces and basically pan fried them in butter until they were crispy. Then she put some of the leftover tomato sauce (heated up) on top, just as good the second night! There are so many ways to make and eat polenta and this was definitely a good one. Another great meal.
Sorry about the delay! I got my wisdom teeth out friday so this weekend the food was pretty limited. Last night for dinner my mom made polenta with mushrooms and tomato sauce, and french onion soup. The polenta was smooth and creamy, perfect with the tangy tomato sauce and mushrooms! So delicious. The french onion soup was hot, cheesy, and fantastic, it came from a recipe I found online. With a soaking piece of bread in it, perfect. Both dishes were luckily not hard for me to chew, and definitely a great first real meal after the long break.
Yesterday, after our last midterm, a friend and I went to Hole in the Wall Burger Joint. This is one of my favorite burger places, off of Santa Monica Blvd and Sepulveda, behind a Winchell’s Donuts, it really is a hole in the wall. The best one you’ll find too. The menu is build your own, and their burgers are giant, juicy, and absolutely delicious. I got mine on a pretzel bun (SO good, a must try if you go there) with provolone cheese, red onion, tomato, lettuce, and sauteed mushrooms. It was incredible. There are a ton of options to put on your burger, along with a different burger of the week, every week. They house make their own ketchup and ranch, and the burgers are to die for. If you haven’t been, I definitely say check it out!
Wednesday night my mom made a favorite of mine that I hadn’t had in way too long! Spaghetti carbonara. For those of you who don’t know, carbonara is basically an eggy, cheesy, peppery sauce, with pancetta which is like a cross between proscuitto and bacon, delicious. This pasta is rich and delicious. One of my favorites and totally decadent.
Happy belated valentines day! My boyfriend was so sweet he bought me some delicious chocolates. The flavors were milk chocolate caramel with pink sea salt, a dark chocolate truffle, a bittersweet truffle, and a pink champagne truffle. So amazing and pretty! For dinner we had chicken caesar salad with grilled corn (my favorite) and risotto with pea leaves. We finished off valentines day with brownies hot from the oven. They were so good I forgot to take a picture!
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Yesterday for lunch, I went to this incredible restaurant, E baldi in Beverly Hills, with my mom. For a starter, we shared a polenta cake tomato sauce and porcini mushrooms. I love polenta and mushrooms, and the cake had a slight crunch, it was so good. Then for the main course my mom got a margherita pizza, and I had sweet corn agnolotti (mini ravioli) with mascarpone and truffle butter. My pasta was so good I had to restrain myself from licking the plate! And the pizza had a delicious thin crust, and great flavor. For dessert we shared the rum butterscotch pudding with salted caramel. Now, I love salted caramel, so this was an exciting dessert. The salted caramel really elevated the pudding to a whole new level, it was fantastic. All in all, although lunch was a little expensive, it was SO delicious.
Thursday for lunch, my friend and I went to The Counter at Century City. This burger place is really cool because although they have a menu, it’s pretty much build your own. My friend got the Taco Turkey Burger off the menu, and I built my own turkey burger with gruyere cheese, green chiles, red onion, tomato, and roasted garlic aioli. Delicious! And to split we got half sweet potato fries and half parmesan fries, which were covered in parsley, rosemary, and parmesan cheese. The Counter also has crazy build your own shakes and floats, and had I been hungrier I definitely would have gotten one, because they’re amazing. There are also other locations around LA, so if Century City isn’t close by to you, you can still go try The Counter!
My name is Izzy, I'm a high school senior at Windward School in Los Angeles. Food is my favorite thing, and I decided to make it into a little project. Blog my best meal of every day, from a restaurant, made at home, food trucks, you name it and let you guys know so you can enjoy it too.
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