Category Archives: Vacation

March 1, 2014
3:34 PM
by: Uhockey

Gourdough’s Public House, Austin TX

  Gourdough’s Public House Iced Coffee   Dirty Plucker – Donut with hand battered fried chicken, honey butter, maple icing Cream Corn Count Gourdough Cristo – Turkey, Ham, Swiss, Red Pepper, Basil, Red Onion in a fried donut with cranberry … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Bread Pudding, Breakfast, Coffee, Dessert, Food, Gourdough's, Gourdough's Pub, Gourdough's Public House, Pork, Texas, Vacation

March 1, 2014
1:00 PM
by: Uhockey

Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop, Austin TX

Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop Champion Carrot Cake Southern Belle – Red Velvet with Vanilla Cream Cheese The Hemingway – Key Lime Curd filled Vanilla Cupcake topped with Key Lime Cream Cheese Cinnamon Roll Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Bar Kicking off my first … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, cupcakes, Dessert, Food, Sugar Mama's Bakeshop, Texas, Vacation

January 26, 2014
7:35 PM
by: Uhockey

chi SPACCA, Los Angeles CA

chi SPACCA Affettati Misti – Coppa, Pancetta Rigatino, Speck, Calabrese, Trappist, Trotter Fritti Pickles Lardo Mantecato Pane Bianco Focaccia Di Recco Lamb Neck Stracotto Beef and Bone Marrow Pie, Whipped Potatoes Pancetta Wrapped Sweetbreads Moorish Lamb Shoulder Chop Costata Alla … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, California, chi SPACCA, Dessert, Food, Italian, Los Angeles, Pork, Sweetbreads, Tiramisu, Vacation

January 26, 2014
5:25 PM
by: Uhockey

Olio Pizzeria, Los Angeles CA

Olio Margherita, Half Prosciutto Always one to value substance over style and having heard excellent things from trusted palates about Olio Pizzeria it was largely a matter of LACMA closing early and dinner reservations for 7:30 that brought me to … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Food, Italian, Los Angeles, Olio, Olio Pizzeria, Pizza, Pork, Vacation

January 26, 2014
1:51 PM
by: Uhockey

Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken, Los Angeles CA

Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken Fried Chicken Breast and a Biscuit Blueberry Pancake Mini Pecan Pie for One Having relocated from Compton to Culver City and thus labeled a “sellout” from those prone to such accusations I’ll personally withhold judgment in … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Dessert, Food, Honey’s Kettle, Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken, Los Angeles, Pancakes, Vacation

January 26, 2014
11:11 AM
by: Uhockey

Superba Snack Bar, Venice CA

Superba Snack Bar Jalapeno Corn Bread and Honey Tamarind Glazed Sticky Bun Buttermilk Biscuit with Blood Orange Jam Braised Bacon Ricotta Pancake – Maple Dulce de Leche, Banana, Nilla Wafers, Whipped Cream Octopus a la Plancha – Garlic Aioli, Fingerlings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, California, Cornbread, Crab, Dessert, Food, Italian, Octopus, Pancakes, Pork, Superba Snack Bar, Vacation

January 26, 2014
8:05 AM
by: Uhockey

Blu Jam Cafe, Los Angeles CA

Blu Jam Café Blueberry Pancake with $1 Pure Maple Syrup Supplement    Crunchy French Toast – Brioche rolled in corn flakes, topped with fresh fruit, served with vanilla bean sauce Coffee Praised by some as the reference standard for French … Continue reading →

Posted in Blu Jam Cafe, Breakfast, California, Coffee, Food, French Toast, Los Angeles, Pancakes, Vacation

January 26, 2014
7:46 AM
by: Uhockey

SK’s Donuts & Croissant, Los Angeles CA

SK’s Donuts & Croissant Cruller Apple Fritter Blueberry Cake Buttermilk Bar Cookies and Cream Cronut Nutella Cronut Moving on from a mixed experience at Kettle Glazed to Beverly Hill’s SK’s Donuts & Croissant with hopes of quality similar to that … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, California, Dessert, Food, Los Angeles, SK's Donuts, SK's Donuts & Croissant, Vacation

January 26, 2014
6:04 AM
by: Uhockey

Kettle Glazed, Los Angeles CA

Kettle Glazed Raised Glazed Apple Fritter Cruffin Blueberry Maple Bacon Old Fashioned Vanilla Old Fashioned Blueberry Lemon Old Fashioned Recently named to more than a couple “best of” lists and featuring what many claimed to be a particularly impressive collection … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, California, Food, Los Angeles, Pork, Vacation

January 25, 2014
11:00 PM
by: Uhockey

Ramekin, Los Angeles CA

Ramekin Pink Lady Kouign Amann Fresh Baked Chocolate Chip Cookie Bread Pudding with Vanilla Gelato Having foolishly assumed Mother Dough to lack a proper dessert menu I’d admittedly researched “made-from-scratch” dessert shop Ramekin weeks prior to my departure for Los … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Pudding, California, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, Los Angeles, Ramekin, Vacation

January 25, 2014
10:13 PM
by: Uhockey

Mother Dough, Los Angeles CA

Mother Dough Margherita, Half Prosciutto Oven Roasted Pear, Frangelico, Mascarpone, Shaved Chocolate Located on Hollywood Blvd in Los Feliz and open until 11pm it was to highly regarded pizzeria Mother Dough that I pointed my GPS as I sought solace … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Dessert, Food, Los Angeles, Mother Dough, Pizza, Pork, Vacation

January 25, 2014
3:52 PM
by: Uhockey

Connie & Ted’s, Los Angeles CA

Connie & Ted’s    Live Uni + Butter Toast Jo’s Wicked Good Chowda – New England, Manhattan, Rhode Island Sampler Lobster Roll with Hot Drawn Butter and Fries Fried Clams with Bellies, Fries Hot Buttered Rolls Macaroni and Cheese Chocolate … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, California, Coffee, Connie & Ted's, Connie and Ted's, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, Lobster, Los Angeles, Vacation

January 25, 2014
10:43 AM
by: Uhockey

The Tasting Kitchen, Venice CA

The Tasting Kitchen Panier de Patisseries – French Toast, Pane con Carne, Biscuit and Milk Jam, Sticky Bun, Chocolate Brioche, Ricotta Muffin Fried Chicken and Waffle Ricotta/Apple/Farro Crumble Fried Oyster/Spinach/Bacon/Eggs Grilled Gruyere and Figs Duck Confit – Soft Scramble, Spinach … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Basket, Breakfast, California, Coffee, Dessert, Food, French Toast, Los Angeles, Pork, Tasting Kitchen, The Tasting Kitchen, Vacation, Venice, Waffles

January 25, 2014
7:27 AM
by: Uhockey

Natas Pastries, Sherman Oaks CA

Natas Pastries   Pyramid – Dark Chocolate Brownie, Marzipan, Kahlua Nata – Crème Brulee Portuguese Custard in Flaky Shell Pasteis de Feijao – Almonds, White Beans, Fondant, Chocolate Bola de Berlin – Malassadas with Pastry Cream Portuguese Sweet Bread Pudding … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Pudding, Breakfast, California, Dessert, Food, Los Angeles, Natas Pastries, Sherman Oaks, Vacation

January 25, 2014
5:59 AM
by: Uhockey

Crave Cafe, Sherman Oaks CA

Crave Café Chocolate Bread Pudding Crunchy French Toast Illy PB&J Cookie Red Velvet Cupcake Staying with a friend in swanky Sherman Oaks, an area of Los Angeles previously unexplored, it was with my standard morning run that the day began … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Pudding, Breakfast, California, Coffee, Crave Cafe, cupcakes, Dessert, Food, French Toast, Los Angeles, Sherman Oaks, Vacation

January 24, 2014
9:45 PM
by: Uhockey

Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica CA

Rustic Canyon Marcona Almonds – Lavender Sugar and Sea Salt Fried Stone Valley Pork Trotter – Citrus, Yuzu Aioli, Wild Sorrel from Atwater Beets and Berries – Reed Avocado, Rancho Gordo Quinoa, Pistachio Soil Coppa di Testa of Stone Valley … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Dessert, Food, Gnocchi, Los Angeles, Pork, Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, Vacation

January 24, 2014
7:33 PM
by: Uhockey

DK’s Donuts & Bakery, Santa Monica CA

DK’s Donuts & Bakery Apple Fritter Blueberry Fritter Buttermilk Bar Vanilla Glazed Cruller Sourcream Old Fashioned Blueberry Cake Taro O-Nut Red Velvet O-Nut Arriving in Santa Monica nearly two hours prior to dinner reservations with friends it was once more … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast, California, Dessert, DK Donuts, DK’s Donuts, DK’s Donuts & Bakery, Food, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Vacation

January 24, 2014
6:13 PM
by: Uhockey

Scoops, Los Angeles CA

Scoops Malt Oreo and Caramel Butterfinger Samples of Brown Bread, Rootbeer, Blueberries and Cream, Bourbon Butter Pecan One of many in the ever-growing small-batch artisan ice cream movement it was largely a matter of location that led me to Scoops, … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream, Los Angeles, Scoops, Vacation

January 24, 2014
4:59 PM
by: Uhockey

Donut Friend, Los Angeles CA

Donut Friend Apple Pie – Cake Donut Stuffed with Caramelized Apples, Cheddar, topped w/ caramel glaze and toasted peanut GG Almond – Yeasted Donut Stuffed with Gruyere and honey, topped with glaze and almonds Caramel on Parade – Chocolate Cake … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Dessert, Donut Friend, Food, Los Angeles, Vacation

December 1, 2013
11:56 AM
by: Uhockey

Siena Tavern, Chicago IL

Siena Tavern Biscuits and Gravy – Smoked Brioche Bread Pudding Biscuit, Prosciutto Sausage Gravy Lobster Hash – Poached Eggs, Truffle Hollandaise Gnocchi – Truffle Cream, Fried Sage, Crispy Pancetta Coccoli – Crispy Dough, Stracchino Cheese, Prosciutto di Parma, Truffle Honey … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Pudding, Breakfast, Chicago, Coffee, Dessert, Food, French Toast, Gnocchi, Illinois, Italian, Lobster, Pizza, Pork, Siena Tavern, Truffle, Vacation