The lost meals entries consist of meals that occurred at various times throughout 2012 which, for any number of reasons, escaped my documentation – some due to a cross country move and a new job, some due to the Los Angeles Kings run to the Stanley Cup, and some simply as a result of too much travel. Having enjoyed many of these meals with friends or family and with some of them amongst the year’s very best the reality is that with time my memory has deteriorated and as life moves forward I’ve realized there is little hope to ever “catch up” or document these experiences as well as I’d hope, yet in order to preserve them I present these pictures, notes, and thoughts on the experience.
Large Plate of Birria
Cheese Quesadilla
Hand-made tortillas
While not all restaurants can adhere to the mantra of “do one thing and do it well,” the few that can are often doing something so well that you cannot really understand the hype until you experience it; the goat soft, supple, and gamey but so complex with acid, spice, cinnamon, earth, and aromatics in the broth that the richness of the protein is necessary while the tortillas are warm and fluffy with a bit of chew and just a touch of sweet. Add some condiments – or don’t – either way this is just one of those places that everyone should visit at least once.