Lunch, Dinner and Drinks

On Wednesday I went for lunch at Cafe Midi. A quant French inspired cafe in the back of a French inspired

 home wear store attached to Americ

an Rag.   As has been the case at most of the places I have eaten the service was very quick. The menu was quite extensive. Lot's of salads. They seem to be particularly fond  of  goats cheese. They also seem to love Arugula in contrast to Australia's love affair with rocket.

I ordered two Maryland crab cakes with a mixed green salad and some fantastic tartar sauce. 

I also ordered a soy chai latte with honey. This was bloody average and the honey came in a dispenser that was conducive to pouring honey. The chai came in a massive cup.

 All in all it was pretty good.

Sitting next to me were two hot Lesbians they gave me the name of two other places to try for dinner Terroni on Beverly and Gingergrass in Silverlake. So I hit Terroni for dinner...

The place was packed, the atmosphere was electric. As with most LA kitchen's all of the staff is Mexican. I was greeted by a nice Sicilian fellow. He bought me a yummy rice ball filled with a meat ragu and cheese yummy..

The menu was wicked. 

I ordered duck prosciutto, 

Burrata cheese on an arugula salad with cherry tomatoes.

Yummy. I was very interested in the duck prosciutto. How is this done exactly? I have included a link to a recipe just in case anyone would like to make this. They seem to use Burrata in place of buffalo mozzarella.

In the states Entrees are the main course.

For my main I went with the head chefs suggestion of Capunti con ragu d'agnello. All  the pasta is made fresh at Terroni's. I was not so sure about this as I am not a fan of pasta dishes in red sauce but this was lovely. The pasta was perfect and the ragu was divine. I felt the dish could have been a bit smaller as I could not finish it. I was saving room for tiramisu for desert. I finished my dinner and to my surprise a desert arrived.

 It was cannelloni filled with sweet ricotta the ends each had pistachios on them. yummy.

I also had two great glasses of Italian wine and one glass of Lemonchello. 

 I was a bit tipsy so I asked the staff to direct me to a bar. They said,  "a hip chick like you should head to The Dime across from Canters. "

The Dime is a small little bar that plays cool tunes and stay's open til 2am....... I left there about 2:30 and headed home.

Wed June 18 3:43am

1 day before my mothers birthday. a birthday for a dead woman. 

2 days in LA

1 dominos pizza.

hand tossed ordered online at 10:30pm.

I think I under tipped the driver.

1 smoothie

banana and red raspberry. do they come in another colour?

almond milk. how is an almond milked exactly?

agave honey? welcome to la. apparently vegans like it.

Red Lobster

4 small grilled lobster tails on a skewer 

6 jumbo shrimp on a skewer

lobster butter

rice pilaf with carrots chopped in perfect squares

cheesy biscuits a scone with yellow cheddar baked on top

baked potatoe

broccoli

side salad with croutons and ranch dressing

1 large raspberry lemonade unlimited refill. i only had one.

4 chocolate biscuits. the same as i have at home.

3 chicken pieces 

1 bag of onion -like rings

eaten in new zealand bought at jacks.

half of a large nectarine. to large to be a normal fruit. a sticker with a serial number and a 1800 number

2 cups of tea.

no kettle 

hot water heated in a measuring cup in the microwave.

half and half milk. half what?

1 teaspoon of creme topped yoghurt 

creme topped?

to gross to finish

2 bottles of $6.00 water

crumb fish and mashed potatoes 

rice salad 

honey ice cream

toasted sandwich in a bread that the new zealanders have named, well i can't recall but it tasted like focaccia. yummy ham and cheese. served hot.

scrambled eggs,

tomato

chicken sausage 

and potatoes

with a weird white sauce that made the tomato look like a sunny side up egg. 

this almost made me sick.

air new zealand not a bad flight food was better than average. 

i got motion sick and had to rush to the toilet

waited in line and as soon as the door opened cut of the 4 other people in front of me

no need to inform them 

it's best to be rude in a small space with people whom your stuck with for 14 hours.

i don't think anyone noticed.

my luggage was the last to arrive.

i couldn't figure out how to start my hybrid.

those cars are pretty sci-fi.

i wish i didn't have those two cups of tea. i would probulary be asleep right now..

sci-fi channel in us sucks.