The Gluttony

Friday August 13, 2010

The Oaks Gourmet Market was established in 2009. It is a simple, but ambitious plan. Serve high-quality, delicious food and beverages at a fair price. Sounds easy enough.

The first time I went here, it was on accident. “The Oaks Gourmet Market* is located in the place of an old liquor store that I used to go to from time to time. It is also next to one of my favorite sushi joints Taiyo. When I went in the first time, they told be about this great burger. At the time I was full, believe it or not. I said I would be back, and I was not lying.
The Dry Age Burger Half Pound of our Dry Age Blend with Taleggio cheese, Black Forest bacon, red onion, tomato, Arugula & our smoked jalapeño-pineapple compote on toasted_Brioche

This was a great burger. The produce was extremely fresh and crunchy. I liked that. It added an interesting texture to the burger. The smoked jalapeño-pineapple compote was so delicious combined with the Black Forest bacon. I don’t think I had ever had Black Forest bacon before.

There is nice outside seating if you choose to sit outside. I sat at the picnic table inside with some other patrons. I loved the burger there and would recommend trying it out. It’s a steal at $11.50

Pride – 5 stars out of 7

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Tuesday August 10, 2010

I love my friends. One of my long time co-workers brought me some of his wife’s mac n cheese last night. I felt very special. It was delicious.

She put the directions right on the tinfoil Dummy proof.

The recipe was past down from generation to generation. I was not privied to that information. I respect that.

Thank you!!!

Tuesday August 10, 2010

I love coffee. If you love coffee too, then by default, you will love Kings Road Cafe because their coffee is the shiznittle snap snip snap. Using only premium Arabica beans from select plantations in the world’s finest growing regions, the coffee is considered an heirloom recipe. (I grabbed that off their website.) Kings Road Cafe was established in 1990.

This was my first visit to Kings Road Cafe. I had heard rumblings about this magical cup of joe. They weren’t lying, jack. You can tell just from the look that it is going to be amazing.

Cream? YES!

Sugar? Would not be the same without it!

Ok, let’s get to the food. I got the Kings Road Eggs Benedict on a fresh-baked croissant. It was very yummy. The croissant was doughy and flakey. Simply amazing. They had great potatoes as well.

I sharpened up the Benedict with some parmesan.

I got a pancake on the side. Very fluffy and the butter was melted. Happy camper here.

I loved Kings Road Cafe coffee. Might be one of the best cups in LA. I would compare it to the coffee at Figaro Bistro on N. Vermont. You need to try both of these establishments if you have not been before.

I am going to give them a rating of LUST 6 out of 7 stars because of the coffee.

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