NomNoms: Restaurante Guelaguetza (Los Angeles)

This is a Oaxacan restaurant but I've had bad experiences with the typical Oaxacan dish of mole, so I decided to go a different route and ordered something else.



The best horchata in the world - with chopped nuts and cactus fruit puree



Botana de Molotes - fried corn dough filled with potatoes and chorizo



Torta

Guelaguetza
3014 W. Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

NomNoms: Wakasan (Los Angeles)

I've been dying to do an omakase meal (which is a chef's choice type experience), but it's so expensive! I found out about Wakasan through Yelp. It is extremely reasonably priced at $35 per person for 13 courses. However, some of the courses seemed to be fillers and were not very impressive.



Marinated spinach



Marinated bean sprouts and seaweed



Potato salad



Cold marinated eggplant



Sashimi - scallops, tuna, and amberjack



Grilled salmon



King crab legs



Soup of beef, vermicilli, and potato



Fried chicken and slaw



Rice with ikura (salmon roe) and uni (sea urchin)



Miso soup



Egg custard



Red bean ice cream

Wakasan
1929 Westwood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Workout LA: Malibu Creek State Park

Malibu Creek State Park
1925 Las Virgenes Rd
Calabasas, CA 91302

NomNoms: Boule (Los Angeles)

Beautiful macarons - fleur de sel, pistachio, chocolate,
meyer lemon, and apple jacks



Walnut fig bread

Boule
408 N. La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048

NomNoms: Philippe the Original (Los Angeles)

Philippe the Original opened in 1908 and is the home of the French dip. It's definitely a blast from the past, plus delicious and cheap.



Beef double-dip, side of dill pickles, $0.60 iced tea

Philippe the Original
1001 Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012