Pink's is an LA staple, especially for tourists. In my 26 years of life on earth, and as a native of this great city, I've only been once--today--and will probably never go again. It's not because it's bad...it's hot dogs, which aren't exactly a staple in my regular diet.
Röckenwagner is known for their pretzels--pretzel croissants, pretzel burgers, pretzel crusted chicken, chocolate pretzel bread pudding...yeah, you heard me right. What's a chocolate pretzel bread pudding? Well, for a chocolate lover, one might say that it's a rich chocolatey explosion in your mouth... And apparently there's pretzel mixed into it. I couldn't quite make the distinction, but it was in there somewhere. Of course, you can't have something so rich without a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The ice cream is a necessary compliment to soften the blow--in a good way of course. It wasn't as gooey as bread pudding normally is, but it was still quite good--a little too rich for my tastes, but I imagine heaven to chocolate lovers. To help you imagine this delight, there is a photo of it on the bottom left corner of the frame above.
I finally experienced death by duck. Ever since my friends Instagram'ed photos of their Beer Belly experience, I have been dying to go for duck fat fries and Mac 'n cheese. So alas, one of my best dudes and I met up for dinner in this obscure little place in Koreatown for a lovely taste of greasy heaven and beer.
Before our last dinner club, our master of social media texted us asking if any of us would like to try some cookie dough, made by his friends who started a cookie dough company. I mean, really--did he have to ask? Duh, we wanted some. Who doesn't want cookie dough?
Hot’s Kitchen is no doubt a South Bay hot spot for food. Right near the Hermosa Beach pier on Hermosa Ave., it’s a good place to hit up for tacos before a night at the Comedy & Magic Club, or before you decide to get trashy and tear up the pier, or after you decide to get trashy and tear up the pier, or just in general.
I mean, seriously, what’s better than the combination of good tacos and the ocean? Not much I’d say, not much.