Los Angeles: R+D Kitchen, Yamato, Sweet Rose Creamery, Blu Jam Cafe, & MILK
My last week in Los Angeles was spent with awesome friends revisiting great food and trying out new ones.
I met JD for the last time a few days before my flight, since he was spending the following days in Mexico, starting from a few hours after our lunch. We wanted to go down to Father’s Office, but realised when we got there that it was closed. Nooooo! We’d already paid for street parking though, so we decided to find something down the road in Santa Monica. Decided to give R+D Kitchen a try, and it turned out to be an amazing find.
The venue was real classy, with bar on taps plus what looked to JD like some damn good spirits on the shelves.
We were seated in cosy booths right next to the bar. Here’s JD who had buttoned his napkin to his shirt. We were trying to figure out what the slot on the napkins were for. XD
Fries!
Unsure of what to get, we consulted our waitress for food options and eventually decided on a burger and a daily special. Both were so yummy.
One of the staff saw us trying to take pictures of each other and offered to take one of us. She had to go behind the bar for this shot.
JD was so excited to see Chimay on the menu that he had to get one for me. In that chalice. XD
Also, JD decided to give me a treat! Thank you JD!!
I got to sip from JD’s home-brewed ‘honey’! It was awesome.
Here’s a video of roadside imbibement:
After lunch with JD, it was almost immediately back out to Yamato with the apartment girls. Yamato is a Japanese restaurant located in an iconic (and possibly historical) building in the heart of Westwood Village, with high arches and this gem:
Seriously.
We chose from the Happy Hour Menu:
I got the Garlic Edamame because I was still so full from lunch. It was a little too salty, but otherwise quite acceptable.
Abb, Ssen, Roz, Me, and Lilli.
And then it was off to Sweet Rose Creamery in Brentwood, a short drive away, for gelato that the girls adore. They’d brought me there before, when I first moved in. I love the naked baby icon!
I got Strawberry in a cup.
Roz, Lilli, Ssen, Me, Abbi.
Two days later, we had brunch at Blu Jam, a rather popular place in Melrose. It was my first time at the cafe, and was anticipating the food that garnered such a long waiting line on a Sunday morning.
I was in love with their Hot Chocolate. That whipped cream!
I was so enamoured that I asked for a whipped cream refill, and they obliged. Awesome!
Crunchy French Toast was awesome! Struggled to finish this dish, but it was so worth it.
Abbi, Me, Lilli, Ssen.
And then it was off to my second visit to MILK, highly popular dessert place and home to the most amazing giant ice cream macarons.
These are pre-made and cost a whopping USD5.44 after tax.
My Earl Grey Ice Cream Macaron. So good.
I’m going to miss them and these. ♥
