comida-licous

There aren't many conversations that pick me up more than when people talk about food and restaurants. Our family glowed about some Polish restaurant in Eagle Rock and I had to bring up my recent food expeditions.

Osteria Mozza is apparently one of the hottest restaurants in town with a one month waiting list. Anything that popular is not to be trusted because if anything, people in Los Angeles are sheep so bah! Everyone who ate with me chose food they loved. I had to order twice because I forgot to tell my waitress that I was a vegetarian so when they brought me the goat cheese ravioli, it just wasn't right. Before that though, wow. Onto the table we sampled gleaming white magnificence that they informed us was mozzarella. I always thought that mozzarella was the lesser of the magic that is cheese but I guess I'd just never had it when it had been done right and my friends, this was done right. The texture was just perfect. The wine carafe thing is quite a good idea because really, people usually drink wine in twos.

And then there was Ford's Filling Station in Culver City. Magnificent. The waiter we had was show-offy knowledgeable and he led us all down the right path. I had polenta which normally doesn't sound likes something that would interest me but it was so tasty with the sides of vegetables. For starters we'd had their famous flatbread and garlic bread that was perfect because its so loaded with garlic and olive oil and honestly, that makes garlic bread. It was an after work dinner that seemed just like the perfect kind of place for it. That or a double date. Its really a terrific place. Classy. Delicious. Not scenester-y. Yummy.