The Travel Notes

Cuisines covered inwards previous posts:  Mexican, Cajun, Nepalese ,  Lebanese, Thai, Basque ,  Argentinian, Cuban, Vietnamese , English, Belgian, Spanish, Jewish What most Greek Food ? Well, nosotros create accept some strictly Greek restaurants, such equally Corfu inwards Sierra Madre, most of the Hellenic immigrants to a greater extent than or less here...and nosotros accept quite a few...are to a greater extent than inwards the business of the Greek diner, similar you'd detect inwards New Jersey. Greek Diner/Burger Stand cuisine is similar the John Belushi sketch on SNL. We accept a ton of keen places that brand decent, hearty nutrient similar steaks, traditional breakfasts, and...yes...burgers run past times proud Greek families. The most famous is likely Tommy's Original. The "Original" is lay on at that topographic point because Tommy's has many imitators using the same or really similar names. We likewise accept the Jim's chain, Angelo...

It was daybreak every bit Tim in addition to I loaded upward the van in addition to headed east. Luckily for us, nosotros were driving against traffic every bit evidenced yesteryear the twenty-plus mile traffic jam on the other side of the 210 freeway. We’re heading to 1 of the world’s premiere opor-garai destinations total of pools, restaurants, bars, in addition to Sun but we’re non having whatsoever of that today. Palm Springs would brand a keen finish for a trip but today is melancholy. Tim in addition to I are headed out to a happy identify for a miserable reason…to say goodbye to my aunt every bit nosotros attend her funeral there. Brilliant Sun lights us upward every bit nosotros drive. Tim complains that the rattling early on morning time Sun is inwards his eyes. I’ve got the visor downwards every bit far every bit it volition acquire in addition to get got my darkest sunglasses on.  The San Gabriel Mountains shape a visually stunning barrier on our lef...

Cuisines covered inwards previous posts: Mexican, Cajun, Nepalese , Lebanese, Thai, Basque , Argentinian, Cuban, Vietnamese We'll go to the European continent for this week's installment. English food doesn't convey a cracking reputation but, if it's made well, it tin make the sack hold upward pretty tasty. It's too pretty filling.  I dear a traditional English linguistic communication breakfast of eggs, ham, beans, together with toast merely it tin make the sack too hold upward pretty greasy at times.  Bangers together with mash, along amongst meat pies, are too cracking for luncheon or dinner. We don't convey a large presence of British nutrient hither inwards the valley merely nosotros create convey the 3 locations of Lucky Baldwin's pubs ...two inwards Pasadena together with the 3rd inwards Sierra Madre (pictured above)...that brand quite decent versions of the inwards a higher house foods. Their pigs inwards a blanket too brand for a ...

Cuisines covered inwards previous posts:  Mexican, Cajun, Nepalese ; Lebanese, Thai, Basque This week, we'll outset due south of the border. Way south. Farther due south than that. While in that location are a few places inwards the valley to teach some skillful empanadas, for actually smashing Argentinian Food , nosotros similar to teach begin those really meaty steaks together with chimichurri sauce at Malbec on Green Street inwards Pasadena. It's a steakhouse. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 actually dainty steakhouse, on par alongside whatever skillful American steakhouse but this is the nutrient of the gauchos. We'll outset alongside the setup pictured at the top of the page...a super-fresh garden salad, French staff of life alongside a garlicky, oily, chimichurri dipping sauce, together with the bold Argentinian reddish vino that the eating theatre is named after. Since Argentine Republic is South America's moo-cow country, nosotros convey to ...

Cuisines covered inwards previous posts: Mexican, Cajun, Nepalese Middle East cultures are good represented hither inwards the San Gabriel Valley. This week, we'll focus on Lebanese Food .  While yous tin plow over notice uncovering serviceable Lebanese pretty much anywhere N of the 10 Freeway, we'll focus on i of our legendary piffling fast nutrient chains, Zankou Chicken .  You tin plow over notice uncovering outlets of this quarrelsome family's stores throughout the L.A. expanse but their SGV place is on Colorado Boulevard, only due east of Hill together with Pasadena City College. The household unit of measurement that runs the house has a history of feuding going from contestation together with never speaking to each other i time again to outright murder . Don't allow that history set yous off, though, only intend of it equally spice to their one-of-a-kind rotisserie chicken that comes out mouth-wateringly juicy together with delicious. Served...

We've counted most twoscore dissimilar kinds of ethnic foods inwards our domicile of the San Gabriel Valley, only eastward of Los Angeles, too we're going to highlight a few hither each week. The grandaddy of them all has to move Mexican food. They tell there's a Starbucks on every corner. Here, at that spot seems to move a Mexican eating theater on every corner, addition a duad to a greater extent than inwards the middle of the block. While you lot tin laissez passer the axe detect Mexican restaurants inwards every metropolis inwards the county, hither inwards the valley you lot tin laissez passer the axe detect them inwards the biggest numbers inwards the neighborhoods that accept a high concentration of Mexican families similar El Monte, Baldwin Park, La Puente, Bassett, too Azusa. There are sit down downwardly restaurants that cater to to a greater extent than gringo tastes similar El Torito too at that spot are those who larn for a to a greater extent th...