Welcome to the first post of 2013! I apologize for my long absence from the blogosphere. It's not that I have lost interest in blogging or am no longer into food documentation. I've simply NOT eaten out at any new interesting places, nor have I cooked anything new or notable. I guess I've been in a food rut. I have also learned that when you're in a food rut, it's really easy to lose weight! All that poppycock about diet and exercise being the key to weight loss? No friends, just DON'T EAT and you'll lose weight. Americans eat too much and we have no self control, plain and simple, but this is a whole other conversation for a whole other type of blog. I'll get off my soap box now.
The holidays brought me back home to The OC, and back to some old friends Soprano Man and Teety. Soprano Man was so kind enough to drive down from Riverside to meet up with Teety, Dumpling Man, and I in Santa Ana. Boy was dinner such an amazing surprise since New American cuisine in OC is pretty unimpressive if not nonexistent. I had heard they have secret foie dishes here, but after being interrogated and asked if I was a cop, the waiter told us they had no more "special bread" that night. Maybe next time?
Brussels Sprouts baby potatoes, honey mustard vinaigrette
This was a fantastic way to start off. Although it looks like a glistening pile of dead weeds, this was actually an intensely flavored almost warm salad of charred brussels and luscious potatoes. The vinaigrette was so spot on. The table was hands down in love with this dish.
Citrus Salad di steffano buratta
Everyone loves buratta, and it was fresh and creamy here. It was an interesting pairing with the varying citrus fruits but it was no match for the deliciousness of the brussels.
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