There are some restaurants in Silverlake/Echo Park/Los Feliz area I've been wanting to try for a while now. The problem is, these places are somewhat far or troublesome to get to because it usually requires traversing through DTLA and it's better to have DTLA be your final destination given the horrific traffic. So it can be hard to gather any forces to conquer these places in, but luckily Ho Bag, and two new diners making their debut on the blog, Fat-Skinny-Fat-Less Fat (whose name will probably be in flux as he continues to drop weight for the upcoming bikini season) and Hates Food Porno, readily rallied to my side to check out Black Hogg. Ho Bag will eat just about anything I suggest, having an unwavering and unquestioning trust in my food judgement. When it comes to food relationships, I wear the pants, and very rarely does anyone try to fight me on that. Hates Food Porno probably only came because Ho Bag dragged her. I don't read minds, but I know she was cursing me under her breath with ever click of my camera, and every "wait wait! I'm not done yet!"
Uni Toast san diego uni, plugra butter, maldon salt, chives
My name is all over uni anything. It's such a stark contrast to a few years ago when uni anything made me gag. The flavors were subtle, but the sweet butteriness of uni was brought out by the fancy buttery and complimented the crunch of the toast. We split each in two, but I woulda been happier with a whole toast to myself.
Brussels Sprouts Hash twice cooked brussels, yukon golds, bacon vinaigrette, poached egg
It is a FACT. Every restaurant this side of 2008 has their version of brussels sprouts. These were pretty good. I liked the incorporation of the soft luscious potatoes. The bacon flavor was pretty subtle. I'm sure the brussels were fried, and so the yolk added only another layer of decadence.
