i was soooo excited to blog last night about our first of 99 restaurants: susan feniger’s street showcasing street food from around the world. then we got rearended on wilshire @ veteran so we got home dazed and sore and today we are still dazed and sore but determined to get on with our lives.
LCR accompanied us on this street food venture. he was a bit skeptical, but we suckered him into it anyway (we seem to be able to drag him along to lots of places). it may have something to do with the fact that he was distracted by his new blackberry (who wouldn’t be? distracted by a blackberry, that is, not necessarily LCR’s new blackberry). sorry, i digress. blackberry does that to me.
we started off with the kaya toast (singaporean; toast w/ coconut jam, soft boiled egg, and soy sauce) and even coconut-hatin LCR thought it was mighty tasty. it was probably my favorite dish.
at the same time, we feasted on the borscht with potato pampushki. the borscht was pretty good. not authentic in my opinion, but the pampushki was tasty and i’m not a big fan of potatoes (but am slowly becoming one, i think, as evidenced by m’s potato, sage, bacon, buttermilk, aged cheddar, chives dish).
next up: the vada dumplings. honestly, i can’t remember what the dumplings tasted like. a little doughnut-y but not sweet. good, but not memorable.
third wave: the moldavian meatballs. whoa! very tasty. this was my second favorite. full of flavor.
lastly, the entrees: tatsutage chicken (swimming in spicy mayo with a soggy crust, but soba noodles, seaweed, and tofu was good) and the spicy peanut noodles (won’t knock your sox off but will satisfy the peanut noodle craving).
tatsutage chicken
spicy peanut noodles
as for libation, LCR enjoyed his iced chrysanthemum mint tea and m enjoyed her chocolate/mint/rooibos hot tea concoction.
i am not the best person to report on the desserts as i wasn’t too keen on either the egyptian basbousa cake or the triple layer espresso/chocolate/halva. both too big and too sweet.
basbousa cake
espresso/chocolate/halva
i suppose this review wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the starter. some places give you beer nuts – not here. we got these puffed, marshmallow-y things. like a rice crispy treat, but with ethnic spices (so probably nothing like a rice krispy treat).
bottom line: a fun environment, a couple of winners, we may get the bento box for the hollywood bowl. would like to try the mung bean pancakes and vietnamese corn and turkish doughnuts. SG, of course, would tear this place apart due to its lack of authenticity, but you can’t please everyone, i guess – least of all, picky, picky, and more picky SG.
eatatstreet.com | 742 N. Highland Ave. 90038 | 323.203.0500
as for the accident, s**t happens, i guess.