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Paris Eats

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All of my favorite Paris Eats in one place. Enjoy the beautiful city! 

L’ ECLAIR DE GENIE 

Seriously how beautiful is this eclair? The prettiest I have ever seen. This whole store was full of jaw dropping-ly beautiful eclairs. And to boot this Salted caramel Eclair was the best eclair I have ever eaten. The salted caramel cream in the middle was epic. I must recreate this ! Stay tuned 🙂

Miznon

Theres a famous falafel place in Paris that I wanted to visit. The night before I happened to stand in line next to a lovely couple, she was born and raised in Paris and he was Irish. I mentioned the falafel place and she advised me to try Miznon instead it was just around the corner from the falafel spot and was a way better local spot. I am so glad she did. We had the lamb pita, it was delicious, one of the best things we ate in Paris. Try this place!

 

 

BAR ITALIA BRASSERIE

My sister recommended Bar Italia Brasserie. She said the burrata was amazing. She was soooo right. Absolutely stunning both in presentation ( those grilled veggies ) and in taste. While I was there to try the homemade pasta, after the burrata, meats, veggies and fresh bread we were way too full for pasta. So I had Cannoli instead. A nice thick cream in the middle with the perfect crunch of the pastry. I will definitely be back to try the pasta I was heartbroken to miss it! The service was also impeccable, so friendly and kind. The place is tiny tiny so make a booking!

 

 

LA PATISSERIE CYRIL LIGNAC

It was my last day in Paris so it was my last time to fill up on delicious desserts. Rum Baba was a must, look at that cream? Did not disappoint!

Lemon Pie with a hazelnut crust, so tart yet creamy.

RELAISE ENTRECOTE

One of my friends recommended this place for dinner, it was right down the street from our lovely hotel. They do not take bookings, you queue outside. There were many locals in line, a very good sign. The beauty of this place is they only serve one thing, Steak Frites with fresh bread and salad to start. Annnnd you get two servings of steak frites! Delicious meal, the sauce was amazing. And we had their profiteroles upon recommendation from my friend and locals in line. GO HERE!

DU PAIN ET DES IDEES 

While an escargot pastry didn’t sound appetizing, it sure did look it. The pistachio and chocolate filling against all the beautiful layers of pastry was perfect. 

 

L’ATELIER DES PAINS & CO

I couldn’t go to Paris and not have a Napolean/ Mille-feuille could I? Would have been rude not to have one! Please look at all these beautiful layers. Such a gorgeous pastry. This was a beautiful bakery with many delicious looking treats.

LADUREE

Probably one of the most iconic places to go in Paris, Laduree does not disappoint. Sure some of the speciality of this place has been taken away since they have locations in various big cities over the world now, but none the less they are famous for a reason. They are excellent macarons. And other spectacular desserts and pastries. This was the salted caramel macaron, my favorite flavor. I wish I could find photos of their macarons in Sydney and New York where I had numerous boxes of macarons. The lemon, coffee, chocolate, and vanilla are also favorites of mine.

 Please let me know if you have anymore Paris Eats for me to try next time I am in Paris

Best Places to Eat in NYC

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New York City..how I love you. I really just love the place. I wouldn’t move there but I do love it. I think I love it so much because every time I go it’s based on food and shopping. If you let me spend the day eating and shopping it would be the best day ever for me. So basically those 5 days in NYC were the best days ever! 😉

The Milk Bar

 I have always read/heard about The Milk Bar, so I decided this would be the trip I finally visited.

I enjoyed it so much I went twice. And both times it was amazing.

Birthday Cake Truffles- They were a mix between a cookie dough texture and a cake ball. I am IN love! Literally in LOVE. One of the best things I have EVER eaten…EVER!! Seriously amazing. I can not speak highly enough of these damn birthday cake truffles.

Crack Pie- Another absolutely scrumptious delicious amazing slice of heaven!! I felt like the texture was that of a lemon bar but it was a buttery, carmely, toffeey ish flavor.

Ess-a-Bagel

Bagel + Cream Cheese= YUMM-O

Bagels. I absolutely love them, especially if it’s an everything or cheese bagel or if I am feeling extra special a cheese & everything bagel. I visited Ess-a- Bagel for the first time this trip. When we arrived it was busy. We got in line and waited to order. Once I ordered the bagels I went to the register to pay, it took FOREVER. It was really annoying, as I had hot food and was just waiting to eat! It was worth the wait!

We had a Garlic Bagel with bacon, egg and cheese. It was very tasty. The bagel was like GARLIC obsessed. Coming from a garlic lover, I really think the bagel had too much garlic. I never thought I would ever say there was such a thing as too much garlic. But this was it!

We also ordered an Everything Bagel with cream cheese. It was scrumptious. We enjoyed every bite!

Morandi 

My best friend lives in New York City and I often speak to her as she is leaving work for the day. She passes an Italian restaurant on her way home that is always packed. When I last visited we decided to go. That night we had a reservation so we didn’t have to wait. The restaurant was warm and inviting. We sat towards the back.

We ordered lots of food.

Grilled Artichoke Hearts

Butternut Squash Salad

Buffalo Mozzarella

Sausage Stuffed Olive Breaded & Deep Fried

Meatballs

Polpettine alla siciliana
meatballs with pine nuts & raisins

Pici al limone
hand-rolled spaghetti with lemon & parmesan

Paccheri con ragú alla napoletana
large pouch pasta with pork ragu & caciocavallo cheese

Fettuccine di castagne con gamberi e zucca
chestnut pasta with shrimp, squash & black kale

Spaghetti Bolgnese w/ Meatballs

The food was amazing at Morandi, honestly not one bad thing to say about the place. Honestly give it a go, you will not regret it!

Max Brenner Chocolate Bar

I fell in love with Max Brenner Chocolate Bar in Australia. I was there for 16 days in February and visited good ol max 14 of those days. This place is honestly AMAZING! I fell in love everytime we went.

As soon as I knew I was going to NYC I knew I would be visiting the Max Brenner in the city. We went and it was the WORST experience I have ever had. The customer service was hideous. Honestly I have never experienced anything like it. Even the manager was a joke. Coming from the business I know things happen, you run out of ingredients, mistakes are made, some staff are not the politest but seriously this place was horrible.

Luckily, I have already experienced the amazingness of Max Brenner so I did on let this affect me, compltely. I will probably never return to the NYC location. Luckily there is a location in Las Vegas that I  visited last week that was great, just like all the locations in Australia.

Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate

 Clinton St. Baking

Clinton St. Baking was also a first for this trip. We went for breakfast with full intentions of getting the famous blueberry pancakes. But it never happened. I will be going back to try the pancakes. The french toast we had was spectacular. I loved every bite!

Farmers Plate

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Brioche French Toast w/ Caramelized Bananas, Pecans & Maple Syrup

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Alice’s Tea Cup

We wanted to go to Alices Tea Cup for brunch on Saturday but when we finally got there around 1:45pm the wait was 1hr 30 minutes. It was sad but we could not wait.. We were so hungry! I made sure to grab a berry scone before we left and I am glad I did. It was one of the moistest scones I have ever had.

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Olive Pit, Brea CA

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One  my favorite places to go for lunch or dinner is definitely Olive Pit. I discovered this place about 1 1/2 ago. Once it was discovered it become a hit in my life. Olive Pit is doing something right because it is always popping in there!

Mainly, I don’t think there are a lot of mediterranean eateries in North Orange County. So, Olive Pit is filling that void. And doing a good job I might add.

I generally like to eat here because it is so tasty and to me it is a healthy meal. 90% of the time I order the Mediterranean Salad with grilled Salmon. The salad is fresh chopped romain, fresh feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers and olives (which I omit). I absolutely LOOOVE it I could eat is every day.

Olive Pit is not a table service restaurant. But is on the high side of the price range for a order and sit down restaurant. If you order one of the “family” meals though it is not expensive at all. I went with my mother and sister the other day and we ordered the largest family meal. It consisted off a roasted whole chicken, 3 kabobs, and 3 small sides. We chose the Mediterranean salad, Roasted Artichoke Hearts and Basmati Rice. We also ordered a side of hummus.

Go to Olive Pit for lunch or dinner.

Steak Skewers

Roasted Artichoke Hearts

Steamed Basmati Rice w/ Tazitki Sauce

Roasted Chicken

Pita Bread

Mediterranean Salad

Hummus & Pita Bread

Sur La Table

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A store filled with heavenly items. I constantly find things I didn’t know I needed but now know I NEED! There are so many cool gadgets and cute stuff. I absolutely love it. It is a dangerous store for me though! I can spend WAY too much money. Everytime I visit I always have really friendly and helpful staff 🙂

I was in Santa Barbara a few weeks ago and picked up a few things but I wanted to go back to get some more things especially some presents for my sisters new apartment and my mom got a new oven. Well I received an email that they were having  sale, needless to say I was at Sur La Table, Costa Mesa later that day  🙂

I picked up the cutest cupcake liners, some matching aprons, oven mits, pot holders and tea to

wels, a new 9 X13 inch pan and a new BPA free plastic container. I have never used a pan from the brand Sur La Table so I am interested to see how it works.

Below are some pictures of my purchase. I think you should all go to Sur La Table like NOW and pick up on the great deals! 🙂

PS I am so excited to take some cooking classes there!! Has anyone else?

This is a picture from my recent trip

Cupcake Liners:

Seriously all these are WAY too cute how could I say no?

Aprons, Tea Towels, Pot Holders, Oven Mits

Pans & Containers 


The Stinking Rose

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Growing up my family has a tradition of going up to LA for the day. In recent years  we have started at The Grove to get some shopping done and then head to St. James Episcopal Church for a service, ending the evening at the one and only Norms for dinner. We go about two weeks before Christmas every year. Growing up as kids we hated going down for church it felt like the service lasted all night. But by the end of the night we were rewarded with a delicious hot fudge brownie sundae.

Every time we drove to Norms on La Cienega Blvd. we drove past The Stinking Rose. I always watched the restaurant as we drove to Norms.Once I realized it was a restaurant based on garlic I knew I had to go. It has taken years but I finally went last friday night!!

My boyfriend took me there as a surprise. I had no idea. We were “lost in LA” and as soon as we turned on to La Cinega I yelled out “The Stinking Rose” and sure enough a minute or so later we pulled up. I always seem to guess were we are going. Blindfold or not! 😉 I am so lucky to have someone who wants to surprise me and thinks of places I love!

Anyways we had a reservation, but it appeared it was not necessary. It was a very large restaurant  We were tucked in a little table underneath a black and white tent. We sat down and were immediately given some water and garlic rolls by a server helper/busser. The waiter came over and offered us other drinks and helped us decided on an appetizer. He was very honest, which I really appreciate. Working in the restaurant business myself, I find it so helpful and wise to go with what the staff recommend.

The first thing we ate were the garlic rolls. They were good.  A few tablespoons of garlic definitely pumped up their goodness 🙂

We started with the Garlic Spinach Fontina Fondue. It was very tasty. Definitely needed more garlic in my opinion. But luckily the table had a container of chopped garlic on  it, so I felt free to add as much as I wanted!

The Fish N Chips were served with tons and I mean TONS of “chips”. The chips they served were really skinny french fries.

 I ordered the Petite Filet Mignon. I ordered it medium rare, the filet was a little more rare than I would have preferred but I did enjoy the filet none the less.  The dinner came with garlic yukon mashed potatoes and creamed spinach. All the juices that were coming off of the filet mignon were fabulous! I kept soaking them up. I loved the garlic on the steak, but again it could have been more garlic-y, since I am garlic fanatic I’m probably just being too critical.

I toyed with the idea of garlic ice cream but I just couldn’t do it. I love both dessert and garlic but some things are not made to be together. So for dessert we ended with the  Strawberry Sundae- homemade kustard ice cream, strawberry coulis and whipped cream. It was larger than life, but nothing special. The fresh strawberry sauce was very nice. But otherwise it was just a basic ice cream sundae.

The service was good. The actual waiter we saw only a couple times. But there were plenty more staff running out our drinks and food.

I really enjoyed my dinner and look forward to going back one day.

Tiramisu Cake- Costco

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I was strolling the aisles of Costco, which may I say is not a smart idea, when I came across this cake. It was on special as well, which I can never resist!

I was SOOO excited to try it. I absolutely LOVE tiramisu. My favorite of all time is from Roman Cucina. Anyways I had mixed thoughts about how good this would be. Costco usually puts out really good products but I also have really high standards for tiramisu.

I was anxious to take a bite so as soon as I got home I did!

I was pleasantly surprised. The cake was good and moist. It could have been moister but it was good enough. I enjoyed the coffee flavor. Although there was no liquor :/ I always like that addition. 😉

Obviously I think a homemade tiramisu is better. But on short notice/laziness this is a GREAT option. I would definitely bring it to a party or dinner get together.

 

Cajun Kitchen, Santa Barbara

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I recently went on a girls weekend to Santa Barbara, CA. It was marvelous. We relaxed, we went out and danced, we ate lots of food, went shopping and did a bit of drinking as well 😉

The trip came to an end Sunday morning at Cajun Kitchen. I was a bit skeptical because I can not handle any spiciness at all. I fully admit I am PATHETIC when it comes to hot/spicy food.

We walked in at about 830AM, luckily we beat the morning rush. We sat down at a booth towards the back. It was an old fashioned diner type place. All the staff were friendly enough.They had a large menu but we narrowed it down quickly as we were HUNGRY! I was on the verge of HANGRY! But let’s be honest I always am 😉

We ordered. The beignets were very tasty with the caramel and cooked strawberries and bananas.This was by far my favorite item we had. For my main breakfast I ordered the Ranchers Omelette which was eggs, tomatoes, bacon, cheddar cheese and avocado. The omelette was the perfect combination for me. And I’m kind of obsessed with tomatoes, so I enjoyed that the omelette was bursting at the seams with tomatoes. The hash browns were fine, nothing to write home about. The same goes for the French Toast. It got the job done but I have definitely had better.

The beignets are definitely the reason I will return. Check out Cajun Kitchen next time you are in the Santa Barbra area. They also have locations in Ventura, Lompoc, Carpenteria and Goleta all in California.

Lemonade, West Hollywood Review

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Lemonade, West Hollywood CA

One thursday a few weeks ago, I took the day off to spend in LA with one of my best friends Courtney. We were strolling around West Hollywood and decided  it was time for some lunch at Lemonade. Courtney heard good reviews. We walked down the street to  Lemonade.

When we arrived it was obvious. The building was a light green with yellow writing and yellow umbrellas on the patio. It was surrounded by bushes with yellow flowers. We walked in to a busy lunch place. They are famous for their “marketplace” a bunch of fresh salads ranging from tomato avocado salad to a kale and mushroom or even salmon and basmati rice.

I ordered the tomato avocado, lime and pine nuts salad. It was MARVELOUS! I loved every single bit.

I also ordered a salmon and basmati rice salad. It was good, probably wouldn’t order it again.

For the marketplace you can order the salad with a protein land or sea. I had the curry chicken. It was okay. It wasn’t bad by any means. But it was not good either. It was dry.

For dessert we got a chocolate chip cookie and a red velvet cupcake. Courtney heard that the cupcakes were good. I don’t know if I got a bad batch because it was not good at all. It was dry and crumbly. The frosting was good. I didn’t even eat half of it and it was a mini size cupcake. The chocolate chip cookie on the other hand was YUMM-O!! It was such a buttery cookie. It was crispy on the outside and nice and chewy on the inside. It reminded me of the Chocolate Chipper from Panera Bread but a better version.

I will definitely be returning to Lemonade.

Los Arroyos, Santa Barbra

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It was Saturday Night in Santa Barbra. We were 4 girls on a weekend away. We wanted some good ol’mexican food. We heard that Los Arroyos was good from my friend’s sister and when on Yelp it had some good reviews. So we gave it a go!

We walked in and were expecting a sit down restaurant. But it was more casual. Order, sit down, and someone brings your food to you. The staff was really friendly and attentive. Especially as it was not a sit down and order restaurant. I was really craving Flautas but since they didn’t have that on the menu I ordered the Carnitas Chimichanga. Basically a big Flauta. We ordered some chips and guacamole to start. It was a good portion for the price and was tasty! But not to spicy for me 🙂 When the Chimichanga came out it was a good size and served with a dollop of sour cream and guacamole on top of it. Two of my favorite things ever! I definitely ate it with a knife and fork. It was nice and flavourful. I didn’t finish it all, we all walked out so full. Later on we got Cold Stone, what a nice treat!

Next time I am in SB I will probably grab some lunch at Los Arroyos 🙂

 

If you are in Santa Barbra, Camarillo or Montecito check out Los Arroyos.

 

 

Andersens Danish Bakery & Restaurant, Santa Barbara

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 Andersen’s Danish Bakery & Restaurant, Santa Barbara CA

Spending the weekend in Santa Barbara was wonderful. Time with my girls is always treasured. We had some good lunch but something was missing. You guessed it Dessert. As I am sure you can tell I insist on dessert after every meal. Well we were strolling along State Street  I decided to yelp, and found Andersens. It was only a few blocks ahead of us so we decided to head towards it. It was so perfect. There is a patio out front, where we ended up sitting. We walked inside and started to look at everything in the glass case. So many things looked appealing. As we were ooohing and ahhing at all the choices a waiter asked us if we wanted to sit down and he would bring us a tray of their best sellers to choose.

We sat down outside and the waiter promptly appeared with a large tray with about 15 desserts on. He named each one and thoroughly described it. It was wonderful. We decided on four desserts. The chocolate cake, eclair, strawberry tort and a pear tart.

Wow the chocolate cake was SOO chocolatey and I loved every single bit.

The eclair was scrumptious it had a layer of raspberry on the bottom which I wasn’t too keen on. But the fresh pastry and fresh cream were out of this world.

The strawberry tort had a cookie crust and strawberries, cream and chocolate. Does that not sound like heaven? Well it was heaven until one of my friends decided to eat it all 😉

The pear tart was very nice, not my favorite but still very tasty.

 

 

 

Bari Bari Japanese Steak House

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Bari Bari Japanese Steak House

Last Friday night I went out to dinner with my parents. For the past few years they have walked past this restaurant and always said “we have to try that place” but never got around to it. Well friday night was the night. We arrived around 6:45pm. When we walked in the restaurant was full but there appeared to be no one waiting. We were told a wait time of 15-20 minutes. We were happy to wait and looked at a menu in the meantime. As we were waiting the lobby area started filling up some people agreeing to wait 45 minutes to 1 hour. From all of my experience in the restaurant business I knew that this was a good sign.

We got seated in about 15 minutes. We were sat at a teppan grill with another group of 6 next to us. The waitress came over and took our orders promptly. Before we knew it we were being handed a small salad with homemade ginger dressing (that was to die for so yummy) and a soup. Then our chef came over to “work” the teppan grill. He was wonderful, included everyone and made it a fun, friendly and enjoyable experience. He even chopped up some of the cooked egg and had everyone catch a small piece in their mouth. Sadly I was the only one who did not catch the egg 🙁 Typical of me though! 🙂

He first cooked the veggies, then the rice, and finally the meat. The food was fabulous so flavorful. I ordered half chicken half filet mignon. I ordered the filet medium rare. I was a bit skeptical when he chopped the filet into small pieces that it would end up being over cooked. I was wrong it was so juicy and wonderfully flavored.

The only down side to this experience was that before anyone at the table had time to finish even half of their dinner there were to go boxes and checks left on the table. Looking back on the whole dinning experience the servers seemed very pushy- they wanted to get us in and out quick. And as a waitress I realize that the more tables the more money you make and you have people waiting but there is a way to go about it and be respectful to your paying customers. And the decor could be updated.

Here are a few pictures. If you are in the area I really would suggest going it was so tasty and a fun experience 🙂 Unfortunately it looks as if there is no website but just google Bari Bari Japanese Steak House Yorba Linda, CA

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Pain Du Monde

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PDM or Pain Du Monde is quite scrumptious. I have grown up visiting Pain Du Monde at Fashion Island. My auntie Marguerite works there. Some of my fondest memories growing up were driving home from school and pulling up to the house to see a box sitting outside the door filled with treats. Specifically the chocolate chip cookies, cinnamon twists and chocolate chip pecan cookies. They are all amazing. I absolutely love them so much still to this day! And Marguerite for dropping them off 🙂

Anyways, recently Pain Du Monde received a gorgeous makeover and moved to a stand alone store in Fashion Island. And the menu grew. I absolutely love to come here for lunch. It is so delicious. The salads have so much going on. But it’s not overwhelming. Everything is so fresh. You can taste it in each bite. Which makes it that much better. I usually always order the Mediterranean Salad but this time I shared that salad and the Seasonal Salad. Both equally as delicious.  And to top of the salad it is garnished with a mini chocolate chip cookie. Now, for the average person that is the perfect ending to a meal. But me my friend, I am not average. I need more than a mini version of the chocolate chip cookie. I need the regular large and in charge size cookie. I NEED the Cinnamon Twist with hard pieces of cinnamon sugar at the bottom of the twist. And a meal would not be complete without a Fruit Tart. And PDM gives their Fruit Tart a little something extra by having a layer of chocolate in between the tart and custard. Hello AMAAZING!

PDM has four locations Fashion Island, Dana Point, Newport Beach and Corona Del Mar. www.pdmcafe.com Next time you need a fabulous fresh fantastic lunch or bite to eat stop by PDM. You will not be disappointed.

Below are some pictures I snapped with my phone, so they are not the best quality!! Hopefully soon I will have the new i-phone!! 🙂 🙂

Seasonal Salad

Mediterranean Salad

Mediterranean Salad

Chocolate Chip Cookie

Cinnamon Twist

Cinnamon Twist

Fruit Tart

Extraordinary Desserts

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Extraordinary Desserts, San Diego CA 

A few years ago one of my best friends was attending school in San Diego. I would visit her every so often and one trip she told me about this place that I would LOVE, Extraordinary Desserts. So naturally we went. And, yes I did LOVE it! 

Over the weekend I spent the day in San Diego with my family and we hit up Extraordinary Desserts on the way out and took some desserts to go! 🙂 

If you find yourself in the San Diego, CA area please visit Extraordinary Desserts you will not be disappointed! 
Creme Brûlée so yummy. 
Chocolate Dulce De Leche Bar was very decadent and rich I enjoyed it 🙂 
White Chocolate cake with fresh berries- This was my favorite the cake was SOO moist, fluffy the cream was amazing the fresh berries and the white chocolate shavings just took me over the moon 🙂
This VERY chocolatey cake was scrumptious! There is a layer of blackberries in there as well

Joan’s On Third

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I have heard/read great things about Joan’s On Third. I am sad I waited this long to go but being in Orange County the drive to and from LA is a bit much! Let’s be honest I HATE IT! Traffic SUCKS! Anyways my Nan is in town visiting from England (YAY) so we decided to go to The Museum of Tolerance and Joan’s happened to be only a 10-15 minute drive away! 

The Museum of Tolerance was amazing. It was so well put together. Very classy. At the beginning of the Holocaust Exhibit you were given a card of a child and at the end of the exhibit you would find out if you’re child survived. Mine did but it was so horrific to think about all of the poor innocent children who did not. 

We were lucky enough to sit in on a Holocaust survivor’s story. His name was Joseph. His brother left for America in 1938 and he was scheduled to go in 1939 (As the government only allowed 1 family member per year) but the War started and Joseph instead began living in the ghetto’s and eventually was sent to multiple concentration camps, including Auschwitz. He went through so much, more than many of the other survivors he was really meant to live and tell his story. 

After the MOT we headed over to Joan’s on Third. It was 3 miles away but took 20 minutes to get there! Typical LA traffic. Well I am happy to say it was worth it 🙂 I was with my mom, nan and sister so we got to try a lot! 

*Half of the pictures were taken with my cellphone – Silly me forgot my camera* 


FRESH MOZZARELLA, TOMATO & BASIL drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, cracked pepper & sea salt- This was AMAZING! So yummy I highly recommend it! 
I saw this delicious square of Mac & Cheese on the way out. It looked amazing. So thick creamy and cheesy. I regret not trying it next time I definitely will!! 

CROQUE MONSIEUR with ham, gruyere, Dijon mustard and béchamel sauce- My nan ordered this and generously shared! It was so tasty and delicious!

APRICOT GLAZED HAM & BRIE with mustard caper sauce- My mother ordered this sandwich. We couldn’t taste any apricot but it was a good ham sandwich. 
Grilled Cheese- My sister ordered this it was a wonderful grilled cheese. The bread was definitely loaded with butter which made it that much better 😉 
Flour-less Chocolate Cake Roll- This was tasty not my favorite but I definitely enjoyed it! 
The rest of the photographs are taken at home! Hence, the better quality 🙂 


Sour Cream Coffee Cake- Very nice, not out of this world though. 
The Lemon Bar was very tasty and lemony 🙂 
I did not try this slice of cake but my Nan did and she enjoyed it and unfortunately we can’t remember the name! But look how pretty it is! 
I absolutely LOVED this strawberry cake! The cake was moist and delicious and so was the frosting it was perfect! And I will definitely order it again!! 

Max Brenner Chocolate Bar

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My first night in Australia was a bit of a blur. As soon as I got off the plane I was overtaken by a fever-the chills were out of control! Once we arrived at my cousins house my sister went on an adventure to find me some medicine. By night time my fever seemed to calm down so we went out to dinner with my cousin. We arrived at  Bondi Pizza, which was delicious but I was too sick to take pictures, or eat much for that matter 🙁 . On the way out my cousin suggested a chocolate bar across the way but I felt to sick we passed on it (BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE!). Little did I know that chocolate bar would become one of the best parts of my trip and another excuse to travel to New York, Boston, Las Vegas even Philly!  
Max Brenner Chocolate Bar was amazing! A cafe type place that revolves around chocolate? Chocolate drinks, chocolate cakes, chocolate pots, chocolate EVERYTHING! Please if you have the opportunity to vist DO IT! You will not regret it!! 


The Tutti Frutti Waffle is one of their best sellers. A homemade Beglian Waffle drizzled with pure melted chocolate served with strawberries, bananas and vanilla ice cream! YUM 
Italian Thick Milk Hot Chocolate was to die for!!! Pretty much drinking pure melted chocolate AHHHMAZING!! 

I ordered this delicious treat MULTIPLE times! Everyime we came back I just could not help myself it was scrumptious! 
Pizza dough smothered in pure melted chocolate topped with corn flakes, homemade marshmallows, carmelized pecans, and white chocolate drops. This was tasty a bit too dry for me, maybe next time add some vanilla ice cream?
Chocolate Souffle drizzled with pure melted chocolate and I added some fresh strawberries  and vanilla ice cream! Classic and delicious! 
Another wonderful hot chocolate served with chocolate covered waffle balls inside 🙂 So tasty! Loved it! 


After these photos, if you are not salivating you have issues! 😉
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