Umami Burger!!

Welcome... long time no anything. The last time I made a post the Dodgers were still in the Playoff hunt... now I dont really want to talk about them. Ill just say this. I hope Joe Torre doesnt come back and I want the team to be sold to someone that is not going to spend less on the Dodgers and I want the GM to be smart... not gonna happen but Joe might not come back so thats something.. anyways this isnt really a dodger blog for me to speak my mind but there are several out there that have great opinions. Anywhoo...

Me and Fatimah go on our food hunt to try some of the best foods we could find we were intrigued by an episode of "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" on Food Network where Giada De Laurentiis told the world about this amazing burger place. What was it called? Umami Burger! We had to try it after watching this.

So to break our fast the other day we decided to find where this place was and see what they had.

The first thing we had to order was obviously the Umami Burger. It looked amazing. It had a tomato based sauce on top of a shitake mushroom with a parm crisp on top of their perfectly cooked burger. It was pretty good. The meat was cooked to perfection. It was amazing. If you are wondering where the term Umami came from... it is apparently a term used in Japan that describes the fifth taste (others are salty, sweet, sour, and bitter). After some "googling" a found something that described the sensation as "savoriness". It is basically the main flavoring in MSG. To us it tasted like a pasta burger. It was good but we were blown away by a better burger in our opinions.

These pics look amazing... so appetizing im hungry all over again.

Well now to the burger that was THE BEST burger I have ever had in my life... The Truffle Burger. Now I have tried a few burgers in my life, including the burgers over at 26 Beach which were great in their own rights. They had the best burger in LA, which we also tried. It was good except for the Wasabi aoli... I am not really a fan of horsradish typed spices so that may be it. But back to the Truffle Burger. It was also cooked perfectly with garlic aoli, truffle cheese, and it was simple and perfect. I had to order two of them on top of what we ate. It was amazing. The meat was so tender and juicy and the combination with all of the condiments and toppings just blended perfectly. If you read this go out and try it!

We also had the onion rings and the three times fried french fries. They were good but the burgers were the reason we came here.

If you guys want to give them a shot (and you really should) you can visit the one we went to on... 850 South La Brea Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90036

Anyways thats all for now and hopefully more consistent posts to come!

SEACREST OUT!!!

FoodJunkies

It has been a while since we've blogged. Let's get updated:

- Hendy and I are graduating this quarter/semester

- Hendy and I haven't been cooking lately

- Hendy and I have been eating out instead of cooking

- Hendy bought me a flip camera as a grad present and here's my first project!

Let's Get Crackin' at Joes Crab Shack

Joe's Crab Shack is a fun seafood place to get down and messy with your favorite crab dishes!! It's pretty inexpensive, but delicious! We absolutely loved the stuffed mushroom appetizer! We even attempted to make it at home. We can save that recipe for another post. 

The crab legs are marinated in different flavors. We tried BBQ. It was so good! I'm not particularly a pro at cracking shells, but Hendy's pretty darn good. Unfortunately we were too full to try dessert. Next time! We're definitely coming back for seconds!

Snacklish

http://www.snacklish.com/

Interesting fun!

Giant Fortune Cookies

Hey all,

Fatimah's got this crazy internship and one of their projects involves a gift lounge for celebs... so they got this crazy invite for the celebs and its a GIANT FORTUNE COOKIE.

IMO they didn't taste that great (not a fan of dark chocolate), but they looked awesome.

Seacrest Out!

-Hendy

Random Bored Entry

Fatimah's kittens when they were young... cute
-Hendy

Fire! Fire! Monster

Kinda looks like the smoke cloud is a Monster trying to eat the tree!

Edit: Paint Skillz!!! Thats a better look at the monster.. :D

Monster Burp!

Another View of the Fire Monster

Hey all,

Hendy here... well on the way driving to Fatimah's place I saw some of the fire off the 210 freeway, I think it was in the La Canada/Flintridge area. The air once I got to Sylmar, CA was horrible. It was stuffy, thick, and smelled like ashes. It definitely didn't help that I was fasting. All we were breathing was ashes.

The night view was better but the camera sucked so all I was able to get were blank images... but it looks like a scary fire. Good luck to the firemen working on the 4 fires right now, and best wishes to those affected.

Seacrest Out!
-Hendy