amateur foodie

Indeed, it is expensive to eat out a lot in Los Angeles, and perhaps eating out is the cause of the majority of my financial woes, but I think it is well worth the money to enjoy a friend's presence over food and drink. Recently, I visited two restaurants with two of my friends. Both restaurants were (are) independently owned and can be considered "hole-in-the-wall" establishments. Both had some specific negative characteristics, but both offered delectable food that merits mention in this here blog.

Racha Thai Restaurant.

Everybody knows I usually hate Thai food. In my opinion, most of the dishes usually taste like peppered dust with carrots on top. Also, I usually stay away from it because I never leave a table of Thai food feeling full. But on Saturday I did some L.A. exploring, and at the request of my friend Jack, I accompanied him to a restaurant that was unknown to both of us. Surprisingly, the dish I ordered did a cakewalk around my tongue that left me extremely pleased. I ordered the yellow curry - and instead of ordering it with chicken, I got it with TOFU so that I could share it with Jack and his vegetarian self. Even with tofu, it was great. The waitress / cashier lady was nice too. Only downfalls: the neighborhood it was in (18th street gang territory) and the lack of patrons :-(

Here's what I had

M&M Soul Food

A few days later, I slid on down to Crenshaw and MLK wit Yusef (the baby kangaroo himself) after Sunday morning service at West Angeles Cathedral. Both of our stomachs requested that we do something about the pain afflicting them with immediacy, so I suggested that we go to a local favorite that neither of us had ever experienced. I had read reviews on it on yelp before and figured it'd be alrite. The food was plenty and wonderfully seasoned, the waiter was attentive, and the lemonade was orgasm-inducing. M&M's wasnt half bad. I think Yusef enjoyed it too (the food PLUS the power of Jesus that had him feeling good). Downfalls: structure of the building could be improved, i could smell the bathroom cleaner they had been using (though its good to know they have clean bathrooms, i dont wanna smell pine-sol while im eating), environment is not tourist-friendly (is that ok?), takes AWHILE to get ur food, a little bit of confusion when u walk in (seat me now please, dont just stare at me), also, the vendors / christian gay-bashers in front need to go somewhere else.

Sunday dinner that has me still feeling full:

BBQ chicken, corn & okra, sweet potatoes, macaroni and cheese

Those biscuits, those biscuits, those biscuits....mmmmmm......

Overall, both were not that bad, and I'd go to both again.