Hey guys, today's wonderful post is all about food, glorious food!
Here I'll be listing all of the LA area hotspots / and of course the Instagram worthy places,
and my opinion of the food.
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Day 1, The Grove
Lunch
First Stop: Umami Burger
This was my first time going to Umami, and let me tell you about their unique, delicious food.
Let's start with the fries. Either eaten plain, dipped, or topped with their House Truffle Cheese, the flavor truly won't disappoint. Next the dipping sauces. Four different types are offered: Garlic Aoli, Jalepeno Ranch, El Diablo, and Ketchup which is mixed with Soy Sauce and Truffle Oil I believe. Regardless, it added a nice different taste to good ol' regular ketchup.
Strange as it is, I did order a salad at a famous burger place haha. (Which was pretty good), but I did split a burger with my little sis.
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| Left to Right & Top to Bottom: Truffle Burger, Cali Burger, Truffle Cheese, Dipping Sauces, Umami Caesar, and another Cali Burger |
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| Cali Burger (was split between my sister and I) One of the top items on the menu, we just had to order it. In the burger is butter lettuce, roasted tomato, caramelized onions, house spread, and House Cali cheese. The burgers are a good size - fairly small, but just the right amount. The burgers are served medium rare unless asked upon request. |
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After some walking around and shopping, we had to stop by Sprinkles
Dessert
We ordered the Salted Caramel & S'mores Cupcakes
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Day Two, Irvine Spectrum
We definitely had to try out Cream, which had just opened up not too long ago.
Totally will satisfy anyone with a sweet tooth, or whoever wants that Instagram worthy food post.
Great variety of cookies, ice cream, and toppings to choose from.
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| Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich, Peanut Butter Cookies with Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream |
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Packing House, Packing District
Dinner
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| Japanese Ramen, One Spicy and Non-Spicy, and some sushi |
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| Indian Food Platter with Naan, Chicken Masala, Rice, and a cooling Salad |
PopBar | Packing House
Dessert
What a great way to cool off for the summer, and a great way to end the night!
There are many delicious flavors to choose from, and a great variety of poppings - Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, and Mint Dark Chocolate and toppings such as Almonds, Hazelnut, Pistachios, Chocolate Sprinkles, Coconut, Caramel Corn, and Crushed Waffle Cone.
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| Strawberry Dipped in Milk Chocolate topped with almonds and drizzled in White Chocolate |
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| Left to Right (second PopBar shown above): Mixed Berry dipped in Milk Chocolate, drizzled in White Chocolate,covered in Chocolate Sprinkles, Pistachio, dipped in Milk Chocolate, covered in Pistachios, drizzled with White Chocolate, and Mango, dipped in Milk Chocolate, covered in almonds, and drizzled with White Chocolate |
I totally fell in love with this place. Great environment to be around filled with good music, food, and company. Total Hot Spot, and has a good variety of little restaurants. It really is a Packed House, and finding parking may be a pain, but it is worth it to try out new foods, that you won't regret trying out.
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