GIVEAWAY: Santa Barbara Culinary Experience (March 13-15)
Photo credit: SBCE |
Photo credit: SBCE |
Photo credit: SBCE |
Photo credit: SBCE |
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Labels: border grill, food festival, giveaway, luncheon, mary sue milliken, santa barbara, santa barbara culinary experience, sbce, susan feniger
by guest blogger Cue the Critic
My relationship with food festivals is an interesting one; mainly because I hate to love them. In the moment, the experience is tiring, a bit stressful, and take the deepest toll on your body and stomach, all while offering you a feeling of fulfillment, excitement, and heavenly delight; that is if you do it correctly. I attend food festivals with one goal in mind: eat as much as humanly possible within the time allotted. Tacolandia was not exempt from this food festival showdown: Cue v. Food.
Elote cup with tortilla chips |
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Labels: all flavor no grease, border grill, elote, food festival, guest blog, la weekly, taco, taco festival, Tacolandia
Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger's Border Grill may very well be the restaurant that popularized Mexican food in LA back in the day. The Santa Monica restaurant is as popular as ever, but they're trying to keep things fresh by holding special events, such as the Margarita Dinner I recently attended.
The margarita dinner is a 5-course dinner prepared by Executive Chef Alex Moreno, each paired with a cocktail (well, the last pairing is nonalcoholic). The cocktails for this dinner were all made with Greenbar Collective spirits, a Los Angeles-based company that makes all organic spirits and bitters.
We started our meal with a Grilled Oja Santa Shrimp and farmers market tomato mint tea.
We were supposed to alternate between bites of the crispy-fried shrimp and sips. The tomato mint "tea" was a little salty, though.
The dish was served with a Cucumber Mint Gin and Tonic, made with Tru organic gin, cucumber, and mint.
The herbal notes of the Tru gin was pretty strong.
Second course: Abalone and California Avocado Ceviche, lime cured, heirloom cherry tomatoes, persian cucumbers
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Labels: border grill, greenbar collective, margarita dinner, santa monica, susan feniger
What better way to explore one area's food than a walking tour with an expert, tasting 4-5 places all in one go? Six Taste Tours, started by two USC alums, aim to do just that with their tours in various regions in LA, including Thai Town, Little Tokyo, Arcadia, and more. Each area's tour is guided by an expert in that particular area/cuisine. I was invited to go on the Santa Monica tour recently with their guide, Therese.
Godmother sandwich, with on ocean view. |
Our guide, Therese |
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Labels: angelato, border grill, coffee, gelato, mary sue milliken, pourtal, pretzel, rockenwagner, santa monica, six taste tour, susan feniger, wine bar
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