Let's have a drink and munchies

It's been awhile folks and I've been nursing a bad flu lately. With being sick and having no appetite it makes me think of the yummy drinks and good food we had at Osha Thai restaurant in San Francisco, just few weeks ago...I think what I love about eating out is that dressing up for it is always worth while. I don't have to worry about my fancy shoes stepping on some yucky gum and clothes beings spilled on by some nasty person who can't hold their alcohol down.

Bouchon

One of my fav. place to eat when I'm in the wine country of Napa.. It's a little mini french getaway..

More SAUCE please..

Tomato Bisque w/ White truffle grilled cheese toast stick

Scallops with Brussel Sprouts leaves, carmelized onion finished in brown butter & Lemon

Bacon wrapped meatloaf in applewood smoked bacon with Truffle whipped potato french green beans and mushrooms.

Warm smoked mozzarella cheese & Bacon Fondue potato skin strips

Sauce Sampler: Cinnamon sugar doughnut with hot vanilla bourbon dipping sauce, Ice cream smash topped with chocolate sauce, Pan seared PB&J w/ homemade strawberry reserved and Frangelico Peanut Butter and Vanilla Ice cream in the center (this one is to die for!), Strawberries and cream with brown sugar.

Before heading to the Opera last Saturday we had an early dinner at Sauce in San Francis and I must say that this place quickly become my favorite restaurant. Its a small restaurant but serves some excellent comfort food! I'm a sucker for Tomato Bisques w/ grilled cheese and I eat Peanut Butter everyday, Mark making an effort to impress me picked this place just for those reasons and boy did he score big time! The servings look tiny but don't let this fool you because it will quickly fill your stomach up. We wanted to enjoy our desserts so we paid our dinner bill went to the Opera and came back 3 hours after to eat desserts and I must say that this is a smart move because we enjoyed that sampler dessert dish so much that we almost finished it all!

Ketchup not so good

Wanting some good american food we headed  out to sunset boulevard to eat at Ketchup a "fine" diner type restaurant.  Like most restaurants in Hollywood, Ketchup's decor is chic and certainly inviting. But I am sad to say that it's disappointing.  The food was just okay not at all a classic american food as they described it online. I did enjoy the different types of french fries (regular, sweet potatoes, and Cajun) dipped in 5 different kinds of ketchups (Maple, Mango, Wasabi, Ranch, and Chipotle). I think the winning combo is the sweet potato fries dipped in wasabi flavor ketchup. yum.. But if you really want some good burgers and classic fries, you are probably better off to go to In & Out across the street.

*photos from outnext.com*

Not so sexy Geisha House

I have heard of this sushi place down in Hollywood called Geisha House. It supposed to be a place for good food, cocktails while still being ultra chic. So I go well, this is sort of my kind of place so while I'm here in LA why not invite couple of friends and lover to dine at this supposedly good restaurant.  Chic? well yes of course I've had my fair share of nice looking restaurant and I'm a sucker of people watching so this is a good place for that. Many good looking girls but very few "realistic" looking men and people in general. Is it fashionable? the dress code is casual and being in LA that means jeans!!! The cocktails were okay I tried the Geisha Kiss which is a concoction of lychee and some sort of vodka and it was good, very light, sweet and strong..delightfull!.a good way to start off the night as we wait for our LA friends. During dinner I ordered my all time favorite spicy tuna roll called the 911 w/c isn't that spicy if you ask me and what they call Frightened Geisha which is spicy tuna cucumber topped with torched salmon tobiko spicy cream sauce and eel sauce, wonderful not really just okay. Anyhow the prices are good I think it's a normal sushi price for dinner but then again I live in San Francisco so that might not be the case in other states. Overall, the restaurant is chic and a good hang out place to people watch. It is trendy but what I won't forget about the night isn't the food or the cocktails or the people but the good conversation I had with great friends...

*For more information about the geisha house, visit http://www.dolcegroup.com/geisha/*