Marina Del Rey, LA.
Last night's dinner was at Baja Cantina, on Washington Boulevard. It was recommended by the hotel staff. The restaurant has a nice ambience, and the food is good.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Cantina the Food & Wine Stop
This Italian restaurant is located on Greenleaf Road, off Sixth Avenue, nestled in the midst of a quiet residential neighbourhood. It seemed the most unlikely location for a restaurant, but also provided a peaceful and homely setting for dinner.
We were there for dinner this evening. I had mushroom soup and spinach fettucine vegetarian. And we ordered garlic bread for everyone. The mushroom soup was tasty. The garlic bread just nicely done. The main courses came out nice and hot, and in generous portions!
There is also a wine cellar - with tables inside! A waiter told us that those tables can be reserved, with the criteria that the customers buy one bottle of wine for their meal.
Overall, it was an extremely pleasant experience.
PS: The restaurant also has a website!
We were there for dinner this evening. I had mushroom soup and spinach fettucine vegetarian. And we ordered garlic bread for everyone. The mushroom soup was tasty. The garlic bread just nicely done. The main courses came out nice and hot, and in generous portions!
There is also a wine cellar - with tables inside! A waiter told us that those tables can be reserved, with the criteria that the customers buy one bottle of wine for their meal.
Overall, it was an extremely pleasant experience.
PS: The restaurant also has a website!
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Mustard
For lunch today, we drove to Race Course Road. There have been numerous new restaurants opened up there in the last couple of months.
We decided on Mustard (32 Race Course Road). Turns out, it was a good choice. They have a vegetarian selection. The food was tasty, and not overly oily. The roomali roti and the naan were lovely.
Review on STOMP's ST Foodies Club "Mustard has some lovely flavours"
(Note: the review is not specifically on vegetarian dishes)
We decided on Mustard (32 Race Course Road). Turns out, it was a good choice. They have a vegetarian selection. The food was tasty, and not overly oily. The roomali roti and the naan were lovely.
Review on STOMP's ST Foodies Club "Mustard has some lovely flavours"
(Note: the review is not specifically on vegetarian dishes)
Friday, September 15, 2006
Kinara (at Holland Village)
Last night, my DH and I invited another couple for dinner. We decided on Kinara at Holland Village, and found that it was this couple's introduction to Indian food... Especially Indian vegetarian food.
It was a DISASTER!!
We ordered pakora as starters... when the food came, there was no sign of the pakora! We cancelled it, as it was just something to eat before we got our dinner.
As we started digging into the food, I realised, to my horror, that the dishes were full of onion. Yes, there were more onions than anything else. For example, the okra dish was so full of onions we probably got something like 3 little pieces of okra each.
What's more, all the dishes looked absolutely soaked in oil!
Later, I got the chance to try the yellow dhal we ordered... eew! it tasted like eating melted butter with some dhal flavor!
In the end, there was food leftover, and though we were not exactly full, none of us wanted to eat any more.
And it is not like this is a cheap place! We could have gone to the other restaurant across the road for better food at slightly lower price. Please remind me not to go back there.
It was a DISASTER!!
We ordered pakora as starters... when the food came, there was no sign of the pakora! We cancelled it, as it was just something to eat before we got our dinner.
As we started digging into the food, I realised, to my horror, that the dishes were full of onion. Yes, there were more onions than anything else. For example, the okra dish was so full of onions we probably got something like 3 little pieces of okra each.
What's more, all the dishes looked absolutely soaked in oil!
Later, I got the chance to try the yellow dhal we ordered... eew! it tasted like eating melted butter with some dhal flavor!
In the end, there was food leftover, and though we were not exactly full, none of us wanted to eat any more.
And it is not like this is a cheap place! We could have gone to the other restaurant across the road for better food at slightly lower price. Please remind me not to go back there.
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