Vegan bakery at Breakaway Bakery - Los Angeles

Vegan bakery at Breakaway Bakery - Los Angeles

los angeles  

Well, I'm not a Vegan but I do eat vegan or gluten free stuff. This bakery is vegan and gluten free friendly. I saw this place on Scoutmob so I came here with my friends. The Scoutmob deal was 50% off with max $10 discount. When we were ready to pay, they told us, we have to spend at least $10 to get 50% off discount. I was pretty sure it didn't say that but we couldn't check it because somehow the deal wasn't showing on the Scountmob app on the phone. So I wasn't happy about it. Also I guess we got here late, because they when we arrived around 4pm, there were only few baked goods left and we didn't have many choices and nothing really caught my eye so I just got 2 cookies. I was just browsing their website and they do sell bagels, muffins and donuts so I'm willing to go back and try them.

Here's my cookies. Brownie dipper $1.40 and Rugalach $1.25. (total $1.40 after 50% off).
Brownie dipper was too chocolaty and too sweet for me.

Vegan Devil's Delight. I had a bite and it was good. I liked this one.

Rating (food): 3 / 5
Rating (service): 3 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Breakaway Bakery
5264 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019

(310) 968-9380

Mon-Thu 10 am - 5 pm
Fri, Sun 10 am - 3 pm

http://breakawaybakery.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/breakaway-bakery-los-angeles

Kaboom Jamaican Flavor - Los Angeles

Kaboom Jamaican Flavor - Los Angeles

los angeles  

I came here for Kaboom's anniversary special on Nov. 14. You can check their flyer HERE. I really wanted their Jerk chicken plate but it was sold out so I got brown stew chicken (S) instead. My big portions of small plate was only $6 (normally $7.50) with full of flavors, also came with free chicken soup, salad, fried plantain, rice and beans. Now that's a lot for only $6.

menu

Plantains (side)

Gravy for rice
I know it doesn't look like gravy but this is like magic sauce. Rice itself had almost no flavor, but when you pour it over the rice, oh my god, you won't believe how tasty it gets. I asked gravy on the side, ended up pouring all. It was just so good.

Chicken soup (with no chicken)
It was complimentary for this anniversary day, but it was nothing special.

Salad (comes with my chicken stew)
Salad with grape, carrots, apples, dried cranberries and lettuce, I believe. It was very tasty and I love it.

Brown stew chicken (S) $6
Comes with fried plantain, rice and beans with gravy.
You can't tell from the picture, but my plate was big. If this is really small size, how big the large size would be?

Rating (food): 4.5 / 5
Rating (service): 3.8 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Kaboom Jamaican Flavor
4641 W Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90016

(310) 710-0038

Mon-Fri 10 am - 9 pm
Sat 10 am - 10 pm

http://www.kaboomjamaicanflavor.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/kaboom-jamaican-flavor-los-angeles
 

Seoul Sausage Company - Sawtelle

Seoul Sausage Company - Sawtelle

West L.A.  

The winner of Food Network's  The Great Food Truck Race finally opened their store in Sawtelle. I've had their sausage at Korean BBQ cook-off in Koreatown back in 2001 and it was good but they didn't really have a shop so I could only get at the events, but now I can get anytime I want. I really loved their sausages, both galbi and spicy pork. I personally liked spicy pork better than galbi. $7 for a hot dog is not very cheap, but each sausage is big and filled with so much flavor. I guarantee you're gonna love it.

menu

Galbi sausage $7
kimchi relish & garlic jalapeno aioli

Spicy pork sausage $7
apple cabbage slaw

Apple cabbage slaw added more flavor to it. Delicious.

Lil' Osaka ball $3
curry rice ball with shoga siracha mayo

It was nothing special to me, just deep-fried curry rice ball

Rating (food): 4.8 / 5
Rating (service): 4 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Seoul Sausage Company
11313 Mississippi Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 477-7739

Tue-Sun 12 pm - 9:30 pm

http://www.seoulsausage.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/seoul-sausage-company-los-angeles-2

Georgetown Cupcakes - Los Angeles

Georgetown Cupcakes - Los Angeles

los angeles  

Well, I'm not a big fan of cupcakes but since they were giving away a free cupcake on their opening day, I decided to come here after work. Unfortunately, the day was raining and so cold. And I didn't think I had to wait in line outside. Yes, this place was all over the media, so many people visited here on the grand opening day for a free cupcake, just like me. Each cupcake is around $3. This place reminds me of Sprinkles cupcakes. If you like Sprinkles, you will like this place too. But cupcakes were way too sweet for me.

They were handing out some hot cocoa for people waiting in line outside in the rain.

Made with cupcakes

My red velvet cupcake

Red Velvet and Vanilla birthday

My crushed cupcake and not crushed beautiful cupcakes..

Key lime, Salted caramel, and Mint cookies & creme
Mint cookies n creme cupcake has strong mint flavor.

Gluten free lava fudge
After sampling some cupcakes, we liked this frosting the best.

Rating (food): 3 / 5
Rating (service): 3.5 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Georgetown Cupcake
143 S Robertson Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Monday – Saturday 10am – 9pm
Sunday 10am – 8pm

http://www.georgetowncupcake.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/georgetown-cupcakes-los-angeles

ROC kitchen - Sawtelle

ROC kitchen - Sawtelle

West L.A.  

Recently I was in Sawtelle and I guess it's been a while.. There were so many new restaurants opened up and here's the one of them. Yes, Chinese / Dim Sum place in Sawtelle. There were no sign of the store because it was still soft opening last week. The food was just average, not the place I wanna keep coming back for. Also my friend told me that  the tea was not strong enough.

ROC fried rice with Dungeness crab, egg, green onion, vegetables $12
Fried rice was good. The portion was small for Chinese food.

Shanghai soup dumplings with Dungeness crab & pork (Xiao Long Bao) (8pcs) $9.25
Absolutely not recommended. Me and my friend were both so disappointed. The soup was not hot enough, not enough soup inside. Also I didn't like the taste of the filling. I started feeling sick of eating after 3 dumplings.

ROC crispy balls with crab & shrimp (3pcs) $8

Rating (food): 3.3 / 5
Rating (service): 3.3 / 5
Repeat: Maybe

ROC kitchen
2049 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 235-2089

http://www.yelp.com/biz/roc-kitchen-los-angeles