Amandine - West Los Angeles (2)

Amandine - West Los Angeles (2)

West L.A.  

My "must" stop by cafe when I'm in the area. Awesome tarts and danish.

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Cherry tart $3.25
It was absolutely delicious.

Choux cream $2.25

Lots of custard cream inside, although I didn't like custard. It wasn't mild, it was more like soft sponge. I didn't like the flavor either.

Epi $2.45

Miroir danish $2.35

Some kind of berry jam inside. It was very sweet.

Rating : 4.3 / 5
Service: 3 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Amandine
12225 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 979-3211

Tue-Fri 7 am - 7 pm
Sat 8 am - 7 pm
Sun 8 am - 6 pm

http://www.amandinecafe.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/amandine-patisserie-los-angeles

Les Noces Du Figaro - Downtown

Les Noces Du Figaro - Downtown

downtown LA  

Figaro is one of the very popular place in Los Feliz. That location is always packed. Well, they just opened second location in Downtown  and the place is very clean and big space. I can finally find the tables and enjoy their yummy pastries.

Pastries/bread sell out quickly. Go in the morning.

Bread pudding $4.20
served cold. It was alright, not my favorite though.

I can't remember if it was Cappuccino or cafe latte (S)

Brioche chocolate $2.75

Apricot tart $4.20

There were pistachio biscuit/cream under apricot. I absolutely loved it.

Rating (food): 4 / 5
Rating (service): 3.8 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Les Noces Du Figaro
618 S Broadway Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90014

(213) 622-2116

Mon-Thu, Sun 8 am - 10 pm
Fri-Sat 8 am - 11 pm

http://www.figarobistrot.com

http://www.yelp.com/biz/les-noces-du-figaro-los-angeles

Maccheroni Republic - Downtown

Maccheroni Republic - Downtown

downtown LA  

Newly opened Italian restaurant in Downtown, just across from the Grand Central Market. Friday during busy lunch time, this place was empty, from start to finish, we were the only customers there. Since we were not sure the food here is good or not, so we just ordered two dishes plus salad to share.
And I must say, I actually liked the food here. Nothing outstanding, but simply good. The menu was very simple, that's a good thing. The service was also good.
Unlike the other Italian restaurant, this place doesn't serve any bread. The portion was smaller than average Italian restaurant.

menu

Insalata della casa $6.95
We started off with this mixed salad with cucumber, carrots, radish with side of vinaigrette. Fresh raw veggies, I needed that.

Daily special; Saffron risotto with seafood, cooked al dente.

Daily special; spaghetti meatballs

Rating (food): 4 / 5
Rating (service): 3.8 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Maccheroni Republic
332 S Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90013

(213) 346-9725

Mon-Sat 11:30 am - 10 pm

http://www.yelp.com/biz/maccheroni-republic-los-angeles

Chimney Coffee House - Chinatown

Chimney Coffee House - Chinatown

chinatown  

Chimney coffee house offers varieties of brick toast and croissants, along with other pastries, sandwiches and coffee drinks. I tried latte, brick toast, and croissant but nothing impressed me.
I wanted to try Thai tea cream puff I saw on yelp but they didn't have it. Also Thai tea brick toast is coming soon, not yet. Too bad.

Bacon Nutella croissant $3.25

Cafe Mocha $3.75

Cafe latte $3.25

Green tea brick toast $6.50
It came with 2 scoops of green tea ice cream, green tea kit kat and whipped cream. It was very sweet. I couldn't finish them all.

Rating (food): 3.6 / 5
Rating (service): 3.8 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Chimney Coffee House
1100 N Main St. Ste B
Los Angeles, CA 90012

(323) 343-0030

Mon-Fri 7 am - 6 pm
Sat 7:30 am - 6 pm
Sun 8:30 am - 5 pm

http://www.yelp.com/biz/chimney-coffee-house-los-angeles

Angelino Pizzeria - North Hollywood

Angelino Pizzeria - North Hollywood

North Hollywood  

This is one of my new favorite place to get meatballs. Not only meatballs, but I really liked marinara sauce here. I haven't tried any pasta or pizza, but I must go back and try them since I really liked marinara sauce. They had truffle pasta when I was here and I could smell truffles. I wish I ordered that. My company and the chef were talking in Italian so I had no idea but basically we got the dishes that chef suggested, so I don't know the prices. All the food we ate were good.  And desserts, they were lovely, loved them.

The only concern was the waiting time. First, they brought us salad, waited about 20 minutes. Then we waited little more than 30 minutes to get next food. I also told the chef to make sure to not put any cheese on everything. Well, I guess he forgot while he was chatting..

This place is always packed so I suggest to make reservations in advance. 

*I borrowed the photo above from their website.

menu

complimentary bread

Salad with mozzarella

Black mussels

Side of meatballs $5.99
This meatballs were so perfect for me. This is the flavor I love. I really liked marinara sauce. And each one was pretty big.

Daily special; langostino

Torta della nonna $5.99

Almond tiramisu

cappuccino $3.75

Rating (food): 4.5 / 5
Rating (service): 4 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Angelino Pizzeria 
4386 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91602

(818) 769-5241
Mon - Thurs: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm; 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fri - Sat: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm; 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Sun: 4:00 pm - 9:30 pm

http://www.angelinopizzeria.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/angelino-pizzeria-north-hollywood