June 2016 Weekend Rundown

Nice! How was the macerated peach gelato? Sounds awesome. :slight_smile:

And what did you think of the soft shell crab po boy?

is this a knife/fork affair?

No it picks up fine - even though the picture doesn’t make it appear so. But I ate some of the shrimp off first to make sure it would all (kind of) fit in the bread glove.

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It had a strong peach flavor with little bits of peach in it. Very refreshing!

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Hanjip AYCE

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Fun weekend of eating.

Started it off at Maple Block with the prime rib and sausage sampler on special that day

Sat, You eat now pop up at Line Hotel/Pot
Pork belly, chicken skewer, purple potatoes and slaw

Afterwards, wandered over to Ktown night market since it was only a few blocks away. Nothing too outstanding, not a lot of Korean. Had to get the obligatory grilled squid.

Sunday, hit smorgasburg, already detailed in the dedicated thread. Finished off having dinner with parents for Father’s day. Rib eye steaks with all the trimmings, Fosselman’s ice cream to fill in the cracks.

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Leave the gun… Take the cannolis.

[quote=“J_L, post:130, topic:3444, full:true”]
Leave the gun…
[/quote] I guess I should have read further before posting. Love it.

[quote=“Jase, post:137, topic:3444”]
Ktown night market. Nothing too outstanding
[/quote] Good to know. We were going to go, but then thought “meh”.

Hi @Jase,

How was the smoked prime rib at Maple Block? Thanks.

This was the second time I’ve had it in two weeks, does that answer your question? LOL! Great meat quality, nice char, it’s a very tasty piece of meat. The side of onions is horrible though. $45 for a 20 oz piece, I think it’s great value.

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Concur with @Jase. It is excellent.

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Yeah, it was alright. But we were hanging out at Line hotel most of the afternoon playing games and drinking after the you eat now food pop up was done. It was an easy walk over there. Inexpensive enough, $5 to get in. There were plenty of decent food trucks and stands. Prices were very affordable. Some fun booths to check out and various stage shows.

I grabbed several free samples such as a full box of Lotte Chocolate pies, several snack boxes of a new pretzel flavor, some facial soap. There lots of samples being handed out of other items, you’d make your $5 admission back easily. I saw lots of people filling up a bag full of all the giveaways.

The area was well spaced out, the only super crowded areas were the food stalls later in the evening. Otherwise, lots of space to move and sit. Well organized, clean, lots of cleaning crews and security. It was a fun enough way for our group to spend a couple hours checking out things and enjoying the festive atmosphere noshing on some inexpensive good food before moving on to the next activity.

Bonus the location was close to HMS Bounty, perfect for drinks if you’re in the mood.

We didn’t know it was happening. It’s close enough for us that we should check it out anyway.

Are you referring to the Ktown night market? I think it’s only once a year. They had some banners up and down Olympic and Wilshire the couple of weeks beforehand. I think one of the what’s happening around LA newsletters mentioned it also.

K-town Night Market - Okay, so it was a little better than you first described. Maybe we’ll go next year. We decided not to go - other than it being a busy weekend for us - because the pictures of last years event looked really crowded (and young) and I couldn’t find many food pictures online. @Mattapoisett_in_LA there was also a notice on the Yelp events calendar in April.

Seafood Barsero Casablanca Restaurant Venice.

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Seafood Barsero Casablanca Restaurant Venice.
[/quote] Looks great. I can imagine soaking up some of that broth with a good crostini.

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Bulgarini Gelateria (Altadena)
Likely some of the best pasta in LA.
I dare say that the gnocchi is probably the best I’ve ever had. These light and airy pillows of potato dumplings just melted in my mouth…no chewing required at all. The recipes are belong to the owner’s grandmother…and you can feel it as you eat. The pesto was delightful.


The fettuccine with meat sauce so incredibly good, too! The pasta was cooked to a perfect al dente so the toothsomeness to it was a nice contrast to the aforementioned gnocchi. Loved it!

We also ordered the spaghetti with meat sauce. As far as spaghetti goes…this is a close second to Scarpetta’s spaghetti.

And you can’t come here without getting some frozen sweet treats. They didn’t have pistachio, so I had mascerated peach and zabaglione. Probably the most luxurious form of peaches and cream, I’ve ever consumed. My chocolate-loving sibling fell in love with the chocolate with sea salt…he’s coming back here later this week to eat it all, again. Sorry for the poor picture…I only remembered to take it after I had consumed about half of it in the dimly lit car.

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It’s served with their wonderful in house hot torillias

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