*Restaurants featured: Randy’s Donuts, Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken, Mastros, Huckleberry, Madeo, Laurel Hardware, Salt’s Cure, Dan Tana’s

Let’s get back to LA talk, starting with Randy’s Donuts.

OMG. OMG. OMG. That is all. I also posted about Randy’s in my LA post from over a year ago. However, no trip to LA is complete without multiple stops here. I won’t even tell you how many times I visited. This 24 hour walk-up window and drive-thru donut shop is the real deal. They specialize in simple, old school donuts. Nothing fancy here. Plain glazed, chocolate glazed, cream filled, all that sort of simple stuff. It is kind of unexplainable how good they are. Once again, simplicity is key.

Fried chicken is up next, with a stop at Honey’s Kettle Fried Chicken. It does not get more Southern comfort food than this. My order of fried chicken and biscuits was rich and heavy, but more than worth the splurge. The chicken was crispy and juicy, and the biscuits, OMG, don’t even get me started. Buttery and flakey. The most perfect biscuit I have ever tasted. I dream about these.

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Hey everyone! It’s me, I’m back. You may have noticed that I took a little hiatus. Not from eating, but from sharing it with all of you. Not to worry though, I am back.

Here’s the answer as to where I disappeared to.

You know, life got busy, life got in the way, and then I took an extended vacay to my favourite place of all time, Los Angeles. I was just feeling blah and needed a change. What better way to liven up a little than to spend six weeks in the sun? A lovely time was had, full of eating, sightseeing, shopping, beaching, working out, and just living.

I suppose you can call a lot of what I was doing work, since I ate at some of the coolest most delicious places which I am about to share.

*Restaurants featured: Father’s Office, Plan Check, DK’s Donuts, fōnuts, Sprinkles, Churros Calientes, SUGARFISH, Langer’s, Bottega Louie

Let’s get right to it. I’ll start with a restaurant called Father’s Office in Santa Monica. Former Top Chef Masters contestant Chef Sang Yoon is responsible for the food here. The concept is pretty cool. Think bar meets restaurant, but you have to be 21+ at all times. It’s not some grungy bar serving cold deep fried everything with a side of stale nachos. You order your food at the bar, then just have to stand around drinking while waiting for a table. It was very loud, busy, and filled with young, hip people. No substitutions or changes to the menu.

The Office Burger is the star of the show here. Firstly, the medium rare beef patty is served on a baguette, and topped with a mixture of bacon, blue cheese, and caramelized onions then sprinkled with arugula and gruyere cheese. The bun was fresh, the meat was juicy, and the toppings paired extremely well. I thoroughly enjoyed this burger with a side of thin cut fries, crispy brussels sprouts and a green salad.

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