FOODVENTURE: SAWTELLE

Sometimes Joyce and I go on foodvetures with Amar and Suzing, sometimes it is with Ally and Brian.  Well this time around we got the group together to do a Sawtelle Foodventure.  I was the only one to have dined at Yakitoriya.  Since I loved that place so much, I figured that would be a good starting point.  So before I really dig into it, check out the below map.  At least Amar and Suzing dragged us to Churros Calientes so we could burn a few calories.



First up Yakitoriya. There is something special about this place. Maybe it's Toshi's special care of the food, or that wonderful charcoal flavor that compares to nothing else, whatever it is...the meal is always so good. Each couple had the sampler, which is a nice way to try all the different sticks.

So here are some of my favorites from top to bottom: chicken wing, chicken breast, chicken thigh, chicken meatball and chicken heart. The last dish (duck and mushroom ravioli), which was recommended to me, was awesome. The mushroom broth was loaded with umami.

Now things go nuts with the next few spots.

We hit up Blockheads for some shaved ice so we could sweeten the pallet to crave the salty goodness from Seoul Sausage.

Seoul Sausage brought the fried and salty. From left to right: Korean short rib poutine, Fried rice balls, Korean fried chicken, another fried rice ball, and in the wrapper... spicy pork sausage with apple slaw.  The spicy pork sausage was delicious, but the best hands down was the poutine.  Damn it was good, still thinking about it as I write this post.

Then it was the long trek to Churros Calientes. Pictured here is the guava drizzled churro and in my stomach, the chocolate drizzled churro. Sorry for the crap quality of the pic, I took it with my iPhone and not my X20.

Now the final spot...B Sweet.  This is where my body crashed and all I could really enjoy was one bite of the glazed donut bread pudding.  It is quite possibly, one of the most amazing things ever.

Amar opted to add Thrifty ice cream, which was a bold move.  But then again his Instagram handle is eat_like_fatmar, so he can handle it.