day #5: STREET

as you might have noticed, the blog has been silent for the past few days because....well. you know. life happens. part of the challenge was a challenge within the challenge (!), which basically was that i was inevitably forcing myself write everyday, no matter how late, how early, how tired i was to get down the previous day's challenge. alas, my sanity depended on abandoning it for a bit. but now i'm back! and it's good to be back! yay blog! great big blog hug! ::reunited and it feels so good::

i've also come up with a solution to make up for those lost days. and i'm really excited about it since there are still things on my list that i'd like to accomplish. so that'll be addressed in a future blog post. but for now, we'll pick up with day#5 - Tuesday.

all of my LA friends have been posting about a restaurant in hollywood called STREET. and i knew that when i got here, it was a must do for the LA part of the challenge. it's a restaurant that serves dishes from around the world tapas style, so you could be eating from a different part of the world with each dish you order. and they have plenty of vegan and vegetarian options to choose from, which is awesome.

on tuesday, i had to head out to the east side to try on a bridesmaid dress for my best friend's wedding (her actual wedding, not the movie in case you were wondering which I'M SURE YOU WERE), so i grabbed my friend chris and we made the trek to the east side to get a little STREET.

there are some key differences between LA + NY dining, one being the time you eat and the other being the reservation factor. it seems like 7/7:30p is the ideal time for angelenos (correct term?) and 8/8:30p is the ideal time for NYers, and in LA you need a reservation and in NY most restaurants don't accept them - so if you aim for 8:30, you usually end up eating around 10. so needless to say, when chris and i waltzed in to STREET around 9, the restaurant wasn't super packed - much to our hungry tummies' delight.

we were seated and given the schpiel, and give some delish indian-inspired crunchy chip thingys with some yummy salsa. win. then, they brought us their infamous kaya toast - which, let me describe this to you.

KAYA TOAST Singapore toast filled with coconut jam; soft egg, dark soy, white pepper 

STOP IT RIGHT THERE. coconut jam? i die. it was so good and so weird and so sweet and salty all at the same time. i would like more, please. and then we ate a greek artichoke, heirloom tomatoes with balsamic, sashimi with some amazing sauce, and this:

chicken and bacon croquettes-aka fancy chicken and waffles. but oh my god was it delicious. i wish i would have gotten more photos, but we sort of dug into everything before i got a chance to. chris also had one of the best cocktails i've ever sampled - some sort of oatmeal moonshine something? whatever, it tasted like rootbeer and it was sooooo yummy.

i'm happy to be back in LA and getting to do some fun things while out here as well. it's been really fun getting back in touch with a city i used to live in, and i'm so excited that i get to spend my 30th birthday with my family (and LA friends) for the first time in 4 years!

more challenges to come, but for now - day 5 complete!

xoxo
meags