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Bean Bubbles
Gluten free, dairy free, and nut free!
Beans inside it: black beans, kidney beans and lentils!

*And sorry, the recipe is not for sharing!

Best Mexican food I ever ate

We decided to venture out to Santa Barbara for 2 days, so we could get outside the city and get a taste of the Pacific coast drive heading north of LA. 

After doing numerous wine tastings, my main question was inquiring about the best Mexican joint in the city. We were referred to 'La Super-Rica Taqueria.

I have to say, I have tried soft corn tortillas here in Montreal, and was so discouraged by the mealy off taste. But LA taught me that they are scrumptious when done properly!!

1st good sign: Big line up outside. 

Lady pressing fresh tortillas

 So I started myself with the most refreshing, no sugar added, watermelon juice with nice mini chunks of watermelon added inside. OH SO GOOD! on a hot day!

Marinated pork on 3 soft corn tortillas, with a generous amount of green chili, cheese, and a side of avocado. SCRUMPTIOUS

 Soft corn marinated porn tortilla with a side of guac! Mmmmm.

 'Tamal de verduras': Vegetarian tamale with, chayote, corn, zucchini, potato, chile pasilla strips, cheese and béchamel type sauce. It was good, but not AS exciting as the other items!

Unlimited sides of salsa and spicy sauces.

a little taste of heaven and incredibly cheap.

La Super-Rice Taqueria

622 N Milpas St
Santa Barbara, CA 93103

Go Grease Lightning!

Where did we find this taco truck? 

Outside the Venice High school! 

Read on to figure out why that's so exciting!

We decided to make a pit stop on Venice Boulevard because the monthly flea market was up in a large parking lot. Right outside was Valentino's Taco's food truck, offering inexpensive Mexican food options. 

 Pork Taco, excellente!

 MASSIVE, vegetarian burrito with the best black bean and rice mixture I have ever had. It came in a bag with some fried tortilla chips too! I think this only was 4$!! Enough to feed 2.

Yep, this is the high school where Grease was filmed! 

Venice

Los Angeles

The Buttermilk Truck

With the help of the 'truxmap' App on the iPod Touch, we were able to find the Buttermilk truck on Venice Boulevard. I was so excited by the look of this creamy welcoming friendly truck, and curious as to what heart clogging options were offered. 

Did you know? Buttermilk is actually low in fat, containing around 5g, just like 2% milk. In the process of churning butter, buttermilk is the leftover liquid. You can see that visually for yourself if you over whip 35% cream. You will extract a big solid clump and a thin liquid as a result. 

Why did I think this truck would be heart clogging then? Because buttermilk is a magical ingredient in southern cooking, for baked goods like biscuits, and battering items for the deep fryer. It contributes some dairy fat, and a nice tang from its fermented nature.

We arrived at night, so that was our selection.

Fried Chicken with Cinnamon Waffles. 

I cannot even explain to you how scrumptious this was! 

For some reason, the combination of the savoury chicken, with the cinnamon waffle, and the maple syrup...a foodsplotion in your mouth! Absolutely amazing. 

This is too heart clogging for a full meal, but definitely fun to share as a snack!

Venice

Los Angeles

Check them out! http://buttermilktruck.com/

Gainey Winery - Santa Barbara

Gainey Winery

Santa Barbara CA

Best Ceviche I ever had in my life

Mariscos La Playita

I have not tried a lot of ceviche in my life, having not grown up anywhere near the sea, but this place was fantastic. For around 5$ you can fill yourself up on a good portion of fresh seafood, mexican style. 

I got the ceviche cocktail: A citrus cilantro/shallot/fresh tomato chunk liquid, with scallops, shrimp, octopus and huge creamy chunks of avocado. Perfect on a hot day... or any day in my opinion!

Dahlia got the octopus tostada, with cilantro, fresh tomato, shallot, avocado, and lots of tlc. AMAZING!

Venice area

Los Angeles

My first food truck

My main goal in LA was to finally get to sample these heavenly creations on wheels, featured on Food Networks "Eat Street", which is the food trucks!

On our first evening, we decided to find little Tokyo in downtown LA, and accidentally stumbled upon a parking lot FULL of food trucks. It turned out to be Art Walk night, which happens downtown twice a month on thursday nights. So many options, so little stomach space!

They had a Lobster truck, fancy ice cream sandwiches, Tornado Potato, Hawaiian, Greek, Asian, etc!

Being so overwhelmed by the options, we decided to come back and select dessert.

Our choice: 'Brazilian Taste' truck.

 Pastel: Deep fried bubbly dough, stuffed with banana, nutella and cinnamon. 5$

Dahl and Priss who were ever so patient with me

Food truck HEAVEN

downtown Los Angeles