So, some of you may or may not know about my other food review blog, The Darling Foodie, but I’ve decided once again to merge that blog back with this one. Why? Primarily because I can’t stand WordPress. Maybe because I don’t know how to use it, maybe because it won’t let me run ads on it, or maybe because it always crashes on me when I’m uploading pictures. Either way, I’m a blogger user and I’m gonna stick to it.
When I say “merge,” I mean post my food reviews on this blog from now on. I looked into importing my blog from WordPress to Blogger, but my goodness, that’s just something way out of my league. I do not have the patience or skill to do it.
The plus side is that there will be more posts and more food here! Thoughts?
Now to the point. Botegga Louie!
Now, I actually didn’t get to go here. My DB found this place all on his own and went while he was doing some training in the area and took these photos for me. He even created a video so that I could see the entire place (see below)! Bless his little heart.
My DB and his friend also ate lunch while they were there. They ordered some portobello mushroom fries:
And some pizza…
Not only that, he brought a couple goodies home for me!
Starting with a chocolate eclair…
and some macarons!
hazelnut, vanilla bean, some kind of berry, and banana chocolate:
Chocolate cupcake with a coffee frosting:
It didn’t travel that great, but it sure did taste great!
And here’s the video he shot for me:
Everything that I tried was above par. Although I couldn’t be at the actual store to get the whole experience, my DB made sure I got a good piece of it. This was also the first time I tried a macaron, believe it or not, and I can’t believe what I’ve been missing all my life! I need to get on that, pronto.
All of the desserts are packaged so beautifully, too. The box, the cupcake wrapping, the edible gold foil on top of the eclair… just gorgeous. I need to go for myself– I keep hearing the portobello mushroom fries and pizza are to die for.
700 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 802-1470
Subway: 7th Street / Metro Center Station
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 802-1470
Subway: 7th Street / Metro Center Station
Open Weekdays 6:30am-11pm; Weekends 8am-11pm
Wow, that place looks great! What’s the price range?
It would be fine by me if you combined the two, that way there will be more LFTO updates. :]
looks delicious! ^^love how its labelled under ‘food porn’ btw…
i think it’s a great idea to combine the two! I don’t think blogs need to be strictly categorized anyway; i love reading about everything that the blogger loves. If you want to write about shoes or spoon collections, that’d be fine with me too!
Anyway, those mushroom fries look amazing. YUM
merging is good! I love the darling foodie! =)
The macarons look SO good!
I think it is a great idea to merge your blogs! Erica and I both do Itzy’s Kitchen and we do reviews as well as recipes and it works out great =) I’m new to the blog world actually and have been reading your blog for a long time and used some of your recipes! Your posts are so fun to read so I will definitely follow you no matter what!
Oh. My. God. That place looks AMAZING! I am actually considering flying halfway around the world to go there now haha!
Great idea, Kim! It must be a hassle to juggle two food blogs, so I think that it’s wonderful that all of your foodie/baking passion will be expressed through this one amazing blog. You are wonderful!
-Emily
Wow.. this really makes me want to move back to California.