Need recs for a place to eat near Scoops on Heliotrope
I need to find a decent place to eat around Scoops on Heliptrope and Melrose.
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for today's lunch there was Makkah Halal Tandoori on Vermont and 4th; with spouse, Pup and friend
and then hit Scoops for
"Smoked Chocolate/Wasabi Mousse" ("smoked" by adding lapsang soochong tea!) and
"Chai/Tiramisu" (me)
"Pomegranate/Poppy Seed" and
"Fig/Campari" (spouse)and
"Chocolate/Pumpkin" (the guys)there's a genius at work, there!
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modernist
Jan 10, 2007 10:16 PM
there is a korean "po jang ma cha" (like korean izakaya) directly across the street from heliotrope/scoops. its sort of like "tang song sah" in ktown. with a young crowd, small dishes...
el rincon chileno is across the street on melrose. i'd like to hear how their cazuela is, and last time i walked by they had "erizos" (sea urchin) on the menu.
pizza paul is on the same stretch and i hear its good but have never been.
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Yikes, Patty, I thought I was the only person still around who recalled the existence, let alone location, of that version of Cafe Mambo, which IIRC, was a contemporary of ChaChaCha in its first incarnation.
I'd ditto the reference to Marouch, and variously arranged Thai places (though it's been 5 or more years since I went there, my recollection is that "Spicy Thai BBQ" in the mini-mall at Santa Monica and Normandie was pretty good. I haven't tried the Melrose Thai places yet. Then, of course, in roughly the same neighborhood, there's always Zankou. While I know the CH reviews are mixed, Saveur Magazine has Zankou in their "100 Favorite Things" this year.
r gould-saltman
just flew back in from Colorado and boy are my arms tired...
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Alimentary My Dear Watson
Jan 10, 2007 08:37 PM
There's a really cool funky Korean dive directly across from Scoops called Pure Luck. It looks like a movie location inside. (Outside, too, come to think of it.) The stir fry was delicious (if a bit spicy for my wimpy tastebuds) and the wings were amazing. It's the kind of place where you take a date and she says, "How did you know this was here?"
The proprietors are very nice, but don't speak a word of English (though the menu lists everything in both languages, & you can point.)
I love that block. It'll be Montana Avenue in about fifteen minutes, but for now, it's cool.
Pure Luck, 707 Heliotrope.
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