Giant baked sweet potatoes

[Diana]

Who does em?

[Emme]

firehouse in venice
sabor
bite on washington
native foods
claim jumper ( i know)
quincy's bbq on ventura
western smoke house
souplantation (sadly...)

[Diana]

by sabor, do you mean sabor a mexico?

[Emme]

on 3rd st.

they have twice baked sweet potato skins, but if you ask, they will do a plain baked sweet potato (since they have them and they do regular baked potatoes as well).

[Diana]

on third WHERE exactly?

[Emme]

gone... it was near orlando... my apologies... i went with my ex a lot, but kind of avoided the area once we broke up.

[Emme]

one more... full o' life cafe and market on magnolia in burbank

[Das Ubergeek]

Go to the cart outside the main entrance of the Costa Mesa Mitsuwa store. They have them roasted over coals -- absolutely fantastic, and you pay by the size.

[MaryT]

That sounds great. Wonder if there is a place in the SGV like that.

Believe it or not, we sometimes get a salad and a nice big sweet potato side to go with, for our dinner in the bar at the Claim Jumper (never a wait, quieter, and much better service).

The "appetizer" salads are all $7.95, but we always end up missing some ingredient and have to ask for it (once it was no pecans, once it was no cranberries, once it was no mandarin oranges!)) We tend to order a specific dressing, and they will usually try to convince you'll be happier if you use the "default" dressing for each of the salads, but we insist, and then they give in to our need for bleu cheese.

From what I have researched, darker sweet potatoes you find called yams in the produce dept. are not yams either, they are not in the US as a general rule, very large yams are, usually a China thing I think. (Just a particular point to clarify.)

[flyerfan182]

Outback does have large sweet potatoes just like Roadhouse Grill.

Not bad Sweet Potatoes there, I guess its hard to mess those up!

[tastycakes]

actually, sweet potatoes and yams are two different species. in america the term yam is incorrect but is often used instead of sweet potato. they are distant relatives, but are no more closely related to each other than they are to a standard potato.

[Diana]

Sadly, that's too long of a drive for a potato. Is there one at a Mitsuwa closer to the SFV?

[the capers]

probably not the answer you want, and im a bit ashamed that i know this, but the roadhouse grill chain does a humongous baked sweet potato (not yam) with brown sugar and butter that is really tasty. i would usually get one with my prime rib. not sure if there are many (any) in the LA area, they might all be in the inland empire (alas, my home town). good luck!

side note: the baked purple potatoes at jar with creme fraiche and chives are stupendous, but they are tiny (as baked potatoes go).

-miss caper

[Diana]

Actually, there used to be a Roadhouse in Canoga Park near my sister, in the Fallbrook mall (or is that Woodland Hills?)

I woul go there JUST for those sweet potatoes, and ask for the biggest one they could get me. That and a salad was dinner.