Farmshop - West Los Angeles, California

Address: 225 26th St, Brentwood, CA 90402

Items Ordered:

• Farm egg salad w/ mixed greens, beets, and brioche toast
• Frittata w/ mushrooms, onion confit, and frisee
• Granola w/ Straus family creamery yogurt

Living on the outskirts of Brentwood inspires me to dream of richness and dine at fancy restaurants. Farmshop was one of the fancy restaurants on my Brentwood to-eat list (the other one is Tavern), and I thought I'd bring some of my Houston visitors along. I thought my egg salad was masterfully prepared, and the butter lettuce in my mixed greens salad was refreshing. The frittata tasted healthy, and the granola homemade. Nothing was too salty or fatty, and I told myself that if I were a celebrity I would eat here whenever I wasn't drinking my lemon/cayenne pepper juice cleanse in preparation for the Oscars. However, my Houston friends are much less delusional than I am, and promptly after this meal, they asked "Where are we really going to eat for lunch now?" So while I had a nice snack at Farmshop and would probably return to try the acclaimed fried chicken one day, the winning meal of my day was really the fatty and rich Daikokuya tonkatsu ramen that came after this lunch. Who says you can't have the best of both worlds?

--y

Salt's Cure - Los Angeles, California

Address: 7494 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046

Items Ordered:

• Pretzel dog with housemade ground mustard
• The Bookworm sandwich - grilled ham sandwich with braised kale & swiss cheese

Sometimes living in L.A., I get jealous that I'm not a hipster, or a Real Housewife, or a valley girl, or Selena Gomez. So I try to at least eat at places that will make me feel like I belong. Thus, in true hipster fashion I visited Salt's Cure to try their locally sourced, homemade dishes. The Bookworm definitely tasted fresh, but was a little too mild in flavor, while the housemade ground mustard overpowered the tastiness of the sausage. I liked Salt's Cure just fine, but it didn't really blow me away. Since the hipster persona is not working out for me, I will let y'all know in next week's post how my bourgeoisie personality is coming along :).

--y