littlestar

from nicole's gourmet foodsin south pasadena:

san bendetto's peach iced tea
cheese platter for two with three baskets of bread and dried fruits
THREE desserts (creme brulee, tarte tatin, lemon meringue tartlets)

now... that has got to be some of the best creme brulee i've had and for $2.50, i could have cheerfully eaten and snacked there all day. :) as for the sheer quantity of desserts, they'd only had a "small" piece of tarte tatin left and didn't feel that was enough to give us (i thought the piece was still pretty big) and added the little lemon things of delight.

the place was really cute, kinda like cheeseboard in berkeley, but with other foods as well. they also had winetasting, but i kept to my alcohol is poison right now policy and refrained. they even had a little table with instructions on how to cut cheese. :) we had lunch under an umbrella outside, and the shade was nice especially with all the sun.

it was a very tasty meal. thanks, bleusky, for taking me to yet another tasty place.

it was the kind of place that i could have sat and drawn for a while, if there were more time. i haven't actually drawn all that much while i've been in LA... i'm too greedy for time spent with people. at least i've been getting reading done. maybe i can hardcore sketch once i get back to the bay area. :)