Just home....lovely meal at blink.

Started with tuna tataki and zucchini blossoms, moved on to sable fish and gnocchi, finished with hazelnut nougat and peach Melba ..

It was really good, the fish dish was sublime, polenta was silky and the cauliflower purée like velvet. The tuna appie II could have eaten all night.
The desserts were great too, would have been hard for one to eat all the nougat though...very, very rich.

We appreciated the portion sizes too...not monstrous. Left sated and happy.

Thanks for the input. Just wished we had time to eat at them all.

I did look at Charcut, but I am not feeling as "meaty". Our go to in the past when we visit has been river cafe, so we are looking to change it up.

We settled on Blink, read though many many menus, husband like that he actually understood the menu at Blink, some are getting very pretentious and hard to understand.

Any recommendations for something nice that is walking distance to the bow valley? Interesting creative food, dinner for two with glass of wine $120-140. Thanks

Bad timing though...we returned home to Canada and in my mailbox was the newest issue of Saveur magaine...the cover is...THe best of Los Angeles...now I need to go back and skip the parks and hit more restaurants!

Visited it on Wednesday and really enojoyed it My husband had the Wahu and I had the Sea Bass, the kids had the fish kabob and shrimp.

We really enjoyed it thanks for the recommendation!

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Fish House Vera Cruz
417 Carlsbad Village Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008

Home and reporting in...we went to Port PIzza dn ended upo not staying way too noisy after a week at Disneyland we neede something more layed back we ened up going for pizza ata mom-and pop right around the corner and really enjoyed it.

We decided to eat here for our disney experience as the pirates of the caribeean view was so fun for the kids...I had the monte cristo very yummy but a bit greasy. We also tried the jambalaya which was good too. Outside of this we went for Disney's Dole Whips twice, those are a tasty little treat! yummy!

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Blue Bayou
1580 S Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, CA

In-n-out...glad we went; now we have been but honestly we found it salty and only ok. When I compared it to a recent night at five guys burgers and fries it was not nearly as good. I am glad we went though!

Home and reportinng back

Long days witht hte mouse so we could not everything we wanted to but ..El Farolito was great we went twice...loved it!

The beans were great, enjoyed the pork carnitas immensely, as well as the chili relenos, we tried fish tacos as well...yumm...lots of yummy things here thanks for the recommendations!

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El Farolito
201 S Bradford Ave, Placentia, CA 92870

They will not slide as nice afterwards. I have foind the best thing is stick thme in a garbage bag overnight, sealed with a small dish of ammonia, they clean up beautifully after that.

Ah that is so obvious when you write it out....thx

Hmmm that is a bit far youngest is 6. Can I ask I keep seeing this what is an OP?

We will be traveelling between Disneyland and Legoland in about two weeks any must stops for Lunch?
Thanks

thanks!

Wow that sounds great...what is guancile? Love squash blssoms and chicken livers....I used to live in Pariswhere I was introduced to them ...we would pan fry them and add to a fresh mix of lettuce greens with endive , a light drizzle of red wine vinegar and some olive oil, a quick grind of salt and fresh pepper...mmmmmmmmm

Thought I would jump in here...WE are in the Hat and went last night with our kids. Tasty indeed, but not perfect. the eats were yummy but a littel dear, two adults and three kids was $50 which to me is a little dear for burgers and fries. they ran out of pickles which I am not sure how you do when you are across the street from two grocery stores....
It is super noisy, it was completely full but to that the stereo was added at a high volume.

The tables are really close together, some schairs you almost needed a shoe horn to get into as the chair behind was so close. the bathrooms were much the same only one sopt to stand in to get the door open ang get out...think rv bathroom.

We did enjoy the food though; tried not to think about the fat and sodium which I cna only imagine to be through the roof. I had a junior burger , bacon cheese, lettuce, fried onions, mushrooms. I think that was it they call it "the lot?"....next time I would skip the mushrooms and have raw onions. My husband had jalapenos I would have that next time too, I snuck one of his and they were tasty on the burger. Cajun Fries were a nice seasoning. Fries are definatley fresh cut so nut crispy liek a precooked /twicecooked frie.

Would I make a road trip for this? Not in a heartbeat, definatley worth visting but driving 5 1/2 hours round trip for never. Just not that much better than burgers I have had elsewhere.

tommy is growling now; thanks=-)

I would never dream of entering that debate ; just not enough pizza knowledge. I have had good pizza in the east and good pizza in the west all good all different.

I will check out all three...is any one better?

this is sounding like a must do...so how is the pizza?

they do .., hubby is working towards our son being a master brewer some day =-0 He like a little sip...but they do love root beer too so that is cool!

We will be in the area (tourists) three kids in tow. But anticipate being there either on a Sunday or on President's day. Any must have eats that are walking distance to this? Pass on the sushi though the kids do not love it enough. This would be at Lunch time.

Thanks

Really??

Any other places he should hit? He loves that stuff; so we will certainly be bringinfg bottles home but if there are any other places you can recommend bring them on...thanks

Park closes at 5 I think so Point Loma may still work I will check out the other too; thanks

Great I will check them out, my husband is deeoo into craft beer so the pizza place may be worth a snoop...but I will check everything out thanks!

We are visiting the area in two weeks. stying in Carlsbad but willb travelling to Sea World. I need recommnedations for three suppers. i have three kids...I have gotten AWESOME advise on the LA board for our stay there I am hoping for like advice here.

I would love to go for some great seafood....does not need to be fancy...I will have my three kids, 6,8,10.
Just yum and true to the area. I guess that is the heart of the question what is this area known for? We will probably not do suschi the kids do not love it enough.
We will have a car and can drive, not to the ends of the earth mind you. But don't mind a bit of a jog.

thanks everyone

thanks I will check those out.tummy is growling...

Great idea; but probably no...we live right by a costco so we oftne do that witht he kids now,, shop grab a bite etc....chuch e cheese just sent a shiver down my spine.....

That is a great tip the kids would love that; thanks

Ok as I am wading through all this Gabbi's Mexican Kitchen or Puerto Esperanza? thanks