hungrykitty

Great Dinner in Santa Barbara

Glbtrtr:

We had a lovely weekend in Santa Barbara. We were very surprised, and lucky, at how beautiful the weather was. We expected it to be chilly and it was gorgeous!

Thank you again for the many recommendations that you gave us.

We went to Hungry Cat early Saturday evening and all tables were reserved. We sat at the bar and really enjoyed watching the chef prepare fabulous meals. (I love to cook) We were just going to have appetizers as we wanted to go to Arigato. The menu is not as extensive as the Hollywood location. We shared seafood fritters with stone fruit, arugula and spicy aioli. They were very good, and ended up with 2 orders! We noticed the chef plate up some nice halibut and we asked him about it. It was a special and it was grilled and served over pappardelle pasta with cherry tomatoes, zucchini, beans and spinach. WOW was that fantastic, we shared that as well.

So we headed over to Arigato for “appetizers”…45 min. wait at 9:30pm. We gave them our cell # and headed to State & A for a drink and they called 10 minutes later. What a great idea – the sushi was great! We just had a few things since we well sort of ate already…spicy scallop, avocado cut roll/soy paper, salmon sashimi and yellowtail sushi. Oh, the quality of the fish was EXCELLENT; we will definitely be coming back to this place.

Sunday we did Holdren’s. We shared an appetizer; jumbo scallops with crab potatoes, these were fantastic and so was the sauce they served them on. His steak was excellent. I wanted to try the sand dabs. The fish itself was good, a little too breaded for me.

THANKS AGAIN for all your input – it was truly appreciated.

Santa Barbara - we will see you again, soon.

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The Hungry Cat
1134 Chapala St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Holdren's
512 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

on Sep 02, 2010

hungrykitty in California

Great Dinner in Santa Barbara

glbtrtr-

Thank you so much for all of the recommendations. I was happy to see you post Arigato on there. I had read reviews and it seemed to have good ones and then you confirmed it for us. We LOVE sushi and while I am no “diva”, I am picky with my sushi. We are torn between Holdrens and Sea Grass. Looked at both menus and he wants a steak, but I can get enough of the menu at Sea Grass. I suggested we stay another night, but it does not work in our schedule.

I will let you know how it goes.

Is Chuck’s on the pier (I think) worth trying for lunch? I have been to Hungry Cat here in LA, how is the one there?

THANK YOU so much for all of your suggestions.

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The Hungry Cat
1134 Chapala St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Holdren's
512 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

on Aug 27, 2010

hungrykitty in California

Great Dinner in Santa Barbara

Glad I saw this thread - we are also going to Santa Barbara for the weekend and were wondering where to go...from one extreme to the other, we are interested in a good steak house and a sushi bar. (two separate restaurants) I have also heard there is wine tasting near by. All suggestions appreciated... thanks

on Aug 23, 2010

hungrykitty in California

Can you freeze mashed potatoes?

This is interesting. I have a lot of mashed potatoes left and just asked my mother how she makes her potato pancakes. She told me to add an egg to hold together of course, but I thought that seemed unusual. This is how I ended up on this thread to see if they freeze well. Thanks for all the advice.

on Aug 17, 2010

hungrykitty in Home Cooking

Pasadena, Old Town

Thank you for all of your suggestions.
They ended up going ahead of us to get in and out early to avoid UCLA traffic and were craving Greek food. They ended up at Santorini. They enjoyed it; had Humus, Lamb Souvlaki and Seafood Salad. She was vague and said "ethnic" and all weekend they expressed their fondness of Greek food.
We, however, would like to go back and try Akbar Cuisine of India.
Thanks again for your suggestions.

on Oct 19, 2009

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