Eat my words...

"I should be a food critic."

The words are out of my mouth in between my peach cocktail and my michelada... But its true, no reason to blame it on the alcohol, I really should be a food critic. Why? well because I love food!
I'm not one of those girls who loved shopping, shoes don't do it for me and though I have a weird obsession for all thing that glitter and shimmer I don't do "retail therapy" BUT I will drop my paycheck on seared foie gras and lavender creme brulee!

And I'm not the only one. I've found in my different circles of friends that there is a new crowd so to speak. Young, professional, fresh out the gate foodies! In the age range of 21-35, boys and girls, straight and gay.... foodies! And there are alot of us.

We work all week and we go home and flip on the food network or we google how to cook the fresh produce we picked up at the farmer's market! We are the new generation of Julia Childs and Martin Yans! We know what zesting is, we love when food is infused and innovative, and we go out looking for culinary enlightenment!

For example tonight accompanied by my fellow nommers a.k.a "foodies" we descended on West Hollywood gastropub "The Village Idiot" A pleasant mix of local bistro and British pub, the place was packed on a Saturday night and continued to fill up late into the night. Our mission: the restaurant's dark chocolate brownie with marshmallow layer!

Drink-wise we all had something different: We had 1 Hef, 1chardonnay, 1 cappuccino, 1 peach cocktail and 1michelada

Starters:
Chorizo stuffed bacon wrapped dates with a roasted red pepper sauce - yummy but nothing to phone home about I've made better but yummy just the same if you want something small and savory

Entrees:
Oak grilled hanger steak, fingerling potatoes, bloomsdale spinach, and horseradish cream - AMAZING - it was actually ordered as an alternate because they had run out of mussels, but it was extremely well cooked and perfectly paired with the sides and amazing sauce

Catfish with a pigeon peas and tomatoes - Ordered by our southern food specialist the catfish was cooked well but was overshadowed by the vegetables on the plate that were very aromatic and tasty

Warm goat cheese tart with frisee and citrus salad - Surprisingly fresh and bright tasting even though it was a warm cheese tart. Strong citrus flavor but not in a unpleasant or overpowering way. Wonderful choice if you want something light but fulfilling

Pan roasted maitake mushrooms on grilled ciabatta with a creme fraiche sauce - Amazingly savory and melt in your mouth good. Awesome small plate dish plus unlike most mushroom dishes you get a good helping of Mushrooms

Crispy pork belly on wilted greens with pickled apple - Kind of lack luster! The pork belly was perfectly good, it was really like any other pork belly I've had but the star of the plate turned out to be the thinly sliced pickled apple. Everyone at the table tried a piece and loved it! I would have just paid for a small plate of the pickled apple!!! LOL

Dessert:
Chocolate cinnamon bread pudding with Almond Gealto - Simply divine! The bread pudding was smooth and creamy, there were no weird crusty bits or ugly raisins just pure goodness topped off my an amazingly tasty gelato

Dark Chocolate walnut brownie with a burnt marshmallow top and Carmel - Obviously one of the stars of the show this was extremely decadent and every chocolate lovers dream

Overall a wonderful night out with friends and even though we came for dessert I think we all left really loving the middle of the meal! So my fellow foodies... EAT EAT EAT!!!
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