Lamill, Again

coffee and jelly donut 

passionfruit gelee

brioche donut holes

I've gone to Lamill 3 times this week.  I'm a little embarrassed.   Each time I go I keep thinking about how much Saeyoung would like it.  The other day I took Grace and she ordered the Coffee and Jelly Donut which is a layer of strawberry jam topped with espresso and donut infused milk.  I'm not sure how one infuses milk with a donut and I'm pretty sure we couldn't taste anything donut-y about the milk but it's a neat idea in any case.  The best thing I've had at Lamill was the passionfruit gelee.  It has a small amount of yuzu sorbet on top of a passionfruit jelly round in coconut milk.  The brioche donut holes are pretty much just donut holes-nothing special.

Lamill Coffee

I want to love polenta, I really do.  I've tried making it at home, with terrible results.  I've had it at numerous restaurants---disappointing for the most part.  Lamill has changed my mind.  woo hoo!  Maybe it was the whipped mascarpone, maybe it was the candied nuts, but most likely it was the butternut squash-my latest culinary obsession of late.  It tasted like something very close to a grainy delicious oatmeal.  I also had a Hong Kong milk tea-again, excellent--not too sweet.  Also, very cute restaurant with sliding panels to expand the restaurant when necessary.  Oh, and purple fingerling (?) potatoes!

Lamill Coffee

1636 Silverlake Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90026

Viet Noodle Cafe

This is pretty much Vietnamese food for hipsters.  The plus side of that is that there are plenty of vegetarian options, as in the spring rolls displayed above.  These are probably one of the best vegetarian spring rolls I've had, primarily because the were stuffed with jicama.  The downside is that the food cost more than I usually like to pay for Vietnamese-I think this may have to do with the organic ingredients they use, so maybe they've justified it. 

Their banh mi sandwiched are pretty great.  I've had the chicken and the white fish (cooked with tumeric and dill).  The tofu shitake banh mi was a little too sauced up with hoisin.  

Also, the Vietnamese iced coffee is excellent, on the creamy side perhaps. 

Viet Noodle Bar

3133 Glendale Ave

Los Angeles 90036