Poketo » Travel http://poketo.com Art for Your Everyday Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:00:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Omakase at Gari… http://poketo.com/blog/2012/02/01/omakase-at-gari/ http://poketo.com/blog/2012/02/01/omakase-at-gari/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:00:47 +0000 Poketo http://poketo.com/?p=9208 Our fate in the hands of the chef.

cheers to the chef

OMG!

our first dish...

Snow crab with caviar at Gari omakase style with @gcsf!

Creamy tofu with tuna. This blew my mind!

Crepe

crepe layers... amazing

Banana bread

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Momofuku ramen where David Chang is the religion.

Perfect runny egg

Dessert coming up...

Whipped tofu with condensed milk and peanut

outside in...

Momofuku Ramen Bar

]]> http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/31/momofuku/feed/ 0 L to Bedford http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/29/l-to-bedford/ http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/29/l-to-bedford/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:00:10 +0000 Poketo http://poketo.com/?p=9202 I’ve lost count of the number of visits to New York. But, Brooklyn seems to be another world. Why don’t I make it here more often? If I were to compare it to Los Angeles distance wise, it would be like going from Downtown to Silverlake. It’s really nothing, a quick train and you really are in a new place. Thanks to one of our very own Poketo crew, Joe, a former New Yorker, we got some tips to the sweet spots in Williamsburg. The #1 being Fette Sau. The best bbq, hands down. We ordered a couple of pounds of pulled pork, brisket, and pork ribs… one of the best bbq I’ve ever had, period.

Fette Sau

Fette Sau

serving it up

Oh yeah!

Meat parts

Then it was off to Mast Brothers Chocolate Tasting Room and Factory. The tour, we were too late to attend, but, the tasting room was the amuse-bouche to our next visit. Can’t wait.

Mast Brother Chocolate

Mecca of hipster chocolate

Mast Brother Chocolate

Mast Brothers Chocolate

beautiful packaging...

Mast Brother Chocolate

coffee tasting...

Mast Brothers... Vanilla Smoke

We picked up a few chocolates… Vanilla Smoke, Stumptown Coffee x Mast Brothers, and an Almond Marine Sea Salt. Ended it with a couple night caps of Smoky Velvets at the Roebling Tea Room. A place like this, Angie could get her tea and fries and I got a nice cocktail. Perfect.

]]> http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/29/l-to-bedford/feed/ 2 N Y C … X I A N http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/28/n-y-c-x-i-a-n/ http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/28/n-y-c-x-i-a-n/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:25 +0000 Poketo http://poketo.com/?p=9199 We were on a plane for most of the day yesterday and arrived in the city we love to visit. Thanks to Poketo fan and friend Lia Bulaong, we got New York started right with a little hole in the wall in East Village… Xi’an Famous Foods. This place is small and the decor is nothing, but, the food is so darn good. The flavors remind both me and Angie of the time we visited Xian some 10+ years ago.

the sign of good food.

My memory of that city is the Muslim quarter, the aroma of meats on sticks, and the dense, smoke filled streets from grilling streetside. The air was literally filled with smokey goodness, it was amazingly awesome. Xi’an Famous Foods is nothing like the real sights and smells of Xian’s Muslim quarter, but, some of the flavors brought me back, especially the spicy, cumin lamb. It was like having my meat on a stick so many years ago. NYC continues for the next week… follow us on instagr.am.

the little place was packed!

X'ian Famous Foods, the menu

yumz

fights over seats?

DSC_6961

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walk in the woods...

lovely

baby ferns

wild berries

Our friend… Jen… she costumes stars in the Holly Woods…

jen

Lovelies… artist Miki Amano and Angie.

xoxoxo

through the stream...

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blown

not yet...

middle...

night and day

photos in Big Sur by Miki Amano…

]]> http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/05/overblown/feed/ 0 The bakery in the woods… http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/04/the-bakery-in-the-woods/ http://poketo.com/blog/2012/01/04/the-bakery-in-the-woods/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:00:23 +0000 Poketo http://poketo.com/?p=9083 We spent a few days in Big Sur over the holiday. You probably know by now, Big Sur is one of mine and Angie’s favorite places on earth. It’s no less than stunning, a collision of ocean, rugged cliffs, rolling hills, mountains, redwoods and streams. It’s a perfect combination of nature. Plus, add a few creature comforts like Nepenthe’s bar, The Glen Oaks Inn, hot springs at Esalen, and Big Sur Bakery… well, it’s like pampered camping.

Big Sur Bakery

Big Sur Bakery is our favorite spot for eats. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, you can’t go wrong. The menu changes depending on the time, but, all of the dishes are made from honest, simple, local, fresh foods. Two of the owners are transplants from our very own Los Angeles having worked at Campanile, Joes in Venice, and La Brea Bakery among others. They make their own breads there and it’s delicious. I actually picked up their cookbook… can’t wait to start making their recipes. Here is a quick brunch we had there… yuuuumm!

Breakfast Pizza at Big Sur Bakery

Big Sur Bakery burger

Omelette at Big Sur Bakery

seussish

Angie instagramming… Jen, modeling her pizza.

showing it off

These guys were so cute… and huge! Great Danes, just chillin’ in the back of this truck while their owners ate at the bakery. Good dogs!
these guys were huge...

9 mi loop, Big sur

Most of these photos by our partner in crime, Miki Amano

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Mooney Falls and cascades downstream

sweet

The campground in Havasupai

bridge over stream

Left the Garden of Eden behind back to reality #havasupai
Havasupai Falls, Grand Canyon, AZ.

the roadtrip

sun coming up

xoxo

eroding rocks. the hoodoos.

go!
The hoodoos of Bryce Canyon, Utah.

Angie and Vernal

on top of the fall

I miss you already, Yosemite
Yosemite… one of my favorite places on earth.


The Santa Monica Mountains

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