Let's Review... Luigi Ortega's!

Hello everyone.

This morning I went to buy a lipstick I had my eyes on for quite some time. Film Noir! It's a chocolate brown with a red base. I rather love this colour it makes me feel powerful and good about myself. Christine at my local M.A.C did my eyes a dark dramatic eye. (She told me I was not allowed to wear them both together but the goth 12 year old in me insisted I at least do it for a photo.) :P Sorry Christine.

Then I went with my mom out to lunch at a place I had never been before called Luigi Ortega's. They have so much to pick from and it all looked good! They even have some exotic meats for the adventurous eater. The mini pizza seemed very popular. I got the appetizer "Elephant Garlic Shrimp". My mom got the spaghetti lunch special. The shrimp was really good!! We got an Asian salad to go for later. The sauce for the salad is a thick almost syrup like orange and ginger flavoured sauce. I took some photos of the extra shrimp I brought home.

Day 2 of the review

I looked over the website to do some extra research for this post and I discovered something super awesome. THEY DELIVER! I decided I would order something else off the menu just to have one more thing to review. For lunch today we got the lunch special spaghetti it comes with 2 meat balls and a coke. The sauce they have is lovely; it has great flavour and lots of body to it. The meat balls are baseball sized piles of goodness. We also got a BBQ chicken pizza which was yummy but I'm not an onion fan! If you like onion and BBQ chicken this is the pizza for you. The pizza box is super cute! The place is covered in cartoons of the two chefs Luigi & Ortega. They have tons of TV screens that play all kinds of sports as well as cartoons, news, and court shows pretty much anything you like.

I took a bunch of proper photos on day 2 of my review so I hope you all enjoy them.

Talk to you all soon.

Enjoy!

Elephant Garlic Shrimp

Well... It's been interesting. + Reviews

In a post before I told you about a new job I got.

Well, I got screwed and treated with total disrespect and that's really as far as I'm going to go into that. I don't want to badmouth people. Moving on with life! My plan is to try to get the job I wanted in the first place. I will keep applying till I get it. :D

My camera broke so I haven't been able to do photos of any of my new recipes but I think I have that fixed so watch out here I come with new reviews of lots of new and awesome places, food, people and items! 

It's been a month of discovery and re-discovery.

Today I want to talk to you about one of the discoveries and one re-discovery I made recently.

Let's start with the re-discovery.

El Pollo Loco had fish tacos for awhile igniting my love for them. Sadly it was a limited time offer so when they vanished I was very sad. My mom went to dinner with a friend and brought back a fish taco from a Mexican joint we go to a fair amount called Paco's. Every fish taco I had up till this point was a fried fish fillet with baja sauce and either cabbage or lettuce shredded in. This is what I expect to see on my plate when I order a fish taco. This was not what I saw when I looked at this fish taco from Paco's. At fist all I saw was shredded cabbage and this yummy looking creamy sauce. (Spare me the cream sauce on the fish taco jokes guys!) :3 I was starving so I dove right into this thing. The sauce is amazing; the fish is not breaded but seared in a spicy blend of seasoning. It Was Heaven! Oh my goodness. I was obsessed for like 2 weeks I had 2 of them almost every day.  It's a ways away to get there so we don't go there every day all the time. If you find yourself in the Pasadena/Arcadia area PLEASE check this place out. They also have a shrimp enchilada which my mom and my uncle love as well as many other dishes. Chips are perfect, good salsa and a "Manager's special" Margarita. It's the same as the standard margarita but they upgrade you to the good stuff for no extra charge when you mention the manager's special. It's not a huge place; the parking lot is pretty small. It's lovely inside and they do have outdoor seating for people who prefer to be outdoors. 

Now to the discovery!

Carmela Creamery is a new store in the area I think it popped up while I was in New Zealand. Every time we passed this place it was slammed full of people so I figured it was a sign of good things. I decided to stop there yesterday and I was shocked. It's a special creamery. They make very cool and different flavours. Lavender Honey, Mint & Cacao Nibs, Strawberry Buttermilk, Watermelon Mint and Salted caramel just to name a few! I tasted the Mint & Cacao nibs. It tastes like fresh mint leaves. It's real folks no green Ice Cream with chocolate chips here. The cacao nibs are crunchy and a bit bitter but it works wonderfully with the mint ice cream. MUST TRY! I have every intention of going back and getting one of their ice cream sandwiches. They have two cookie flavours for the sandwiches, Dark Chocolate and Chocolate Chip. I can't wait! They also serve cupcakes from a place called "Blue Cupcake" which I will update you on when I try one! I was waiting in line and listening to the people talk about the flavours. Now when you take a kid to a place like this they would go EW at the flavours. That doesn't seem to be the case here. Teens and small children alike seemed to love the new and complex flavours this place has to offer. If you are in Pasadena check them out! If not check out the website and pass it on.


More to come soon, 
Ginn