Crumbs Bakeshop Beverly Hills

Folks, don't get your panties in a wad like we did when we noticed Crumbs opening up shop just a block or two down from famed Sprinkles back in Sept '07.
Maybe the Crumbs Daddy's thought something like ..." heck--Sprinkles has more business than they can manage--". "Let's help em out, we'll pick up the slack and sell those waiting and wanting cupcake fiends quicker cups o'cakes than a blink of an eye, and with less staff to package up the order".

Thanks Crumbs for bringing your unique contribution to the baking table.

Quite frankly Daddy Crumb your recipes are kinda cute; definitely conceptual; intelligently articulated and initially seductive.

Daddy Crumb, you lost us when we got close enough to sniff out the doughnut shop demeanor of your Patisserie
chef.

WE TASTED: Caramel Apple and Boston Cream cupcakes.

REVIEW: In the big universe of cupcakes. Crumbs cupcakes were ok. Overall, they didn't feel or taste wholesome.

First impressions--Sugary, hostess-esque underpinings resonating preservatives, fake colors, hydrogenated oils, shortenings, artificial flavors and basically low budget ingredients, and low to mediocre quality.

Crumbs Bakeshop is bountiful on toppings upbove their buttercream mediocrity and cake that hold it.

We agreed to gingerly approach the cupcake hoping for more that what it appeared to be an over glorified doughnut shop imposter.Trying not to judge a book by its cover-- we opted to push through our ethnocentric tastebuds and allow the sugar fiend within to decide.

Come to think of it, Daddy Crumb does a pretty great job on the pretty part of looking at these bakeshop cupcakes. Colorful, and inventive ideas definitely get some play.

Daddy Crumb could kick it up a notch with some quality ingredients and get an upgrade on the Patisserie chef. Justify the $3.50 per cupcake for humanity's sake! For us, Crumbs Bakeshop is just a pretty rough and ragged doughnut imposter posing as cupcake in the heart of Beverly Hills. A for pretty food~


Crumbs Bakeshop
9465 S SantaMonicaBlvd.,
Beverly Hills Ca 90210
310-550-9811
www.crumbsbakeshop.com

Blossom Vietnamese Restaurant

Welcome folks, to an economical downtown neighbor and eatery which was bright airy fresh and simple.

It was renewing to find ourselves parking on a LA urbanscape of the downtown LA homeless Harry meets bohemian Betty exchange.

We parked on the street a short block away -- a surprise to us. Then we ventured in to Blossom Vietnamese to check out the food scene on the edge of the garmet district.

WHAT WE FOUND: semi suited peops and artist types echoing the likes of Loz Feliz Genteel crossing paths with the banker populace; 2 dining rooms with opposite ambiance.

Low Light level seekers definitely go take the darker moody dining room. Light and bright folk follow the glass windowed walls overlooking the passerby's in both the easterly and northerly direction- just next door. Two restaurant dining rooms one kitchen. These guys are efficiently smart.

WHAT WE TRIED: Vegetarian Spring Rolls in Rice Wraps; Vegetarian Fritters;; and Vegetarian Curry

THE REVIEW: Overall it was an average Vietnamese food eating experience. Taking the pics was the highlight for this dining opportunity .

The Vegetarian Spring Rolls were lacking a little love and need more zest in the filling... the way Gingergrass does in SilverLake. It was hard not comparing. The Spring Rolls definitely needed the peanut sauce.. the tofu and rice noodle filling couldn't stand alone on their own. The blandness felt like a careless filler.

The Vegetarian Fritters were a conglomeration of tofu, sweet potatoe, and mushroom -- fried in a light batter that initially sounded decadent and comforting. The fritters tasted like sweet, cold fries by the time I enjoyed my first bite.

We thought ok the Vegetarian Curry is going to send us over into land of "satiate my appetite" already~ Spicy brown sauce supported our cast of carrot-green bean-mushroom and Tofu. The side of steamy rice was indeed a nurturer, which soaked up the curry nicely. I wasn't feeling the love that my foodiebooty pal "C" was experiencing . He was happy as a curried clam.

In Sum, this dining adventure was just ok. The Pho looked grand on the way out... take a chance and venture into Blossom Vietnamese Restaurant and let us know how you like it.~

BLOSSOM Vietnamese restaurant
426 S. Main St.
Los Angeles Ca. 90013
213. 632.1973
www. blossomrestaurant.com
www. blossomteas.como