Posted in Food, Life, Travel, tagged brussels, london, Ludo Bites, ludobites, november in brussels, november in london on December 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was reading the list of the resolutions I made at the beginning of the year and came to realize that my batting average is still about 50% when it comes to resolutions. But then I started to think about all the things I actually experienced this year, which made me feel better about all the resolutions I didn’t keep (specifically numbers 1-5).
So here is a recap of my year, in pictures. (more…)
Posted in Current Events, tagged chef ludovic lefebvre, krissy lefebvre, Ludo Bites, Ludo Lefebvre, ludobites, ludobites 4.0, ludobites gram & papas on April 12, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Sometime around January, I fell into a major funk. It could have been the colder weather. Maybe even the beginning of a dry spell since a certain hot, young age-inappropriate jail-bait (not really) had left town. Or because the holiday pounds finally caught up with my waistline and I could no longer fit into the skinny jeans without wearing a baggy shirt to hide the muffin top. I also think it could have had to do with LudoBites. My body was experiencing withdrawals and the side effects were not pretty.
But the winter of hibernation came to an end. After 3 months of bar method and 6 weeks of boot camp, I finally started to fit into my skinny jeans again, without the muffin top. Right around the time I got news that LudoBites was coming back for 8 weeks. Somehow I scored 6 reservations to LudoBites, which are harder to get than an invite to a State dinner at the White House. And just like that I snapped out my depression.
Friday was my last day of my 6 weeks of boot camp and my first reservation of six to LudoBites 4.0. My Friday night date was Christina. We’ve been known to overindulge when it comes to food (and men). Our idea of a perfect meal starts with all-you-can-Brazilian-BBQ followed by Portos Bakery for dessert. So I knew she’d be a great date for LudoBites.
We were the first ones to arrive. I made a reservation for 6pm just to make sure we could order everything before things started getting crossed off the menu because of the hungry masses. It’s been known to happen and there is no way I was going to let anyone get between me and my foie gras croque-monsieur. And there we were … looking at the menu. All 13 items.
Butter makes everything better. Two kinds of butter lavender & honey and smoked.
A refreshing carrot salad, as I work my way through the menu
There's lobster hiding in there
I heart Foie Gras Croque-Monsieur
Ravioli never tasted this good...
And since my stomach is a bottomless pit — and Christina always encourages my food habit — we decided that two entrees were not enough and added the steak with white asparagus to our order. I’m glad I pushed my stomach to its limits. What good is 6 weeks of boot camp, 3 months of bar method, and countless hours spent running through the hills of Hollywood if I don’t exercise my stomach.
Eat me... eat me
If you insist… fine… I’ll take a bite. Check out the inappropriate asparagus on my plate.
The asparagus tip reminds me of something... hmm... what could it be? My inappropriate mind never takes a break.
After 6 appetizers and 3 main courses, Christina and I were ready for dessert. If you only have room for one dessert — in case you don’t feel like stretching your stomach to its limits — you have to order the dark chocolate souffle.
Wow. That's all I can say about the dark chocolate souffle.
But life is short… don’t share just one dessert. Get one each and try both. We also ordered the raspberry religieuse, with pistachio parfait.
Yes, we finished both desserts.
And that was the end of my first of six reservations at LudoBites 4.0. I’ll be signing up for 6 more weeks of boot camp to keep the pounds away as I work my way through the LudoBites menu during the next 8 weeks.
Looking forward to more unforgettable meals with Ludo and Krissy.
Bon appetit!
The French Chef - Ludovic Lefebvre waving at his hungry fans.
Krissy, Chef Ludo's hot wife and the woman who runs the front of the house at LudoBites. She's awesome!
Posted in Food, Hollywood, Life, tagged Chef Ludo Lefebvre, Ludo Bites on November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s been three very long months since my last dinner at Ludo Bites and another month to go until my next one. Since my first dinner at Ludo Bites I’ve pretty much become obsessed with the food. Not exaggerating, but it’s the best food I have ever had. Don’t know how to explain it but never before have I had food that I obsess about for days and weeks after. If I could, I would have dinner at Ludo Bites every single day.
And now it’s back, for 13 magical days in December. The minute I found out — from following Chef Ludo and his wonderful wife Krissy on Twitter — I went online and made two reservations. When I decided to look at my calendar and see when I could snag a third reservation they were no longer taking reservation requests. (more…)
Posted in Hollywood, Life, tagged I love foie gras, Ludo Bites, Ludo Lefebvre on August 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
About a month or so ago, I was watching Top Chef Masters — which I’m undecided about — and this particular episode featured Ludo Lefebvre as one of the competing master chefs. I’d heard his name before (because I love to read restaurant reviews) and after seeing the episode, I had a dream about Ludo’s food. I must have been hungry because I can’t remember the last time I was dreaming about food.
After I had my dream, I shared this with the world (Facebook) and my BFF Laura told me that Chef Ludo is currently featuring his Ludo Bites concept at Bread Bar. He and his crew go to a restaurant that only serves breakfast and lunch and take over the dinner service. He’s featuring Ludo Bites at Bread Bar until Aug. 22. So Laura and I decided to have one of our monthly dinner dates at Ludo Bites. And I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Ludo’s food since then…
Here’s the deal, when a chef is that hot, he doesn’t even need to know how to cook. He could serve burnt toast and he’d have customers return. But, in addition to being even more handsome in person, Chef Ludo’s food was incredible. Laura and I don’t agree on much — we’ve been arguing about politics since our first poli sci class in college — but we both couldn’t stop gushing about the food. I’ve been to Ludo Bites twice in two weeks and can’t stop thinking about it. Now I’m trying to squeeze in one more trip to Ludo Bites between now and August 17. (I’ll be going on a diet from Aug. 18-28 until Fawn’s wedding.)
So here are some of the dishes I’ve had during my two visits to Ludo Bites
My second trip to Ludo Bites was with my friend Melissa (former roommate), who even tried the politically incorrect – yet heavenly – foie gras. So, now I’m obsessed. I need to have Ludo’s food every day, yet I know it’s not feasible due to economic and dietary restrictions. I mean I would happily eat 2,000+ calories of Ludo’s food for dinner every day, but I live in LA where it’s criminal to be over size 6. And sadly, I can’t afford to eat this every day. Maybe I should start dating more and now, I’ll tell my dates to take me to Ludo instead of sushi.
So I’m just throwing this out in the universe… “Looking for smart, attractive, sarcastic, over 5’10, fit, politically incorrect… male preferred, who will take me to Ludo Bites on our first date, and learn how to make the foie gras croque monseur in an effort to capture my heart.”
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