LA "off the beaten path" day 3

Yes, ice-cream in the winter? only in LA!!! Made right in front of you with some of your favorite ingredients, as you get to choose them! It is call "IcePan" making its debut on Santa Monica Blvd.!

Where else!!!!!

The pan is large, flat with about 2 inches edge all around and seating on a-35 freezer counter plate. To choose flavors from: Chocolate - to Green Tea and passing by Mango - Coffee and others and combination of it the harder thing you have to do before enjoying a Very large scoop of ice cream. I had a triple mango and you get to choose your liquid base like: yogurt, milk, cream soy!

Add some fruits like mango, strawberry banana are just a few! I mean large scoop because

of the size of the pan and technique use they can only make it one size, not so bad as I ate the whole scoop!

This picture is mine being made!!!!!

How about this picture? chocolate and more chocolate finish with caramel!!!!!

Then we sat outside in the sun "people watching" in hope I would catch a "star"! Get it?

LA "off the beaten path" day 2

Polka anyone? One can't dance there, but certainly the food dances in your mouth!!!!!

This is a place that you might find in Poland or closer like Chicago. No! It is in the "Valley" as they say in LA and part of a little shopping plaza where Eagle Rock blends into Glendale. We were eager to go and glad we made reservations ahead of time.

Very small place, cozy, old european style decor and romantic ambience. You might have to wait outside on one of the benches. Lucky it is LA, not here in Wisconsin, but wish we had places like these closer to home!

We started with a variety of Pierogi and truly delicious, my favorite being the sauerkraut . It happens that a patron next table was visiting from Poland and she had just heard about it and was trill that she could take her friends to experience true Polish foods and she did not miss telling everyone who wanted to hear how authentic it was! Next we had the stuffed cabbage "Golabki , Kielbasa Polish sausage , Pieczen, pork roast and Kotlet Schabowy, pork loin. The portions are VERY generous don't be shy to take some home.

It was our children find and they had experienced before and I certainly will make another visit on my next trip out there.