Well, folks. I’ve traveled all over this year and had many, many tasty meals. There are a number of particular dishes that out best the rest and here they are, the best foods of 2010:

Best Appetizer: Blue Cheese stuffed dates wrapped in applewood smoked bacon with aged balsamic vinegar at Cafe Was (Hollywood)

Best Breakfast: Crab Cake Benedict at Wild Thyme (South Pasadena)

Best Burger: Customized burger with Gruyere, sauteed mushrooms, pineapple and avocado at The Counter (Pasadena)

Best Comfort Food: Chicken & Waffles with white gravy (The Waffle (Hollywood)

Best Dessert: Fried Ice Cream

at Acapulco, San Pedro

Best Food Truck Fare: Kogi Pastel from Bool BBQ

Best Fries: Seasoned Fries from Kitchen 24 (Hollywood)

Best Hot Dog: Skooby Dog at Skooby’s, Hollywood

Best Ice Cream: TIE! Saffron & Rose ice cream at Mashti Malone’s (Hollywood) and Mint Chip Ice Cream from the Coolhaus Ice Cream Truck

Beat Meat Dish: Lamb kidney Turbigo style from Musso and Frank Grill

Best Mexican: Everything from Alegria

pictured: Tacos ala Crema

Best Oysters: Half dozen Fresh Oysters in the Half Shell from Durty Nelly’s, Ireland

Best Pasta: Shrimp, Crab & Lobster Linguine

at Gladstone’s (Long Beach)

Best Pizza: Giovanni Pizza at Tutta Bella (Seattle)

Best Sandwich: Corned Beef with red onion jam on a cibatta

at Juno’s Cafe (Dublin, Ireland)

Best Seafood: Oysters & Crab Cakes from The Crab Cooker (Newport Beach)


Best Soup: French Onion Soup

from C’est Si Bon (Washington)


Best Sushi: Spicy Dragon Roll

from Sushi of Naples (Pasadena)

Best Tapas: Everything at Bar Pintxo (Santa Monica)


Best Veggie Dish: Asparagus, potato roast tomato gratin with mustard cream and a herbed hazelnut and Gabriel cheese crust

at Cafe Paradiso(Cork, Ireland)

What are some of your best food finds of 2010?