Madonna Inn Pink Champagne Cake

Because the flowers are in bloom and the air is perfumed with the sweet smell of spring, our minds drifted to world of fantasy desserts. As we kept talking about oh how we wished we would have a piece of creamy fluffiness the phone rang and our good friends called from their trip to San Luis Obispo, which is about two hours north of Santa Barbara. We talked about dessert of course and they said they will bring a surprise! Later that day they stopped by with this incredible hot pink fairytale fantasy cake from their trip up to the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo.

Last Thursday after a business meeting in Los Angeles we went for lunch and little shopping to one of our favorite LA destinations - The Grove. It was raining heavily so we ran inside our usual Grove lunch spot and did not notice until we were seated in the far right corner that we were no longer at The Farm (the previous restaurant), but in Chef Gordon Ramsay's brand new eatery The Fat Cow. There it was on the wall right above our table a large neon sign flashily illuminating the words FAT COW and in the next moment we assumed that the"Hell's kitchen" star devotion to the letter 'F' is continued here by naming  his new restaurant (later we found out that the credit goes to his children because they  love to eat all kinds of cow meat.) Well No matter of the unique name, Chef Ramsay's new down to earth restaurant is udderly brilliant and definitely worth to moo about. Conveniently located right next to the Pacific theater where you can take the entire family for a warm meal before braving the latest action thriller next door. Trust us, this sure beats popcorn and milk duds :) 

Oh sweet morning what would you be without these scrumptious Danish rolls from Andersen's Bakery.

What a delicious way to spend a Saturday! We were invited to Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel Public Kitchen & Bar (which has replaced their Dakota eatery) for lunch and a Brunello tasting.