My husband said Laja was like the French Laundry of Baja California.
It’s an honest place for good food and wine in the heart of Baja’s Wine Country.
I spotted one sign for Laja off Highway 3, the main road looping thru Valle de Guadalupe.
It was a lovely spot for my birthday dinner. I was ready for another birthday weekend in Baja California after I celebrated the beginning of my 30s in Ensenada.
The one thing that caught on my eye on the wedding invitation: a luau at the Royal Kona. The little eighth grader inside of me was jumping for joy.
We enjoyed our first sunset in Kona sipping Mai Tais, catching up with Bay Area friends and waiting for a pig, slowly roasting in the ground.
I had a bucket list for food on our quick weekend trip to the Big Island of Hawaii.
Loco Moco at Splasher’s Grill in Kailua-Kona.
Spam Musubi at Foodland Farms in Kohala Coast.
Kālua pig at a luau inside the Royal Kona Resort.
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Wrap it up! Sometimes I just need some meat, carbs and vegetables wrapped up in a flour tortilla. Yummy burritos are easy to find in San Diego.
Breakfast Burrito at Werewolf.
Chimichanga at Ponce’s.
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Chewy noodles and meaty broth. A hot bowl of ramen makes my belly happy.
Add pork belly and a soft-boiled egg. Heaven.
It’s a pleasure to look for the best ramen in any city.
This time: San Diego.
I loved the spicy miso broth and the thick noodles at Yakyudori.
The spicy sesame broth knocked me off my feet at Tajima. They were able to replace the ground pork with tofu when I needed to abstain from meat for Lent.
Smoked bacon and a hot dog paired nicely with noodles in my Underbelly Ramen bowl at Underbelly. I could have used another scoop of broth.
Rich, tender oxtail chunks made me melt in the Belly of the Beast bowl.
