Farmer’s Market Above the City
I’ve been wanting to check out Yamashiro Restaurant’s Garden Market since they opened a couple of months ago. Though I am a LA native, I haven’t visited this amazing historical landmark till this week!
Note: Their $2 valet service has been discontinued. BUT, there is free parking at the Fifth Christian Science Church @ 7107 Hollywood Blvd (enter off N. La Brea Ave) where a complimentary shuttle service will take you up the hill. We arrive late – around 7:45 – and noticed quite a few people walking down the hill — which mean, they must’ve walked up. It was still bright out at 7:45 so if you go early, it’d be a nice short hike up and down the hill.
My friends Lory and George just came back from 4 months of traveling the globe, serving with a nonprofit organization called KIVA and exploring Asia & Europe. So, it was a perfect trek to Hollywood for Lory and me to catch up on the last 4 months while experiencing the hype of Yamashiro’s $3 gourmet tacos (2 for $6), shopping for fresh veggies, and tasting Chocovivo stone ground chocolate (Lory loovvvedd the Mayan and purchased a bar!) and Bulgarini Gelato (yummy blood orange Granita!)…. all of this while overlooking LA’s night skyline and Yamashiro’s Japanese garden behind us.
Skyline Flowers were giving away your choice of 2 free yellow roses (that look like peonies) or a bunch of pink snap dragons!
Gourmet on Wheels boasted their organic cheese and grass fed beef.
We failed to capture a picture of the touted tacos, but here’s the menu:
The kitchen staff worked nonstop to feed the long line of hungry Angelenos while wine was being sold by the bottle or by the glass en route to the food counter.
