Jay Eats Worldwide

Living in Los Angeles, there are a lot of good burger places, such as Umami Burger, Apple Pan, Father's Office, In n Out, etc. One of my favorites places for a burger is Plan Check Kitchen + Bar, headed by chef Ernesto Uchimura.  Chef Ernesto is the former  corporate  executive chef at Umami Burger. One of my favorites... PCB  (Plan Check Burger) with Americanized dashi cheese, ketchup leather, schmaltz onions, and mixed pickles on a crunch bun. Just one of the genius things of this burger is Chef Uchimura's creation of the ketchup leather.  It's housemade ketchup which has been dehydrated (similar to a fruit roll-up). It's placed at the bottom of the burger, preventing the burger juices from getting the bottom bun soggy AND you still get the ketchup flavor, brilliant!  It was a beautiful Los Angeles day, so sitting out on the patio was an easy decision.   See What Jay Eats...  Housemade Yuzu Soda It couldn&#

  If you follow me, you know I love baseball and food.  Last season, I was invited to a  behind-the-scenes tour  of the new restaurants  at  Dodger Stadium,  I was looking forward to see what's new for 2015. See my 2014 behind-the-scenes tour  HERE  Growing up on the next hill over from Dodger Stadium, I was here a lot, a LOT.   Dodger Stadium is the third oldest ballpark in the Major Leagues (opened in 1962)  and is the largest baseball stadium by capacity at 56,000.   I call it home...  It's really nice to see that the ownership group has updated this classic ballpark into the modern times with new technology, more restrooms, activities for the kids, and of course new FOOD! The Dodgers were kind enough to invite me again for another behind-the-scenes food adventure for this season. As usual, I got here early to watch batting practice. Just some of the Dodger Hall of Famers just hanging around... The che

 When is a milkshake not just a milkshake? When it's a Monday at Plan Check Kitchen! Each Sunday, the chef goes out to a local farmer's market to select a special flavor for Monday's special milkshake.  Along with other foodies, I got to sample the three milkshakes for this week's Market Milkshake Monday. It was the perfect tasting size, without being too much. See What Jay Eats...  This week's flavors: Strawberry & Rose, topped with rose sugar and a rose petal. Vanilla Bean Chocolate My favorite... Each milkshake had that old skool classic flavor, which I loved, but one of them stood out just a bit.  Strawberry & Rose Maybe it was the rose sugar on the top, but you could taste the freshness of the local strawberry with the rose.  These are the full size milkshakes. $8 Each Monday, they'll have Vanilla Bean, Chocolate, and a special flavor selected at a local f