Pandagrub Birthday Edition: Tres Leches Cake

This week on pandagrub we are going to be celebrating my dad's birthday. For his birthday cake we are going to be making a tres leches cake. Tres leches means three milks in Spanish.

   The panda in the picture above is named Owo. (Can you guess why I named him that? Look carefully at Owo's cute face!) Owo is sitting with the three milks that we are going to be using in the tres leches cake. He is sitting with 12 ounces of sweetened condensed milk, 14 ounces of evaporated milk, and 1 cup of half and half.

First, make the batter for a 13" x 9" yellow cake (see recipe below).  (Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the cake making part!) While the cake is in the oven, make the glaze for the cake. Combine the condensed milk, evaporated milk, and half and half in a large mixing bowl. Whisk together until smooth. When you are finished whisking the glaze together it should look like the picture above.

After the cake is completely cooled down, poke holes in the cake with a toothpick (you can also use a fork but I used a toothpick so it would be neater.) Owo got a little carried away while poking all of the holes with his fancy toothpicks! Don't forget to poke the toothpick all the way through the cake so the glaze seeps in everywhere -- including down to the bottom of the cake.

When Owo and I finally finished poking the holes, we poured the condensed milk, evaporated milk,and half and half over the cake and the holes in the cake absorbed the liquid.

After the glazed seeped into the cake, Owo spread homemade whipped cream frosting over the cake as a finishing touch.

Owo was very excited to eat the tres leches cake. Owo thought that the cake was very delicious because it had the perfect amount of sweetness, lightness and creaminess. He especially enjoyed how moist the cake was because of the tres leches glaze. For the full tres leches cake recipe, click here.

626 Night Market

When my family and I went to the 626 Night Market a few weeks ago, we met some people who are going to be on Food Network's Next Great Food Truck Race. We met the Seoul Sausage Company. The Seoul Sausage Company is opening a restaurant in the L.A. neighborhood of Sawtelle, near UCLA. The guys at Seoul Sausage Company were kind enough to take a picture with me and my panda Tiny. Make sure to watch them on August 19 at 9 PM eastern time! For the full information about Seoul Sausage Company click here.

Restaurant Review: Bottega Louie

This week on pandagrub we are going to be doing a restaurant review of Bottega Louie. Bottega Louie is a bakery, restaurant and bar. 

 

The panda in the picture above named Louie. Louie is very excited to be going to Bottega Louie. Bottega Louie's address is 700 South Grand Los Angeles,CA 90017.

Louie and I went to Bottega Louie for breakfast. Louie ordered the freshly squeezed pineapple juice.

Breakfast is served! I ordered the New York style egg sandwich on a kaiser roll. Louie and I thought that the sandwich was very delicious because the bacon was cooked perfectly and also because the kaiser roll was soft on the inside and crispy on the outside.

My mom ordered the prosciutto and buratta over a potato pancake. My mom especially enjoyed the burrata because it went very well with the proscuitto and potato pancake.

After we finished our breakfast my mom and I went to the bakery. Look how many different kinds of macaroons there are!

Bottega Louie also has many different kinds of cakes.

As a special treat, my mom got me and Louie two macaroons. Louie and I picked the raspberry chocolate and the lemon macaroon. I will definitely come back and try the lunch menu. For the full information about Bottega Louie click here .

Restaurant Review : Gatten Sushi

This week on pandagrub we are going to be doing a restaurant review of Gatten Sushi. Gatten Sushi is a sushi restaurant that serves sushi on a conveyor belt. When you see something you like on the conveyor belt grab it! After you finish eating stack your sushi plates up by color. Stacking up the plates will determine how much it costs.

Gatten Sushi's address is 1530 West Artesia Blvd. Gardena, CA 90248.

The panda in the picture above is named Little Dragon. Little Dragon is taking a ride on the conveyor belt!

Little Dragon is sitting with some edamame. 

Tobiko is the first sushi that Little Dragon picked. Tobiko is fish eggs and rice wrapped with seaweed. Little Dragon enjoyed the tobiko because it was very salty.

Little Dragon and I were very surprised to see takoyaki on the conveyor belt. Takoyaki is a fried dough ball that has a piece of squid in the middle. The takoyaki was very delicious because it was seasoned perfectly and all of the flavors went very well together.

Little Dragon and I both loved the lobster and mayo sushi. It was our favorite because the lobster was really tender and went perfectly with the rice and seaweed.

Gatten Sushi even puts dessert on the conveyor belts! Little Dragon got the jello and fruit. 

Look how many plates we have! 

I had a great time at Gatten Sushi. Little Dragon and I will definitely come back and eat more delicious sushi.