Cheer Up With Food

At the new Downtown Summerlin  shopping plaza, fantastic shops and restaurants are opening up including a new gelato eatery named  Gelato Messina .  What stands out about this gelato shop is that this is their first US location (they are based in  Australia ) and they make their gelato from scratch using only the finest ingredients.  I guarantee that if you stop by and sample their gelato, your eyes will POP in amazement like mines did! Gelato Messina adorns their interior with bright colors and loud artwork, reflective of their passion for making vibrant and creative flavors of gelato There's coffee, lattes, and more drinks to accompany the desserts Cremino - Salted caramel gelato and crushed amaretti biscuits with soft meringue and Nutella Inside the Cremino - all the flavors layered and folded throughout this decadent dessert :) Delish! Peanut Butter & Jelly "Sandwich" - Brioche gelato, peanut butter mousse, and blackberry j

I woke up back in Los Angeles this morning after being in Tucson for four months. The first thing that popped into my head was, "Where am I going to eat?"  This was serious.  I had a few spots in mind, but the  bae  suggested a new  Dim Sum  restaurant that had recently opened up in  Studio City .  It was only three months old!  The other Dim Sum restaurant was 45 minutes away from us, and  Shanghai Rose  was only 15 minutes away.  We had to go. The front of the restaurant Yayyy parking!  $1.50 for the first hour, who knows after that.  We were hangry. Shanghai Rose's owner hired 100% Hong Kong chefs to pleasure your palate. You can see them in action with the design of an open kitchen. Here she comes!  And literally with a snap of a finger... The Pork Dumplings were the first thing we pulled off of the cart.  It was a very generous and juicy piece of pork. Fluffy Pork BBQ Buns The sticky rice