1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,300 Hi Tundra viewers. 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:07,600 We're here today with Jason McKesson from eating LA Food. 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,600 How are you doing doing? 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:10,700 Well can't complain. 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:11,500 How's your day going? 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,500 Hey good another beautiful sunny day. 7 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:20,300 So my viewers are going to definitely want to know about 8 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:22,100 you and how you got started. 9 00:00:22,100 --> 00:00:25,700 Could you give me a little bit of a background on yourself? 10 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:29,800 Well actually born and raised in LA. 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,200 So I've always been in the food ever since I was a little 12 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,600 kid. I actually grew up not to be like sexist but I didn't 13 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:39,600 grow up with any sisters. 14 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:44,000 I only had brothers and I was the oldest so my grandparents 15 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,600 and my mom would always teach me how to cook and so from 16 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,700 there. I really developed a passion for cooking from when 17 00:00:51,700 --> 00:00:53,300 I was about eight nine years old. 18 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:54,900 I'll cook my own breakfast in the morning. 19 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,900 I'll start cooking meals for the family at a really young 20 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:03,500 age. And from there it just grew I just, you know growing 21 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:05,500 up in La there's all types of food. 22 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:08,100 I'm in love with all of them my girlfriend the other day 23 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:11,000 asked me what my favorite food was and I was like, you know 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,400 what I really don't have one is so you know living in la, 25 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,300 I love Mexican. 26 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:16,300 I love soul food. 27 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,300 I love American food, you know, sometimes I'm in the mood 28 00:01:19,300 --> 00:01:20,500 for sushi Jamaican. 29 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:22,100 It really just depends on my mood. 30 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:27,600 And so I was thinking about two years ago. 31 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,200 My girlfriend went on a trip to Thailand and Indonesia, so 32 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,700 I just had like two three weeks of free time. 33 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:36,700 I was just like bored a lot of the time so I was thinking 34 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:38,400 you know, what what can I create? 35 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:44,200 I've always thought of myself as a Creator and one thing 36 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:48,600 I thought of I create I create was a blog like a food blog 37 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,800 like where can you get the best food in La for a reasonable 38 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,300 price? So that's where it all started and it basically just 39 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:55,900 grew from there. 40 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:59,800 And I originally I used to just show like, you know restaurant. 41 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:02,900 Or places where you could get food in LA. 42 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:04,100 And from there. 43 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:06,500 I was like, you know what I like cooking a lot too. 44 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:09,500 So, let me make my page about my recipes as well. 45 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:13,400 So it just kind of grew into recipes and restaurant tips 46 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,800 for food lovers. 47 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:15,800 Wow. 48 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,400 I love that and I love the passion behind it that it really 49 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,600 drove you to you know, Blossom your own cooking experience. 50 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,000 It's well, you know, I feel like that's a that's a big thing. 51 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,500 You want to go someplace and then you kind of want to recreate 52 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:31,200 it. Put your own spin on it. 53 00:02:32,100 --> 00:02:34,100 Right Fischer. 54 00:02:34,500 --> 00:02:39,900 So do you have like any background in the food industry what 55 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:44,200 brought you you know to kind of you know, do you have anything 56 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,100 in your professional background that brought you here? 57 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:53,300 Um, actually I used to during the fall months. 58 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:57,000 It started in college like my grandma taught me how to make 59 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,200 sweet potato pies, and so like I went to college In Atlanta 60 00:03:02,300 --> 00:03:05,400 and I made a sweet potato pie for one event. 61 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,500 And after that one event. 62 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:09,800 I had a couple friends ask me. 63 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:11,300 Hey, where'd you get this pie for and I was like, are you 64 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:13,200 made it and they're like, I know you didn't make it like, 65 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:14,000 where did you get it from? 66 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,300 You know, and I was like, no I really made it. 67 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,000 And from there it kind of just grew like they were like, 68 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,600 oh well since you made this King, I'll pay you. 69 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,800 Can you make one for I'm going to a holiday party. 70 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:25,800 Can you make one for me? 71 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:29,000 And another person asked me to another and another and I 72 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,600 was like, you know what maybe I can you know, Start doing 73 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,200 this is like a side hustle just like making pies, you know 74 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,700 during the fall months. 75 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:43,000 And so I kind of started doing that and Yeah, just kind of 76 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:44,300 grew from there. 77 00:03:45,500 --> 00:03:47,100 I called it Johnnie Mae spies. 78 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:49,100 I have a small Instagram account. 79 00:03:49,100 --> 00:03:53,400 I haven't made any in the past year, but two years ago was 80 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,500 probably the last time I made it basically just trying to 81 00:03:56,500 --> 00:04:00,400 save up to start a pie business sometime in the near future 82 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:03,200 and that's what I'm currently working on. 83 00:04:04,300 --> 00:04:04,900 Okay? 84 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:05,800 Oh, that's awesome. 85 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:07,600 Yeah, having multiple things going on. 86 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,100 You know, that's the thing with food. 87 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:10,400 There's so much creativity. 88 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:14,900 There's so many lanes you can Go into you know, so what would 89 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:20,200 you say is maybe like a standout place that you've been to 90 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,000 and Ela that if you had a friend visiting in town, you would 91 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,600 say definitely go there. 92 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,700 Well first the first question I would ask is it would depend 93 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:34,300 what kind of food you like because I liked it before, you 94 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:37,800 know La is just a Melting Pot of all types of different food 95 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:38,300 and culture. 96 00:04:38,300 --> 00:04:40,700 So it's really what you want to eat. 97 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:47,800 But with that being said Obviously a lot of people, you know, 98 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:48,900 we're close to Mexico. 99 00:04:48,900 --> 00:04:51,200 So like they say, oh, I want to go to La I want you know, 100 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:55,000 I want tacos or fish tacos or whatever might one of my favorite 101 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,100 mixing places is Fiesta Martin actually, it's in Inglewood. 102 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,300 It was technically not in LA but it isn't LA County, but 103 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:06,700 it's probably my favorite Mexican restaurant in La so I would 104 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:09,100 say alright, you know, you're leaving from LAX, you know 105 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:14,100 stop by Fiesta Martin disappointed drinks food. 106 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,100 Everything's on point serve. 107 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:20,700 Excellent, so I'll probably say Fiesta Martin for Mexican 108 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:26,400 food. Yes, you did LA and how has it been with you lately, 109 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,100 you know with everything going on, you know with the pandemic. 110 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:34,700 How's that affected, you know you're going out and getting 111 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:38,000 food. Do you find that you know, you've been able to still 112 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,900 find your go twos or have you discovered anything new? 113 00:05:41,900 --> 00:05:42,600 Basically? 114 00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:46,300 Yeah, I've definitely discovered a lot of new places. 115 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:48,800 I've obviously been doing a lot of you know Postmates door 116 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:51,900 - honestly before the pan. 117 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:57,100 I started I didn't do door - or Postmates any food delivery 118 00:05:57,100 --> 00:05:57,600 at all. 119 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,000 I was always type of person. 120 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:00,700 I'm really an in-person guy. 121 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:04,400 Like I rather go to a restaurant, you know talk to the people 122 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:09,900 Tom lots of the waiters waitresses owner if possible really 123 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:11,200 like to get a feel for the restaurant. 124 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,800 You know, what got them started. 125 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,500 And so like, you know during this pandemic, I really haven't 126 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:18,500 had a chance to do that. 127 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:22,300 I've really only been like two restaurants sitting outside 128 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,600 and obviously is you know, if you know being in La we were 129 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,700 shut down for like, you know, November December you can even 130 00:06:30,700 --> 00:06:33,200 sit outside you could just you'd had to just pick up your 131 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,400 food. So it has been a challenge and obviously, you know 132 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:41,600 food tastes better the you know more fresh it is so you don't 133 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,200 really get to Habitat. 134 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:47,900 Initial first taste like right when the food's done, but 135 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,300 you know like you mention I have found a few places. 136 00:06:52,300 --> 00:06:59,700 I'm trying to think of when they came to mind since hey, 137 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:01,900 oh, there's just one place. 138 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,000 It's small, but it's Mid-City this one at a time place called 139 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,900 Supremo and it's located. 140 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,500 It's a couple blocks from my girlfriend's house and we started 141 00:07:11,500 --> 00:07:12,800 ordering it's Italian food. 142 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:25,600 It's very You know if you're working and I love it, I wouldn't 143 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,400 have found it if it wasn't for Postmates or this whole pandemic 144 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:31,800 period and it's probably one of my go to places now whenever 145 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,000 I'm at her her place. 146 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,200 Yeah, everything's got a silver lining man. 147 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,200 And I feel like this is made people discover some other places 148 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:43,500 that like you said, like normally would have never gone to 149 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:44,800 and now you have like a go-to. 150 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:46,500 It's like in the perfect location. 151 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,600 Russian you guys can go have like a little date night to 152 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:50,600 go date night. 153 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,000 Yeah, we sit outside on the balcony sometimes you know for 154 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,500 sure have you gotten on the picnicking Trend? 155 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:01,600 We have gone on a couple picnics. 156 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:02,800 Honestly. 157 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,400 I'm a real like outdoorsy type of person like I go on a lot 158 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,100 of hikes. 159 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,000 So we were we did a lot of picnics before this but we definitely 160 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,700 have increased them since like the other day. 161 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:20,200 Friend, she had her 30th birthday party, but she had it as 162 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:20,900 like a picnic. 163 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:24,100 So, you know, everyone was kind of spread out at a park. 164 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,400 So it was a lot of fun. 165 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:28,300 It was just good to see people and get together. 166 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:29,900 Hey, yeah, I know. 167 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:34,600 I feel like that little outlet that you can make the outdoor 168 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,900 space, you know, kind of your new home base. 169 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:40,400 You're used to going out to eat and it might actually be 170 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,799 like a little bit cost-effective to you know, I never thought 171 00:08:42,799 --> 00:08:47,200 about how like, you know, if this is really like it saves 172 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:48,700 money and it's fun. 173 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,500 It's fun to be outside and have some sun on your face and 174 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:53,900 just be like, oh, yeah, I brought extra drinks, you know, 175 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:56,000 so we For sure. 176 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:01,200 Do you have like any like go to use for packing the perfect 177 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,900 picnic packing the perfect picnic? 178 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:09,000 Yes, definitely need a salty snack. 179 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,100 Definitely need a sweet snack when I say sweet snack. 180 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:18,900 I mean candy and like cookies or donut or something like 181 00:09:18,900 --> 00:09:21,200 that. Sweet snack like shit. 182 00:09:21,300 --> 00:09:24,800 I mean a salty snack like chips or crackers. 183 00:09:24,900 --> 00:09:31,800 Hers water is essential obviously always need are some type 184 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,100 of alcoholic beverage, you know, whatever floats your boat. 185 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,200 I know it's an essential business know that until this happened. 186 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:43,800 Oh, yeah, definitely. 187 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:45,200 Is it safe? 188 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:47,700 Yeah. 189 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,300 My favorite is the you know, the just single-serving you 190 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:53,900 can get like World Market. 191 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:54,800 Oh, yeah. 192 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,900 Yeah, you can get a whole assortment and you know, somebody 193 00:09:57,900 --> 00:10:01,000 likes red wine white wine beer. 194 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:04,200 You can kind of pack your cooler with everything. 195 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:05,000 Yep. 196 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,400 Yeah, and I like the salty and the sweet that's good. 197 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,800 It's important because sometimes I do like wine and cheese 198 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:17,000 thing and then I'm like, oh no, I don't have a sugar. 199 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:18,200 Yeah, exactly. 200 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,100 Yeah, you need both and a lot of times I'll go like healthy 201 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:25,500 and like unhealthy, so I'll go like chips and and I'll have 202 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:29,800 like cookies and like you said fruit, you know, like grapes 203 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,600 melons, whatever else. 204 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:40,000 Yeah, and then usually like either a sandwich or sushi that's 205 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,500 actually really packable. 206 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:47,300 Yeah find that when one of those well going along on a the 207 00:10:47,300 --> 00:10:53,000 alcohol because it is essential to have a go to brewery Winery. 208 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:59,400 Um, usually I guess I would go like Wine, I guess I'm more 209 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,000 of a red wine type of person even if it's during the day 210 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:04,300 nice. Yeah. 211 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,800 Yeah red wine Pinot. 212 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:08,900 Let's say okay cool cool. 213 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,400 And those are opening back up for actually doing like tastings 214 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:19,600 or you know, getting actually like wine or beer to go or 215 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,300 even like to have their on-site if some of these wineries 216 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:25,500 are breweries have like outdoor space. 217 00:11:25,900 --> 00:11:29,200 So that's all I didn't know if you'd I didn't know that and 218 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:30,700 I haven't been in so long. 219 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:31,700 I'm thinking about it. 220 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:34,600 Like I need to go after opening back up. 221 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,500 Yeah, I've seen a cool Trend now that the food trucks. 222 00:11:38,500 --> 00:11:40,200 I'm a big food truck follower. 223 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:43,100 They will team up with the breweries. 224 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:44,200 That's really okay. 225 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:45,000 Oh nice. 226 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:45,700 Yeah smart. 227 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:48,000 Yeah and makes great content. 228 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,800 So do you have any probably since all this started you've 229 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:54,400 cooked a lot more? 230 00:11:54,500 --> 00:12:01,600 I know I have you have any like go-to recipes that you know 231 00:12:01,900 --> 00:12:05,100 any time that you're thinking to maybe like impress your 232 00:12:05,100 --> 00:12:07,700 girlfriend or you know, you want to make something really 233 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:14,100 good. You only like go-to recipes one of mine is I really 234 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:18,000 like making quiche that seems like it would be hard. 235 00:12:18,900 --> 00:12:22,100 You know what it actually it seems harder than it is. 236 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,700 Well to me, it seems harder than it like once you get into 237 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:27,900 it. It really doesn't it really doesn't take that long. 238 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:31,000 The whole process probably takes I would say three hours 239 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,000 maybe four. 240 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,200 But yeah, I really like making like salmon Keith to be my 241 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:41,000 favorite. So get some salmon in there some onions some asparagus 242 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,300 salt pepper a little bit of garlic. 243 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,000 I like putting like Feta cheese inside the keys, too. 244 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:54,500 Some feta cheese usually some cheddar some cheddar mixed 245 00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:57,500 in and then like a layer of cheddar on top. 246 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,000 And that probably looks that's an impressive dish to take 247 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,700 that out and feel like I made a quiche can't wait. 248 00:13:04,900 --> 00:13:07,400 Oh, yeah the most common expecting that. 249 00:13:08,300 --> 00:13:09,100 Oh, that's a good one. 250 00:13:09,100 --> 00:13:11,600 Do you have a recipe of that on your page? 251 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,200 I actually had one quiche recipe. 252 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,100 I think I made with just leftovers, but I don't think it 253 00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:23,200 was the salmon when I think on the page I had its yeah, but 254 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:24,900 I was like, yeah. 255 00:13:24,900 --> 00:13:27,700 Yeah Reds like cherry red tomatoes. 256 00:13:28,300 --> 00:13:30,600 I think onions mushrooms. 257 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,400 Cheese, from what? 258 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,700 I remember nice. 259 00:13:38,500 --> 00:13:45,400 So do you have any kind of any other like at home cooking 260 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,800 tips that you could give somebody for? 261 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,900 You know, who's just starting to cook who's just starting 262 00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:54,400 to kind of like explore recipes and things like that. 263 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,600 Um, yeah, I would say just start, you know, start simple 264 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,600 and expand a lot of times with me. 265 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,600 Like I'll look at Peace and let's say us. 266 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,300 I don't know fried chicken recipe for instance. 267 00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:09,700 So like the first time I'll make I'll you know, I'll follow 268 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:10,400 a recipe. 269 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,900 I'll follow the recipe, you know, almost to a tee. 270 00:14:12,900 --> 00:14:16,900 Like let's say if it's Fried Chicken, they'll season it with 271 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:20,100 and the recipe calls for seasoning with like salt pepper, 272 00:14:20,900 --> 00:14:23,300 you know seasoned salt. 273 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:28,700 Garlic salt paprika Thyme and then you know, I'll take that 274 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:31,600 recipe and I might add a couple more ingredients. 275 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:38,300 It's like I was like, oh, I might add some Rosemary or I 276 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:42,600 don't know some white pepper or you know, just make it maybe 277 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,500 take like a small step forward and instead like, you know, 278 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:52,800 drizzle some red wine vinegar on it or some lemon lemon juice 279 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,600 on it to give it some acidity and I like start with the recipe 280 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:57,700 how it's key. 281 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,000 Is another step to make it my own. 282 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,500 Yeah, it's good so that it's not intimidating for people. 283 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:10,600 It's got to be, you know, like you don't have to follow it 284 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:11,200 to the letter. 285 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:11,800 Right? 286 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:12,500 Right. 287 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,900 They are kind of like making my own spin on it. 288 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:19,200 Whatever the recipe is awesome. 289 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,500 Well, so what have where the what's the last place you went 290 00:15:23,500 --> 00:15:25,800 to and you had just had like the best meal? 291 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:39,300 hmm the best meal last week Oh, that's tough. 292 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:43,200 I'm just trying to think of a really good meal. 293 00:15:43,500 --> 00:15:44,000 Yeah. 294 00:15:46,100 --> 00:15:52,100 this is I had a place it's called Harold and bells. 295 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:57,300 It's on Jefferson near like near Mid City LA. 296 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:00,800 It's not far from USC. 297 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,300 If you know where USC is about five minutes away from their 298 00:16:04,300 --> 00:16:07,900 five seven minutes, but yeah, they have a like amazing Creole 299 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:11,300 food. They have the best desserts or some of the best desserts 300 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:12,800 I think for a restaurant. 301 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,100 But yeah, what do I get from there? 302 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:18,900 I usually just get salmon or I usually get. 303 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:22,400 Salmon, and like mashed potatoes and asparagus. 304 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:23,900 They have really good bread. 305 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:24,300 Excellent. 306 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:25,300 Garlic bread. 307 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:28,900 They have really good clam chowder all types of seafood. 308 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,300 What else are recommend from their their jambalaya is really 309 00:16:34,300 --> 00:16:36,200 good. Jambalaya is amazing. 310 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:39,700 Any type of like fried dish from there. 311 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,900 I know it's like they're simple but like I really like the 312 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,800 fried soft-shell crab dish that they have that sounds really 313 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,300 good. But yeah, I would definitely recommend checking it 314 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:52,700 out. Honestly for that area. 315 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:57,800 It is a little pricey but it is like the meals were probably 316 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,200 going to be like, you know, 30 40 dollars a piece. 317 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:02,700 Hmm, but they're worth it. 318 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:04,800 Sometimes you gotta Splurge. 319 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Yeah not know. 320 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:12,599 Do you have a It like, you know for Budget like cheap fast 321 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:14,099 food kind of eats. 322 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:21,300 Cheap fast food like what's your favorite of like, you know, 323 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:24,599 even if it's like a drive-through or you know, something 324 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:30,900 like quick honestly, I like Panda Express regular. 325 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:32,600 Yeah, Panda Express. 326 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,900 Usually if somebody's you know, I haven't had it in a week 327 00:17:34,900 --> 00:17:36,200 or two and someone recommends it. 328 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,600 I'm like, yeah, I could do that. 329 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:40,200 Nice it hits the spot. 330 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:40,800 Yeah. 331 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:42,300 It's usually a default for me. 332 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:44,600 It's simple, but it gets the job done. 333 00:17:44,900 --> 00:17:51,000 She was Tasty, you know and so for your page, is it just 334 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:51,800 you running it? 335 00:17:51,900 --> 00:17:53,200 You don't have any iron. 336 00:17:53,300 --> 00:17:54,600 You don't have any other outside help? 337 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:54,800 Okay. 338 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:55,600 That's awesome. 339 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:56,100 Yes. 340 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:57,400 We I take all the photos. 341 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,000 I liked all the copy. 342 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:01,200 Yeah, it's all me. 343 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:02,200 That's awesome. 344 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:03,900 So you have your page right? 345 00:18:03,900 --> 00:18:07,400 And then you also do you still have the blog I don't have 346 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:08,200 the blog anymore? 347 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,800 No, I'm just focused on the page because it's really hard 348 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:14,300 to get people to move from the page. 349 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:14,900 Yeah. 350 00:18:15,300 --> 00:18:18,900 Ugh right in still like just lay it out lay it all out on 351 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:19,200 the page. 352 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,600 Just make it easier for the user. 353 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,000 You know, nice. 354 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,300 Well, you've amassed quite a nice little following now, where 355 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:25,500 you go? 356 00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:25,600 Oh, yeah. 357 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,900 I was surprised I was surprised you hit me up about it. 358 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:32,500 I was like, oh, yeah, what's your number at now? 359 00:18:33,300 --> 00:18:33,700 Huh? 360 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:34,900 What what? 361 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,200 What's your follower count now? 362 00:18:36,300 --> 00:18:42,100 I think it's like 30 3150 and I was just planning it on getting 363 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:43,100 to like mm. 364 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:45,100 So I didn't I didn't even think I would agree, but now I'm 365 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:46,100 To get it to 5. 366 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,100 So awesome. 367 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:50,100 Well, you're officially like influencer for sure. 368 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:51,500 That's crazy. 369 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:53,600 Wild. 370 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:56,900 What do your friends think are your family have they like, 371 00:18:56,900 --> 00:18:59,300 you know commented on like how your page is blowing up. 372 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:01,000 Um, to be honest. 373 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,000 I really haven't told a lot of my friends about it. 374 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,100 I kind of wanted to keep it. 375 00:19:04,300 --> 00:19:05,300 Yeah. 376 00:19:05,300 --> 00:19:08,800 I'm starting to more now like the originally I just told 377 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,100 like my family and my girlfriend about it, but I didn't even 378 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:14,900 tell a lot of my friends like I just like oh, this is just 379 00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:16,900 something I I want to start, you know, if it gets some traction 380 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:17,600 and cool. 381 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,600 If not, I still enjoyed doing it. 382 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:21,100 Yes for me. 383 00:19:21,100 --> 00:19:21,500 It's fun. 384 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:22,100 Either way. 385 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:23,700 Awesome. 386 00:19:23,700 --> 00:19:27,200 Yeah, the the fact that probably it's just you doing something 387 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,400 that you're passionate about and not putting that pressure 388 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,900 on then the that it's blossoming. 389 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:34,000 That's great because people are just jumping on board with 390 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,000 your enthusiasm, you know, they're like of these recommendations 391 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,500 to exactly sure. 392 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,500 I'm sure they probably will appreciate you your now kind 393 00:19:44,500 --> 00:19:47,400 of like a source of College for some go to places to eat 394 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,100 so that the right goal that must be helpful. 395 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:53,200 Like people hate you up. 396 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,400 Do they ask like, hey, I want to go out to eat. 397 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:56,500 Like where do I go? 398 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:57,300 Yeah. 399 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:01,400 Well do ya so nice Definitely increasing more and more now 400 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:04,500 like I get more messages now about recommendations. 401 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,300 I'm like, oh that's pretty cool because that's that's how 402 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,400 I am with my friends like when my friends come to La they 403 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:09,000 hit me up. 404 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:09,400 You know. 405 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:10,300 Hey, where should I eat? 406 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:13,000 Where should I go or you know, I'm going on a date tonight 407 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,200 or we have I don't know I have my Kids and we're over here 408 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:17,300 in Inglewood. 409 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:18,700 I don't know like is there any place is good? 410 00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:22,000 I can eat you know, so yeah. 411 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,000 No, that's great. 412 00:20:23,700 --> 00:20:24,200 That's awesome. 413 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:30,200 Well, do you do you have any like upcoming any plans of any 414 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,400 places you're going to next that you can give us like a little 415 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:34,700 sneak peek? 416 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,500 Well one place to check my phone. 417 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,900 I actually had it. 418 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:45,100 I had a listen my phone but unfortunately since the pandemic 419 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:48,300 Oh, yeah, it kind of it just keeps changing, right? 420 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:51,000 Yeah in a lot of places weren't open a couple places. 421 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,400 I'd wanted to do got you know shut down unfortunately. 422 00:20:55,800 --> 00:21:00,300 During the is this restaurant here we go. 423 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:06,600 Yeah, let me just pick one because there's so many. 424 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:09,900 Your source of information. 425 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:12,800 So I'm sure anyone via a good one. 426 00:21:12,900 --> 00:21:13,600 What do you hit? 427 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:14,300 Yeah. 428 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:16,500 Well one place I really wanted to try. 429 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:19,700 I'm not sure how they're doing now, but one place it was 430 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:23,500 like a marijuana infused restaurant. 431 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:25,600 It was called Lowell fall. 432 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:31,800 Yeah, it was called Lowell farms and it was on the Brea and 433 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:32,900 I have not tried it yet. 434 00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:35,300 But that's that's probably next on my agenda. 435 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:36,000 If there are open. 436 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,200 I know they weren't open a couple times I checked. 437 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:41,500 I really want to try it. 438 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,300 That's cool. 439 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:44,700 Yeah, that's definitely a good one. 440 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:47,200 I know I would I would love to try something like that. 441 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,300 Yeah, and there is also a place where I never been to a restaurant 442 00:21:51,300 --> 00:21:54,600 like this like you they were kind of groundbreaking because 443 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,700 you could before the pandemic you could smoke inside and 444 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:02,300 get your your food was infused with marijuana. 445 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:05,200 So I don't know just being like an interesting. 446 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:06,500 Yeah. 447 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:08,000 Yeah to me. 448 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,900 I mean, yeah, it's like a When in Rome kind of thing right? 449 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:15,600 Like la like give it a shot, you know, you gotta try it exactly. 450 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,700 So yeah. 451 00:22:19,700 --> 00:22:24,800 I mean now it's on well, thanks so much for chatting with 452 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:28,000 me. This has been really awesome to learn about your page. 453 00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:32,300 And so everybody can find you on your Instagram eating La 454 00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:35,500 food. Yep, and do you prepare? 455 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,800 Yeah Representin and do you have a regular posting schedule 456 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,800 does a anybody can like, you know catch you on certain days 457 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:46,600 for updates? 458 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,800 Generally, it's I would say it's Tuesday Tuesday or Wednesday 459 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:52,900 are usually posts like some weeks or more than others. 460 00:22:52,900 --> 00:22:57,000 But usually a 2-0 Wednesday using the more Emily will send 461 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:00,900 all our Tundra viewers over there to go check you out for 462 00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:03,000 any recommendations on you know. 463 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,600 For the next go to take out spot or a restaurant. 464 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:08,700 And yeah. 465 00:23:08,700 --> 00:23:10,800 I look forward to hitting up one of your recommendations 466 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:11,500 really soon. 467 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:12,700 Thanks so much. 468 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:14,100 Thank you for your time. 469 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:16,000 Bye. 470 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:16,900 Take care.