Lulu's Cafe

Beverly Blvd, midtown

Yes I'm procrastinating from the tons of work I have to do for the show (opening next week still!) but everyone's gotta have a break, and what better way to take a break than to look at food (I'm obsessed.) So, zooming back to when Brian was visiting, we headed out to Lulu's Cafe - something new and different!

Everyone brought their dogs here to this mostly outdoors restaurant cafe. The atmosphere was chill and trendy - this place is crowded on a Sunday, which is when we went, but the wait wasn't too bad and we were seated within 15 minutes.

What to eat?!! Everything looked good, but I always go for the savory meal...
My plate was the Omelette with with olives, pico de gallo, turkey sausage and cheddar, with potatoes and english muffin. A spanishy flair to my omelette, yes. I was pleased with the way the eggs were cooked - still light and fluffy. I think what they do is cook the eggs in one pan, cook the stuff inside in another pan and then combine. So the eggs aren't too runny or overdone, and the stuff inside is evenly heated. Brilliant! But what was inside was the best...here's a closeup...

REAL olives. Not the black ones from the can, the real deal, the purple kind that are bursting with flavor. This was completely unexpected and a VERY welcome surprise!! The turkey sausage was excellent, the cheese was real and not American Kraft cheese, pico de gallo was fresh. Potatoes were good and english muffin was...an english muffin. I enjoyed this greatly.
Here comes the sweets! Owen and Brian have major sweet teeth (heh) and shared this mountain of delish-ous Blintz French Toast (I think that's what it was called.) Massive toast wedges, cooked in a sweet egg batter and then lathered with a lucious ricotta spread, then topped with fresh strawberries and bananas! It was a sight to behold. Owen didn't even need to use syrup, and downed every bit of his share. This was Jared's Croissant Sandwich with egg, cheese and ham. (I think ham? Might have been bacon though.) Jared admitted he had a major thing for any sandwich product, and I agree, a breakfast sandwich is a great thing, indeed. The croissant was flaky and buttery (looking, I mean, I didn't eat it), not like those horrible store bought ones that are tasteless and taste oddly like bricks. Check out the extreme close up...
Oooo check out that little slobber of cheese...anyone getting hungry yet?

This was another dish that Owen and Brian shared: A egg scramble with turkey sausage, tomato, avacado and mozzarella, with fresh fruit and white toast. The plate was practically licked clean.

This was a pleasant place to start our Sunday. I hope to go again, although their parking situation was kind of rough (actually, almost nonexistent, but we parked somewhere residentially). Good pick, Brian!! The olives alone compel me to return here for breakfast...