Comments on: ICME: Take-out from Mimi’s in Northridge http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:51:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Lit Blogging 4.5 « Carver’s Dog http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47532 Lit Blogging 4.5 « Carver’s Dog Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:21:12 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47532 [...] cleaned out (what an apt unintentional metaphor) in her Silverlake neighborhood (April 17); and Travis pokes fun at functionally illiterate restaurant workers. I could go on and on but I think the point speaks for [...] [...] cleaned out (what an apt unintentional metaphor) in her Silverlake neighborhood (April 17); and Travis pokes fun at functionally illiterate restaurant workers. I could go on and on but I think the point speaks for [...]

]]> By: lamapnerd http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47443 lamapnerd Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:54:59 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47443 Yeah, Mimi's is definitely blue-hair territory, but the food is surprisingly good for a corporate-theme chain restaurant. I'll go there for the triple-berry <i>pain perdu</i> (cream-cheese-stuffed egg-bread french toast slathered with fresh strawberries and blueberries in a raspberry syrup), the <i>huevos con tortillas</i>, the pot roast with mashed potatoes, the chicken pot pie, and the excellent coffee. Now, mind you, the <i>huevos</i> and other Mexican-food offerings are only "authentic" in the sense that they're about what you'd expect from Mexican food served in a New Orleans Jazz Cafe; and the whole New Orleans/Dixieland/Jazz theme-deco is weirdly at odds with the '40s big-band vocal standards that are always on the muzak, but, still, it's a pretty reliable breakfast/comfort-food chain. Yeah, Mimi’s is definitely blue-hair territory, but the food is surprisingly good for a corporate-theme chain restaurant. I’ll go there for the triple-berry pain perdu (cream-cheese-stuffed egg-bread french toast slathered with fresh strawberries and blueberries in a raspberry syrup), the huevos con tortillas, the pot roast with mashed potatoes, the chicken pot pie, and the excellent coffee.

Now, mind you, the huevos and other Mexican-food offerings are only "authentic" in the sense that they’re about what you’d expect from Mexican food served in a New Orleans Jazz Cafe; and the whole New Orleans/Dixieland/Jazz theme-deco is weirdly at odds with the ’40s big-band vocal standards that are always on the muzak, but, still, it’s a pretty reliable breakfast/comfort-food chain.

]]> By: frazgo http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47341 frazgo Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:40:46 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47341 Colinski: live long dyslexia! My affliction favorite. Colinski: live long dyslexia! My affliction favorite.

]]> By: Travis Koplow http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47340 Travis Koplow Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:38:47 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47340 You haven't lived until you've had fresh bokay. The frozen stuff can't touch it. You haven’t lived until you’ve had fresh bokay. The frozen stuff can’t touch it.

]]> By: lezgull http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47334 lezgull Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:46:31 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47334 I just saw a sign outside a florist selling "Fresh Bokay". I just saw a sign outside a florist selling "Fresh Bokay".

]]> By: colinski http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47332 colinski Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:34:32 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47332 Yeah, and even if he <i>was</i> ESL, that wouldn't explain the backwards N. Yeah, and even if he was ESL, that wouldn’t explain the backwards N.

]]> By: Travis Koplow http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47329 Travis Koplow Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:19:55 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47329 Will Campbell...he'll be here all week folks... And yes, it's blue-hair-ville all the way at Mimi's. We're talking the dark red hat club meets there. But hey, if it's in Chatsworth and I don't have to drive to it, it's totally worth going to in my book. Will Campbell…he’ll be here all week folks…

And yes, it’s blue-hair-ville all the way at Mimi’s. We’re talking the dark red hat club meets there. But hey, if it’s in Chatsworth and I don’t have to drive to it, it’s totally worth going to in my book.

]]> By: WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47324 WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:54:32 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47324 That's razon enough for me to avoid the place. That’s razon enough for me to avoid the place.

]]> By: frazgo http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47322 frazgo Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:29:32 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/04/16/icme-take-out-from-mimis-in-northridge/#comment-47322 Oh dear, you went to Mimi's? We tried it once. My youngest said it was an old ladies place and asked we never return. Doesn't explain the hurried scrawl on your to-go, just saying kids don't like the place. Oh dear, you went to Mimi’s? We tried it once. My youngest said it was an old ladies place and asked we never return.

Doesn’t explain the hurried scrawl on your to-go, just saying kids don’t like the place.

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