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Baja: The new Provence
Right now, 2:00Pm on San Diego Public Television.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dccf
Right now, 2:00Pm on San Diego Public Television. |
I didn't see it. What is the connection with France? A
guess; something to do with vineyards.
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Program concerned the Laja Restaurant (see link), where they grow their own veggies and cook with a French influence. Visited a vineyard in the
Guadalupe valley. Visited some restaurant kitchens where fresh fish is prepared.
I thought it would be pretty interesting but turned out not to be. You didn't miss anything about the true Baja. It was how the French were going to
change Baja because of the favorable climate.
http://entertainment.signonsandiego.com/places/laja/
Forgot to attach the link
[Edited on 2-23-2008 by dccf]
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Laja - a Recent Foodie Dicussion
Here's the link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/458791
Lots of pro and con about the restaurant. I like it a lot.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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As good as Laja may be, one restaurant does not make Provence. There are literally hundreds of restaurants in provence that Laja cannot hold a candle
to. This is just silly.
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Producers got free meals.
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We just finished watching this episode -- have had it TIVOd for months!
Laja represents everything Baja CAN be! Notice how Jair has to grow his own veggies...well, he wouldn't HAVE to but it's the only way he can get what
he wants. His meats...lamb comes from two different "farmers???" right near this restaurant. The most recent time we were there, lamb was part of
the menu (this not a menu you get to order off of, it's a fixed menu....) The server brought what was supposed to be the lamb and we argued with him
there was NO WAY this was lamb. It tasted nothing like lamb; we were 99% sure it was some kind of pork tenderloin....soon after, the server takes us
back to the kitchen to meet Jair....and Jair shows us the different lamb cuts and explains why they taste different. They come from 2 different
farms, they eat different things...but this was the mildest lamb ever served or eaten, I swear!
From there, a full kitchen tour, including the bakery in the back, a complimentary loaf of bread to take home...when all was said and done, we took at
tour of the gardens to experience still on the stem, vine, root, whatever - what we'd just enjoyed on our plates.
This is still a favorite restaurant. And if someone on Chowhound thought it over-rated, they obviously live somewhere with unlimited quality
restaurants....Laja rates with the best of NYC or San Francisco restaurants...and anything in between. It has STYLE! And it's right here in our
backyard! (well, close....)
[Edited on 2-24-2008 by bajabound2005 for bad spelling]
[Edited on 2-24-2008 by bajabound2005]
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His meats...lamb comes from two different "farmers???" right near this restaurant. The most recent time we were there, lamb was part of the menu
(this not a menu you get to order off of, it's a fixed menu....) The server brought what was supposed to be the lamb and we argued with him there was
NO WAY this was lamb. It tasted nothing like lamb; we were 99% sure it was some kind of pork tenderloin....soon after, the server takes us back to
the kitchen to meet Jair....and Jair shows us the different lamb cuts and explains why they taste different. They come from 2 different farms, they
eat different things...but this was the mildest lamb ever served or eaten, I swear!
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Funny to hear that statement about the taste of the lamb.
Have been buying lamb here, Loreto, at the Sunday market.
Made some great stew out of it, ( can't distinguish cuts ) but it doesn't taste anything like the lamb I'm used to in California. It is definitely
lamb. Can tell when browning it.
Anyone familiar with this and maybe had the same kind of experience.
Sorry if this hijackes the thread.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Never heard of it. Where it be |
Guadalupe Valley.
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www.lajamexico.com
Jair explained that is the taste had to do with what the lambs eat, so you get different flavors depending on what they are fed (or what's available
for grazing).
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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I hope they don't tie them up around the outhouse.
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