Cravings cookbook author Chrissy Teigen went on one of her signature Twitter sprees today, starting it off by stating, “i will now share my favorite things.” True to form, the majority of those favorites were food. Below, find the details on each and every establishment and dish she dished on so you can eat your way through Chrissy Teigen’s restaurant recommendations.
WEST COAST FAVORITES:
Alfred Coffee & Kitchen — coffee
Basix Food Bar — the “tuna melts”
Cactus Tacos #1 — “favorite burrito stand” . . . she specifically said, the “steak burrito is heaven, with horchata (don’t mind the bucket ok)”
Giorgio Baldi — agnolotti ($25), which Chrissy explains is “sweet corn ravioli”
Joan’s on Third — BLT ($12.50)
Katsu-Ya Studio City —”baked crab hand rolls” and the lobster & mushroom dynamite appetizer in a 1/2 shell ($23)
The Original Hoy-Ka Hollywood — Thai boat noodles ($7)
Pace — “the best restaurant pizza . . . i haven’t found a consistent non-restaurant ‘pizza spot'”
Robata JINYA — “pork broth ramen” ($7.20-$12.50)
Tatsu — fried rice ($4.50) and ramen
Wahoo’s — Banzai veggie bowl and the fish tacos
I am really organizing this well for you guys.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 21, 2016
EAST COAST FAVORITES:
Babbo Ristorante — black spaghetti ($29), which Chrissy calls the “squid ink spaghetti”
Del Posto — Ms. Teigen likes the “100 layer lasagne”
FRANK — lasagne verdi bolognese (the special on Thursdays)
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken — “best hot chicken on the planet . . . but I gotta say I did very much enjoy KFC’s version the other day (not joking)”
Il Buco — the cavolonero ($17) “kale salad”
Ippudo — “best ramen in nyc”
Jack’s Wife Freda — the madame freda ($15), a “duck croque madame”
Le Bernardin — “everything and everybody” at this place
Lure Fishbar — “lettuce wrap burger” ($21)
Pho Grand on Grand St.
oddly enough, wasn’t hungry when I started this and this didn’t get hungry. I actually feel like I ate it all by typing it and I feel sick.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 21, 2016
CHAIN RESTAURANT FAVORITES:
Carl’s Jr. — crisscut “waffle” fries
Del Taco — grilled chicken taco with Del Scorcho hot sauce
IHOP — her favorite hashbrowns (“aside from my own”) because they are “so buttery”
Jack in the Box — two tacos
Panera Bread — broccoli cheddar soup in a bread bowl
Red Robin — Red’s tavern fries ($7) “with ranch,” plus, Chrissy called out this restaurant for her personal “best ranch award”
Taco Bell — Cool Ranch Doritos Locos tacos
Tacone Flavor Grill — the seasoned potato chips . . . she said, “when i worked at the mall they had crazy homemade potato chips I dipped in their house spicy bbq”
healthy times: smoothies at Beaming LA, kabob plates at Kreation LA, vegan crab cakes at Gracias Madre LA, vegan ramen @_RamenHood_
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 21, 2016
FOR THE “HEALTHY TIMES”:
Beaming — smoothies ($8-$17)
Gracias Madre — vegan crab cakes ($14)
Kreation Kafe — “kabob plates”
Ramen Hood inside Grand Central Market — vegan ramen
oh I forgot sweets! crack pie, corn cookies and cereal milk from @milkbarstore nyc, croissants w raspberry jam at hotel bel air LA…
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 21, 2016
CAN’T FORGET THE “SWEETS”:
Milk Bar — crack pie ($5.50/slice), corn cookies ($2.25/each), and cereal milk ($5)
Hotel Bel-Air — “croissants w raspberry jam”
Blue Star Donuts in Venice Beach
Coolhaus — “ice cream sandwiches,” or, sammies as they say
Mel’s Drive-In — Mels Special Orange Freeze, which is basically an “orange cream milkshake”
Marie Callender’s Restaurant & Bakery — sour cream blueberry pie
Sweet Lady Jane — cherry pie ($32)
Serendipity 3 — the famous frrrozen hot chocolate
Ladurée — “crepes & macarons”
Claim Jumper — the chocolate motherlode cake ($11.99), which Chrissy describes as “that chocolate cake that fits in a shoe box”