Good Stuff: Seasonal Salad at Surfas
OK, anyone who knows me knows I'm not a salad kind of girl. I mean, I like a little roughage before or after a meal. But, generally, I don't find salads satisfying enough to qualify as a meal unto itself. I know, not very LA of me, but what can I say? But all my preconceived notions about salads--thrown out the door with the Seasonal Salad at Cafe Surfas in Culver City.
It is creative, interesting, flavor-defying and incredibly satisfying. Mixed greens with marinated black mission figs, roasted leeks, rosemary roasted pecans, blue cheese, chocolate (yes, and it's really chocolate-y--not just a hint of chocolate--normally not my kind of thing, but it just works here) balsamic dressing, onion sprouts, organic chicken and...is that a hint of toasted coriander? Each flavor is so disparate, but when tied together with the chocolate balsamic dressing, it's like a bunch of different instruments coming together to make beautiful music. I never thought I would wax poetic about a salad. Plus, who doesn't appreciate a meal with actual poetry included (see photos)?
