New Thing #4: Cara Cara

Cara Cara is a nice rooftop eatery at the Proper Hotel.

If you’re in the area, it’s not a bad space to go to meet a friend for some fresh air and a nice view of DTLA. As for the food, I opted for the peri peri fried chicken ($24) and broccolini ($15). Needless to say, at those prices, this isn’t an everyday lunch spot for me. Especially when I got the check and realized that a Diet Coke was $7.

The fried chicken was moist and tasty but I’m not sure I’d call it peri peri chicken. There was a faint flavor but not enough to live up to bar that Nando’s or even Portucal Peri Peri have set for me. (RIP Portucal; apparently it’s closed now. And WHY can’t we get some Nando’s in LA?!)

The other issue was that the broccolini had so much citrus on it that it overpowered everything that touched the same plate as it. Although I do have to say that the portions of the side of broccolini was enough for two people so the price tag wasn’t that bad.

This is the point in the relaunched blog that I should add that I have an incredible knack for ordering the wrong thing as restaurants so maybe there are other dishes that are better. The location is nice enough that I wouldn’t say no if a friend wanted to meet there and I’d be happy to explore more of the menu but for the time being, I can’t say that it’s on The List or that a repeat visit is looming on the horizon.