Monday, May 16, 2005

Bonjour, Backdoor Boba

In the continuing quest for edible food in the mid-Wilshire area, I decided to brave the lunch menu at Backdoor Boba, a quirky little cafe/gallery in the alley across from Kinko's. Open for about a year, their menu keeps expanding with new signs on the wall, offering Asianized Western dishes or vice versa. "Fried rice with habanero Cajun sausage!" proclaims one. "Penne paste with tofu and sun-dried tomatoes" says another.
I ordered the salmon cake salad and an iced green tea with soymilk. I liked the salad -- it was a breadcrumby salmon patty that tasted just like the ones my grandma in Illinois used to make out of canned salmon, on a large bed of fresh romaine, with a sweetish vinaigrette. Plain, but reasonably healthy tasting.
The counter guy, Frederick, was so happy to find someone to speak French with that while I ate, we ended up discussing the pros and cons of the American economic system and whether American film critics serve merely as publicists for movies.
So whether you're looking for wi-fi access, a tofu stack on French bread with spinach (?), blueberry pancakes or a heavy French political discussion with your boba, Frederick and the Asian owners will be glad to oblige.
Backdoor Boba
5484 Wilshire, only in the alley sorta
(323) 933-4020

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Anonymous said...

Your mom may have used canned salmon, but I watched the making of the yummy salmon cakes (my favorite entre!), and that salmon is fresh! I highly recommend it, and have told all my friends.

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Back Door Boba has a great tasting Chinese Chicken Salad which you must try. I try stop in when ever I'm in the area.

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I stumbled across this back alley cafe on a recent trip to Ace Gallery. Back Door Boba Cafe's art space deemed "Concrete Walls" is refreshing! They show some of the most exciting young artists in L.A. P.S. The soup is YUMMY!

Anonymous said...

30 minutes to make a smoothie. I don't care how good it is. And when the counter person knows they forgot your order they don't even apologize for making you wait. Instead I get a "Here ya go". Horrible service, horrible wait, good food. Experience is bad enough to make me stay away.

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i ordered hummus here one day and it was amazing, though the wait was a bit long because they make it upon ordering.. the oatmeal dish with maple syrup is also very pleasant.

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The workers are nice. I haven't tried the food, but the drinks are just aweful! The milk teas and slushies are terrible! I've gone to this place several times hoping and thinking that they would get it right this time, but the milk teas and slushies have consistently being bad. Needless to say, I don't go there anymore.