Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival Part 2: 3 nights of after parties!

Sooooooo after the red carpet main event, I was invited to the after party: Pigs, Pins & Pinot at Lucky Strike Lanes.  The menu focused on pig in many forms and I was happy to indulge. I even watched Todd English dance on the tables (see video below). Best ever? Warm bacon cookies. Holy hell......

Bacon wrapped bacon

Pork Belly from Chef Garcia

Ryan enjoying his pig with parsnip puree 

!!!!

Chef Todd English dancing on tables

Night two was the best of the after parties..."HEAT: LA's spiciest after party" was spicy foods of all kinds.  Every single plate was delicious. I mean, sooo good. Not a miss in the bunch.  I also got pretty hammered on the white wines that paired really well with the spicy food. We were somehow let in to the VIP room where only a few other people were so the waiters kept coming by with their trays and we kept eating (and drinking).  Check it out.....

Yellowtail sashimi with ahi chunks in spicy ponzu

Crab soup. I had 4 of these. 

Tofu with Habanero sphere....drooling.

looks "eh" but the flavor of this spicy chicken liver pate was  addictive

THE BEST of the night! These meatballs were off the charts...the avacado mousse, the crumbly queso, the warm tortilla that housed it.....I could've had 10....I probably did. 

Spicy glazed cod

The waiter that became our best friend

wine is delicious

The third afterparty was DECADENCE: hosted by Sherry Yard. This all dessert party was like watching an episode of Top Chef: Just Desserts. Head Chef Johnny Iuzzini and I flirted while I indulged in his chocolate & yellow curry dessert. Last years winner Yigit Pura was there looking hip in his suspenders along with other contestants from last and this season. Sherry Yard was in a great mood, dancing and bequeathing party goers with glow necklaces. Did I mention QuestLove from the Roots was the DJ for the night?!!! The desserts gave us a sugar high and the wine gave us a buzz. We danced, we drank, we ate and we ate some more.....So much fun.

Too bad I was talking while the pic was snapped...with Johnny Iuzinni

Duff Goldman's Ace of Cakes 

Top Chef Just Dessert's Zac Young made one of the best of the night; see below

Zac's fried apple bread pudding with caramel sauce....seriously?

Top Chef Just Desserts winner Yigit and his yummy little cakes with tropical sorbet

Ryan getting cozy with Sherry Yard

Sherry's yummy cake pop 

Cider milkshake

I love a smoking dessert