Girl meets pepper

Went to Pure Luck on Hyperion for dinner last night. If you're a vegan, fixie, ice cream junkie, or LACC student, you've probably seen it. The animal-free restaurant is in the same neighborhood as the Bicycle Kitchen, Scoops, and the community college.


The menu is all over the place. In the pic above, you can see parts of a BBQ sandwich, sweet potato fries, bean soup, a burrito--all mixed up because we shared. It was all reasonably priced and quite tasty. Everything was great until Eloise grabbed her first chili pepper (bottom left) and brought it to her mouth...


The heat hit her fast and it hit her hard. Immediately, she started pulling on her tongue with both hands, and wouldn't stop crying to drink water, eat bread, or let us help her. It was sad, but also funny and impossible not to laugh. I had to take a photo. Sorry, Eloise.


We weren't totally evil, though, and went across the street to Scoops for a little cup of strawberry con leche ice cream, which brought instant relief. Whew.


After dinner we went back for more ice cream, this time for grown-ups. Happy birthday to me!