Hawthorne
For this week, I'm staying at the Hampton Inn LAX Hawthorne. It is conveniently located off the freeway but it isn't necessarily close to LAX. With the shuttle service, it could take about 30 to 45 minutes to get to the hotel. If you have a car, it is a fairly convenient location that isn't AT the airport.
A relatively new hotel, the rooms are fairly spacious and the bathrooms are roomy. I am not sure if it was more economical but the bathrooms in this hotel are shower only. No tubs. They also offer snacks (popcorn and cookies) and coffee in the afternoon in addition to the morning breakfast buffet. Since the rooms here come with microwave and fridge, I brought a roast to keep in the fridge and it was dinner for most of the week.
After the third day of eating leftovers, I grabbed dinner at Al-Noor. Featured on the Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate for its garlic naan, I found the Indian food comparable to other Indian restaurants. For the price, the quantity of food is a bit small and the service gets really slow once you need a check. It's a good thing I've been eating in all week because the bill was fairly steep for two people and super slow service inside a strip mall restaurant. The other tables had ordered tandoori and perhaps that was the better entrees than the masala and palak entrees ordered. I did try a dessert I've never seen, gajar ka halwa. After doing a quick internet search, this carrot dessert intrigued me and I decided to order. I've never seen it offered at other indian restaurants. The dessert reminded me of pumpkin pie with a ginger bite.
A relatively new hotel, the rooms are fairly spacious and the bathrooms are roomy. I am not sure if it was more economical but the bathrooms in this hotel are shower only. No tubs. They also offer snacks (popcorn and cookies) and coffee in the afternoon in addition to the morning breakfast buffet. Since the rooms here come with microwave and fridge, I brought a roast to keep in the fridge and it was dinner for most of the week.
After the third day of eating leftovers, I grabbed dinner at Al-Noor. Featured on the Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate for its garlic naan, I found the Indian food comparable to other Indian restaurants. For the price, the quantity of food is a bit small and the service gets really slow once you need a check. It's a good thing I've been eating in all week because the bill was fairly steep for two people and super slow service inside a strip mall restaurant. The other tables had ordered tandoori and perhaps that was the better entrees than the masala and palak entrees ordered. I did try a dessert I've never seen, gajar ka halwa. After doing a quick internet search, this carrot dessert intrigued me and I decided to order. I've never seen it offered at other indian restaurants. The dessert reminded me of pumpkin pie with a ginger bite.
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