You'll never believe where I found the best chocolate pudding in L.A.

This is the best chocolate pudding* I've had in LA. And what's shocking isn't that it's served in a plastic cup (although it deserves better) but that it comes from M Cafe De Chaya. And they're a bunch of macrobiotic vegans. That means there's no milk, no refined sugar and the primary ingredient is probably soft tofu. And that probably means it's better for me or has fewer calories. Whatever. It was creamy and it was delicious and I was sorry when it was gone.

Noise-O-Meter: A mellow 62dBs

* by my definition, which is a pudding that can't be confused with a mousse, that in the spectrum of milk to dark chocolate it should definitely skew toward the former and that it should be soft and creamy and not so rich that you're suffused with regret by the second spoonful.

M Cafe De Chaya, 7119 Melrose Ave. (323) 525-0588