sooo my first LA celeb sighting kind of turned out bad...

(ok, so she's more of like a quasi-celeb, but that made my title too hard to write)

matt and i met up with his friend sarah for a late dinner tonight. after not wanting to wait an hour for half priced japanese bbq (sadly), we stopped by a street that was close by with three restaurants that seemed like good possibilities.

we decided to check out breadbar, but then left because they were closing in 45 minutes. as we're walking out, we see their chef walk out to greet their diners.

matt notices here and says to me, "steph, turn around...that asian chef, you def know her! she's like a top chef...or something?"

i turn around to see this portly asian woman. i totally recognize her face and remember she was on the food network. my first thought -- OHH SHE'S THE WOMAN FROM THROWDOWN WITH BOBBY FLAY. SHE MADE THOSE POTSTICKERS.

i may or may not have said that quite loudly....and within earshot of her.

as we continue walking, and matt keeps telling me that i'm wrong and she's someone else, i realize...shit, he's right, it's not that throwdown woman. we actually saw debbie lee from the next food network star.

i went kind of crazy in front of a woman getting her identity completely wrong. GREEEEEAAAT. whoops my bad.

ps -- bobby flay is currently staying at the hotel sarah works at. going over to lay out at the pool tomorrow. will let you know if i actually see him. and i promise not to confuse him for rocco or w/e.