Totoraku undoubtedly serves up the finest yakiniku this side of the Pacific Ocean. Dining here is on an invitation-only basis. If you know the chef/owner, you’re in. If you know someone who knows the chef/owner and brings you, you’re in. If you know someone who’s dined here before and was given a business card and…
Month: November 2010
The Golden State
Many argue over what is considered “The Best Burger in LA.” Is it Father’s Office, Umami, 25 Degrees, Golden State, or some other new bumping burger joint? While I do enjoy a good burger, I can’t quite understand the craze. As a result, I haven’t joined the burger bandwagon to truly see for myself whose…
Beaker & Flask
Apparently Portland has a big happy hour scene as well as a cocktail scene. People love to get the party started after a long days hard work and they like to get their drink on with some stiff cocktails. What I find strange is that a lot of the happy hours only go until 6pm. …
SUGARFISH by Sushi Nozawa
Sugarfish has been on my radar for a while but I never got around to trying it. I was reminded of this by the many recent blogger posts on the new Sugarfish that recently opened in Downtown LA. So I feel like a bit of a bandwagoner with this, but perhaps I can stand apart…
Sea Harbour Seafood
I was fortunate enough to work with a family medicine physician in the San Gabriel Valley back in the day. It was great, because I went home at noon everyday and on some days I got to taste some of the best food in the SGV at the expense of some pharm reps. Sea Harbour Seafood…
Soowon Galbi
I haven’t traveled the world. I have barely even traveled the country, but I’m just gonna put it out there. Where is there better Korean food, or at least as wide a selection of Korean food, than LA? Of course, I’m excluding Korea obviously. Good food is born out of fierce competition to be the…
Two Tarts Bakery
I love a good cookie. I like cookies more than brownies, ice cream, and cake. Pies and tarts are a close second. I had a craving for something sweet and buttery. Two Tarts Bakery is popular for the variety of mini cookies they bake up daily. They just have a case filled with many mini…
A-Frame
I’m not usually into to trying brand new restaurants. I like to allow the reviews and word of mouth to build up before I go jump in. My stomach space is precious real estate these days! I can’t be wasting it on some bad caloric investments. But when it came to Roy Choi (Chef/owner of…
Beijing Hot Pot
What do you crave on a cold rainy day? Usually something hot and soupy right? I turned to my trusty Yelp to find something that would hit the spot on this cold rainy Portland night. I came up with 2 hot pot spots, one all you can eat (AYCE) and one traditional pay as you…
Maneki
Maneki is Seattle’s oldest Japanese restaurant at over 100 years old. Hard to believe a restaurant could be that old huh? The restaurant is typical for a lot of Japanese restaurants in my experience, small with limited seats. This place goes so far as to deny anybody without reservations a chance to dine. The first…
Lola
So in Seattle, Tom Douglas is King. You may ask why? Well when you own 6 restaurants and 1 bakery that garners outstanding reviews and is wildly loved by the masses, then you can be king too. Oh, when you stick all those restaurants within a 1 mile radius of each other, that just shows…
Restaurant Zoe
So for our first dinner in Seattle, we decided to go with Restaurant Zoë. This was Dumpling Man’s choice, and what a nice choice it was. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it beats a place like Providence or comes anywhere near it, but it definitely holds its own. Fresh ingredients, simple but…
Overworked. Underfed. 