I’m a Yelp snob. I am hesistant to try a new restaurant unless it has great reviews/ratings on Yelp. There are always exceptions of course. Anyways, I had heard about Lemonade some time ago through Blackboard Eats (a great foodie 411 for those who want to be in-the-know). I had no intention of trying the place until…
Category: SoCal
Patina
What is a “shill”? Wikipedia describes a shill as a “person who is paid to help another person or organization to sell goods or services. The shill pretends to have no association with the seller/group and gives onlookers the impression that he or she is an enthusiastic independent customer.” King Arthur (not the fabled one…
Pitfire Pizza
Dairy Queen (the person, not the fast food chain) really raved about this place. I liked the concept. Interesting twists on pizza, such as green eggs and ham pizza. We also tried the meatballs which were just OK, and the grilled steak salad which needed a better dressing. The place had a nice vibe, with…
Katsu-Ya @ Studio City
So long ago, when I first started Yelping, I added this place to my bookmarks of restaurants to try. It seemed like a more realistic option at that time when I was living in Monterey Hills and Dumpling Man was in West Hollywood. But somehow we never found ourselves in that neighborhood. Since moving to…
Hatfield’s
I’m making good headway on my lists of “To-Try restaurants.” This list is mostly of higher end restaurants, which doesn’t mean I only want to eat fancy foods. It’s just that these types of places are good to keep in mind in the event of any special occasions that happen to come up. Our outting…
Mama’s Lu Dumplings (That’s NOT a Typo!)
We are always in search of new dumpling places. I stumbled across this place on yelp a while ago, but there weren’t that many ratings at that time so I was not willing to take a risk on a potentially crappy restaurant. Since then, this place has amassed a good following for being good and…
Eating My Way Through Memorial Day Weekend
The H.o.P. strikes again! We did what we do best, EAT! Here’s the quick rundown: Holiday weekend plans in my house always seem to revolve around food, especially when my sister is running the show =) On the way to running some errands, we stopped by a papuseria, or maybe it was just an El…
JiRaffe
So to celebrate my birthday which was well-forgotten by the majority of my family, especially my mom who didn’t even remember to call me the day after like my brother and sister-in-law, but like a whopping 2 or 3 weeks later! Safe to say I was annoyed and unreceptive to her apologies. Anyways, my brother…
Messob
Long ago, someone amongst my foodie friends decided “Let’s eat Ethiopian food!” The excitement soon simmered into a hot mess of complaints and excuses ranging from “That lemony bread is kinda weird” to “I don’t feel like having GERD tonight” to “I don’t like eating with my hands” to “I want something soupy instead” to…
LA Paella
It has been quite some time since my last true blog entry. You can consider my recent post on Yu Chun as just a little freebie to my “starving” readers, who have expressed longing and sorrow over my notable absence from the blogosphere. I actually went to and blogged about Yu Chun some time ago. …
Ludo Bites @ Royal-T Cafe
This post is soooo totally delayed. I’ve sorta abandoned my blog as I feel like my camera takes subpar pics in those poorly lit restaurants. Fortunately these pics were taken by WonTuan’s SLR. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the food as well since this meal took place months ago. But I shall try… I first heard…
Overworked. Underfed. 