Ramen Yamadaya 3118 W 182nd St. Torrance, CA 90504 Yelp I tried Ramen Yamadaya once before at its Costa Mesa location and was sorely disappointed in the days-old tasting chashu. That part of the ramen was so offensive that it overshadowed anything else good about the bowl of noodles that night. Being the open minded…
Category: South Bay
Abigaile
Before Little Sister and Dia de Campo, there was Abigaile. I’m not sure why it took me so long to try out this place since I jumped on Little Sister and Dia de Campo straight out of the gate. Biker-holic (formerly known as Audio Monkey) and Manicure Queen brunched it up with me at this…
Dia de Campo
The South Bay is an upcoming foodie area. It seems like there’s always something new and cool opening up. I really liked Little Sister so I was excited to hear that the chef/owner was opening up a Mexican/seafood themed joint just down the coast in Hermosa Beach. Who other than Smooth Obturator and Triple T, who…
Oumi Sasaya
The South Bay has its fair share of excellent Japanese restaurants. Triple T being the stereotypical Taiwanese Japan-o-phile, feels right at home here. Why do Taiwanese people love everything Japanese? I have no idea, but it’s like they were brainwashed from the womb to worship anything and everything “made in Japan.” If you’re reading this,…
Nozomi
I don’t get too excited to write posts about sushi. Its discouraging to write a post when you have limited adjectives to describe something you know is so delicious and special. But sushi is just one of those baffling types of foods that words do not do justice. Audio Monkey sans wifey and The Anti-Exerciser …
Little Sister
It seems like a lot of chefs these days are incorporating Asian flavors into their cooking. I guess this is one of the aspects comprising “New American” cuisine. I guess Little Sister isn’t so much “New American” as it is “Asian/Asian fusion”, but its smack dab in the middle of one of the whitest parts…
Maruhide Uni Club
In the past 2 years I’ve really developed an appreciation for uni. Smooth Obturator would order it all the time but I would just give him and those ugly fleshy orange blobs the stink eye. I don’t really know when/how things changed for me, but I just can’t get enough uni nowadays. So when I…
Otafuku
Otafuku is just another one of the MANY Japanese restaurants populating the South Bay. They call themselves a noodle house serving udon, soba, and the like but then they also have dons, skewers, sashimi. It’s confusing. We came for lunch and I would have been pleased had I followed the cardinal rules of restaurant dining…
Niwattori
What is Niwatori? Smooth Obturator called it a “chicken place,” so that probably explains why I never jumped at the chance to eat here. Chicken is definitely not something I get excited for. I rarely order chicken when I dine at fancy restaurants, because I feel like chicken is just so ordinary. I woudln’t want…
Sen Nari Sushi
I had always been meaning to check out the foodie scene in South Bay (ie Torrance, Gardena, etc). Perhaps “foodie” is an overstatement, but there are a fare number of highly rated Japanese restaurants in the area that both Smooth Obturator and Nancy Rheeeee have recommended at one time or another. So I took it…
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