I will have to be frank. Food in LA is better than OC. Argue with me all you want, but I stand by that statement. LA is just bigger with more variety. This is not to say that you can’t find good food in OC. There are some great eats here and there. Of course,…
Tag: japanese
Totoraku (aka Secret Beef Restaurant)
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…
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…
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…
K-ZO
My next DineLA adventure was inspired by His Majesty, King Arthur. He spoke great things about Chef Keizo and his extraordinary sushi skills. Too bad King Arthur wasn’t around this time to foot the bill to his pharm rep buddies. Lucky for us, the DineLA menu offered 3 courses at $44, which actually still amounts…
Musha
I often don’t get too many opportunities to try small portioned foods such as izakaya, yakitori, or tapas (somehow dim sum does not fall under this category) because Dumpling Man likes his food in large sizable quantities. My sister on the other hand, Triple F (for Food, Fun, and Frivolity), not to be confused with my sister-in-law,…
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…
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…
Hide Sushi
I’ve been on a blogging hiatus as of late. I’ve had some technical difficulties with my camera. I’ve just been feeling like the pics are subpar and so haven’t been as motivated to post pics. I’m in the market for a better camera, but darn these things can get expensive if you’re looking for a…
Ronin Izakaya
First off, I’m super happy people think my pictures qualities have improved to the point of d-slr quality! I’m sure thats an exaggeration but still, I’ll take it where I can get it. It’s probably multi-factorial. For one thing, I was previously linking picture thru the blogger upload picture function. Somehow the pictures were blurry…
Overworked. Underfed. 