This authentic and low key Japanese restaurant Kappo Ishito specialized in Kaiseki (traditional pre-fixed haute cuisine). It is tucked away on the 3rd floor of a plaza, overshadowed by the very popular ramen joint (Orocho) next door. We heard about their limited bento box (only 15 are made everyday) during weekday lunch, but we arrived […]
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September 22, 2009
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Frances Bakery and Coffee (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LA, Favorite Food EntriesBeing a lover of Japanese style French patisserie, I never knew about Frances Bakery, even though it’s been around in Little Tokyo for a long time. The exterior is very non-descript and dated looking. The interior is very hole-in-the-wall as well, despite the attempted rococo molding. My crappy photo doesn’t do the cake justice: they’re […]
Tags: Cake, Patisserie
September 22, 2009
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Focus Cafe (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAJust for fun, we lunched at a Japanese Karaoke joint that offers typical Japanese western dishes. Focus is hidden away on the 2nd floor of a nobody-goes-there mall building at the Japanese Village plaza. We had the choice to dine at the individual karaoke room, the manga reading main room and a closed patio for […]
September 4, 2009
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Wakasaya (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAA new seafood rice bowl (donburi) chain from Japan called Wakasaya has opened its first US chain in the Japanese village. The colorful photos of their bowls are plastered all over the restaurant front. The bowls all looked too packed with yumminess to be true. I got their most popular bowl (according to the poster […]
September 4, 2009
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Aloha Cafe (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAWhile I was working at the Art District, I lunched at Little Tokyo everyday. I’m always curious about the Hawaiian restaurant Aloha Cafe, as I know very little about Hawaiian cuisine. Their menu seems to feature mostly meat + gravy based dishes that’s influenced by Japanese and Chinese. Inside looks as hole-in-the-wall as the outside […]
Tags: Hawaiian
