Had to grab a quick dinner before a movie so we tried the nearby Izakaya Terried Sake House that’s right next to Sasaya. Terried Sake House been around for much longer and has been a neighborhood favorite. Though a couple of my friends gave it thumbs down. Maguro Natto, Jon loves Natto while I’m not […]
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Marouch Lebanese Restaurant (Santa monica blvd)
By Joan in 04: Los FelizI usually go to Marouch for big group dinner and we would get their courses. This time a few collegues and I came here for lunch. I absolutely love their Warak-Inah-Bizeyt (Grape leaves) and Kebbeh (lean veal mixed with crushed wheat, stuffed with seasoned ground beef and pine nut, deep fried). THE best in LA! […]
Tags: Filet Mignon, Kebab, Lamb, Lebanese, Middle Eastern
Elements Kitchen catering
By Joan in 18: Greater LALast Saturday I had to go to a shoot for a Mercedes project at an insert stage right next to the Burbank Airport. For lunch there’s catering from a catering service called Elements Kitchen. The Portobello Mushrooms are delicious! Other stuffs are rather bland tasting, especially the chicken breast which is dry and hard (not […]
Tags: Catering
Izayoi (Little Tokyo)
By Joan in 06: Downtown LABack to Izayoi. Once again I got the Uni Chawanmushi (still very delicious) and Seafood cream croquette (cripsy and hot, yummy!). Jon ordered some sort of tofu thing (age tofu) but the dish that came taste more like Konjac or Dim sum’s marinate Jelly fish to me. Gindara black cod marinated in sake/miso, good but […]
Mashti Malone’s Ice Cream (La Brea)
By Joan in 08: HollywoodFinally tried Mashi Malone’s Ice Cream, a famous Iranian ice-cream shop in Hollywood. It’s been around for a long time, it’s next to a bar in a stripe mall so the parking could be nightmarish at night. The ice cream/sorbet are homemade, they use lots of unusual and interesting ingredients. There are lots of exotic […]
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