Archive for the ‘Favorite Food Entries’ Category

December 30, 2008 4

Central Basco Restaurant (Chino)

By in 18: Greater LA, Favorite Food Entries

Centro Basco specialized in Basque cuisine. Basques is a small region between the border of Spain and France that has their own language and culture. Seems like this place is a gathering place for the community of Basque people in LA. Most of the customers are white hair elders (men with beret hat especially) who […]

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December 11, 2008 5

Animal Restaurant (Fairfax district)

By in 09: Weho, Favorite Food Entries

One week after Joan went to Animal Restaurant, I gave it a visit too. On the website it saids their menu changes daily, though it seems like my night was pretty much similar Joan’s night, with some slight tweaks. Love the Animal Lunchbox at the bar! We got there at 6 so the place was […]

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December 4, 2008 16

Dinh Thieng (Little Saigon)

By in 18: Greater LA, Favorite Food Entries

Food adventure time! A group of us ventured out to Little Saigon for Vietnamese pub food (Quán Nhau). Dinh Thieng is located at a mall. After 9pm, the lights inside would dim down with disco ball lights spinning and girls performing karaoke on stage. The clientele made up mostly of men, many were smoking inside. […]

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November 26, 2008 6

Animal Restaurant (Fairfax district)

By in 09: Weho, Favorite Food Entries

Heard a lot about this place and my friend who tired it highly recommended it. Located at the very hip part of Fairfax district, this sign-less restaurant has a youthful scenester vibe. The owners are known as “two food dudes” who have a show on the Food network which I haven’t seen (is it good?) […]

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November 7, 2008 3

Otafuku (Gardena)

By in 17: South Bay, Favorite Food Entries

Back to LA. We went back to that wonderful Soba/Udon place Otafuku (see old post). If they could make common dish like Oyakodon so delicious, I’m willing to give another item a try — the other common Japanese dish that I don’t usually like: cutlet. Katsudon – Juicy Pork Cutlet Bowl Thinly pounded pork (Borkshire) […]

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