Sorry for the slow update, we’ve been busy at work for the past weeks. We went back to Luscious Dumpling, the small family-owned Northern Chinese dumpling restaurants, hoping to try the soup dumplings that was sold out last time. Again, we could not make it there early enough to beat the crowd, even though we […]
Archive for the ‘Food: Los Angeles’ Category
July 16, 2008
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Anisette Brasserie (Santa Monica)
By Freda in 16: Santa MonicaThe much hyped Anisette Brasserie was opened near the Santa Monica promenade for awhile. The enclosed and dark entrance was a surprising contrast to the grand, high ceiling space inside. It was very crowded, but we skipped the line and got seated right away when we went for the bar. A lot of work went […]
Tags: fashionable, French
July 10, 2008
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La Vie (Rosemead)
By Freda in 01: San Gabriel, Favorite Food EntriesMy friend told me about a Vietnamese family run French bistro hidden in a strip mall in a working class neighborhood with predominately Asian eateries. Have to admit now I’m ashamed that I didn’t come here sooner! Joan and I took our parents here. The menu is classic French, each entree costs around $15-19 (soup, […]
July 9, 2008
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Otafuku (Torrance)
By Freda in 17: South Bay, Favorite Food EntriesA certain Japanese chef told us about his favorite udon place in Los Angeles (‘better than Japan,’ he claimed) called Otafuku, a hole-in-the-wall Japanese noodle house with homely interior. Otafuku is famous for handmade Soba which comes in 2 types: Seiro (white) and zaru (brown), and handmade udon, served in either cold, hot, soup or […]
July 8, 2008
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Nanbankan (West LA)
By Freda in 11: West LAThis long time westside Japanese Yakitori (Chicken Skewer) place resides in a building that’s under construction now so it’s a bit hard to find the entrance. The big menu plus the chalkboard specials offer more obscure meat parts than other Yakitori places I’ve been to. I can’t keep track what I ordered (caption and photos […]
