Comments on: Otomisan (Boyle Heights) http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:47:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tony http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525&cpage=1#comment-35554 Tony Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:29:36 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525#comment-35554 Yaoi and Hamada are two of the most genuine restaurant owners in L.A.. Every time me and my family stop by, we are greeted by our first names. The Suykiyaki is outstanding the bowl is about 2 1/2 inches deep, loaded with thin sliced beef, noodles, vegtables and tofu. Eat with a raw egg(tamago) and you leave speaking a little Japanese. If the secrets of the restaurants on the eastside get out, we will be inundated with "Westsiders", heaven forbid!!! Yaoi and Hamada are two of the most genuine restaurant owners in L.A.. Every time me and my family stop by, we are greeted by our first names. The Suykiyaki is outstanding the bowl is about 2 1/2 inches deep, loaded with thin sliced beef, noodles, vegtables and tofu. Eat with a raw egg(tamago) and you leave speaking a little Japanese. If the secrets of the restaurants on the eastside get out, we will be inundated with “Westsiders”, heaven forbid!!!

]]> By: Joan http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525&cpage=1#comment-35413 Joan Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:02:24 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525#comment-35413 Sinosoul, no I don't think they make their own udon/soba but the udon tasted really good nevertheless. The meat was juicy and the broth was really good. I think they are quite on par with some of the places in Torrance, the soba probably not as good as Otafuku/Ichimiann/Sanuki though. I need to go back to try more stuffs, but from the review on Yelp it seems like they make excellent rice bowls and miso soup. I think they're WAY Better than Suehiro or most places in Little Tokyo. Dorothy, yeah I read about the history of Boyle Heights when I was researching about it. It's very interesting! Sinosoul, no I don’t think they make their own udon/soba but the udon tasted really good nevertheless. The meat was juicy and the broth was really good. I think they are quite on par with some of the places in Torrance, the soba probably not as good as Otafuku/Ichimiann/Sanuki though. I need to go back to try more stuffs, but from the review on Yelp it seems like they make excellent rice bowls and miso soup. I think they’re WAY Better than Suehiro or most places in Little Tokyo.

Dorothy, yeah I read about the history of Boyle Heights when I was researching about it. It’s very interesting!

]]> By: SinoSoul http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525&cpage=1#comment-35402 SinoSoul Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:38:27 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525#comment-35402 question: are they making their own udon/soba? ala sanuki no sato, yabu. I'm pretty sure they aren't... I get the attraction of the homey feel, but.. it just reminds me of Suehiro, except a lot more.. "OG". It is a piece of Japanese-American history in Los Angeles tho. question: are they making their own udon/soba? ala sanuki no sato, yabu. I’m pretty sure they aren’t… I get the attraction of the homey feel, but.. it just reminds me of Suehiro, except a lot more.. “OG”. It is a piece of Japanese-American history in Los Angeles tho.

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525&cpage=1#comment-35386 Dorothy Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:45:38 +0000 http://www.potatomato.com/blog/?p=3525#comment-35386 Boyle Heights actually used to be one of the Japanese American enclaves of Los Angeles (like Torrance) and there's still a high population in the area so that would explain the place being situated there. That udon broth looks soooo good. Boyle Heights actually used to be one of the Japanese American enclaves of Los Angeles (like Torrance) and there’s still a high population in the area so that would explain the place being situated there.

That udon broth looks soooo good.

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