Archive for July, 2008

July 22, 2008 6

Red Corner Asia (Hollywood Blvd)

By in 04: Los Feliz

We always craved Thai food for lunch during work days. With Jitlada and Ord Noodle, my co-workers and I haven’t been to Red Corner Asia as often as before, but whenever we go back we are never disappointed. This time we branched out from the usual dishes we usually get and got 3 new (for […]

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July 21, 2008 2

Luscious Dumpling (San Gabriel)

By in 01: San Gabriel

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 […]

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July 16, 2008 6

Anisette Brasserie (Santa Monica)

By in 16: Santa Monica

The 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 […]

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July 10, 2008 5

La Vie (Rosemead)

By in 01: San Gabriel, Favorite Food Entries

My 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, […]

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July 9, 2008 7

Otafuku (Torrance)

By in 17: South Bay, Favorite Food Entries

A 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 […]

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