Tofu bowl and Clam soup noodle
Kimchee dumpling noodle. Still haven’t explore Koreatown enough yet, so we’d always go back to one of the two Korean restaurants we know it’s good. ^^;; Their handmade noodles are really good, not to mention one of the few non heavy spicy kimchee red soup, light eatery.
February 5, 2006
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Yu Chun (Koreatown)
//// By Freda in 07: Mid-Wilshire
February 2, 2006
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Madam Matisse (Silver Lake)
//// By Freda in 05: Silver Lake + Echo ParkA neighborhood French corner cafe at Silver Lake! The hilly street side parking is ever hard for people not living around there. DANGER WARNING: there’s a little downhill slant at the door way that’s easily missed. So many people tripped. The place is such a little corner that they won’t let us sit down unless the entire party arrived. We had dinner with 2 friends and waited for a long time.
Saffron poached pear salad, yum! Traditional French flair…nothing special but good quality.
Steamed mussels (in white wine, garlic, herbs and lemon cream sauce), VERY good!
Others’ plates: salmon and pork~
February 2, 2006
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Karma Coffee (Hollywood)
//// By Joan in 08: Hollywood
A rustic, bohemian coffee house that’s very crowded at night with the Hollywood’s musician, struggling writer type. At day time it’s a quiet, empty place to grab cheap cafe food for lunch. Such as Quiche, their salad are alright too. It’s a drastic contrast to the much more sunny, popular and expensive Cafe etc. across the street.
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Tags: Cafe
February 1, 2006
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Bright Food Shop (NYC: Chelsea)
//// By Freda in 03: NYCAnother almost lost entry from NY. One rare day we have a bit of free time at work so we venture out to the REAL Chelsea where there’re lots of nice restaurants and boutiques (all male fashion ^^;;).
Bright Food Shop is a Mexican-Asian fusion since 1930s (didn’t know fusion was popular then already ^^;;). The menu is very interesting, with lots of different soft drink from South America.
The non alchoholic Sangria basically taste like grape soda. ^^; The salad is shockingly YUMMY! *O* Bright Greens w/ jicama, hijiki, soy toasted almonds sherry cumin vinaigrette, my goodness. So crunchy, so fresh and full of flavor. I don’t want it to end.
Other people’s dishes: Mizuna, Tatsoi & Mixed Cabbage Salad w/smoked tofu, scallions, long beans + crispy wontons aji amarillo mustard vinaigrette and Burrito. This place is very delicious, I wished we have more chance to explore lunch hour destination in Chelsea.
February 1, 2006
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Bagel Zone (NYC: East Village)
//// By Freda in 03: NYCLast batch of NY photos that I thought I’ve lost (recover in my work computer that just arrive today)!
Finally had bagel~ XD This is the other breakfast I had during that last hellish week. My friend show said this one is the only bagel place that has whole grain bagel. I prefer the normal kind, with tofu cream cheese. Very good! 😀 I love the interior, like a antique garage. The old man in the pic seems to be related to the owner and a regular hang/help out. He came by and showed us an old b&w photo of the his young self and his wife. My friend also got me this very yummy pastry from Thompkins Square Bakery.
