Posts Tagged ‘Japanese’

April 11, 2005 Off

Joymart (Little Tokyo)

By in 06: Downtown LA

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April 4, 2005 Off

Beacon (Culver City)

By in 13: Culver City

I didn’t plan to come here again but I missed my turn so I end up driving here. 3rd time impression: still pretentious, overrated and overpriced -__-;;; This is just very basic Vegetable Curry bowl you know, and it is by far the worst. No taste in the curry at all, and the vegetable taste […]

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March 17, 2005 4

Octopus (Manhattan Beach)

By in 17: South Bay

We celebrate the end of the project at this sushi place called Octopus at Manhattan Beach. It only opened at night, and seemed authentic enough. Preston never eat at sushi bar before so I handled all the ordering. If he were to order he’d just get Tuna, spicy tuna, tuna roll…tuna everything. He never had […]

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February 27, 2005 7

San Sui Tei 山水亭 (Temple City)

By in 01: San Gabriel

Quick dinner at local Japansee ramen place 山水亭 nearby my house. Takoyaki, good! Hiyashi Miso, a bit too salty and spicy. Need to keep drinking water for the rest of the night. Nagasaki Ramen, supposedly’s San Sui Tei’s most popular item. It’s really just mixed ramen with veggie, canned mushroom and fake crab. The soup […]

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February 15, 2005 5

Beacon (Culver City)

By in 13: Culver City

Back to No.1 Best of 2004 (according to LAmag) for lunch, giving it another evaluation. It is fully packed, all the customers are yuppies in their 30s-40s that correlate with pretentious-ness and overpricey vibe inside. Yaki Udon $8.50 soooo plain~ but strangely addictive as I couldn’t stop eating it. The udon are very fresh. But […]

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