Our taste buds lean toward Asian food these days. Ord Noodle has been one of my most favorite and regular place to grab a quick cheap delicious meal. I always get the Noodle Duck soup over and over again, so one night I decided to branch out and try something different. Yen Ta Fo, or they called it the Noodle with squid, fish ball and seafood on the menu, was incredible! It was a lot better than Sapp’s. The ingredients were fresher and the broth was better. It’s got a lot of ingredients amidst the visually shocking tasty pink broth. There’s water morning glory, fish balls, Snow fungus (a common ingredient in Chinese cuisine, especially in soup), calamari, fried tofu and pig’s blood. I got “mild” for spicy level but I found it to be still a bit too spicy for me, next time I would ask for “no spice”. It has became my new favorite dish, I don’t have to get Noodle Duck soup all the time now.
Ord Noodle (Hollywood Blvd)
//// By Joan in 04: Los FelizHoney Pig (Koreatown)
//// By Freda in 07: Mid-WilshirePart 2 of the unplanned “Eat around Koreatown” day. When the topic of Pork Belly BBQ came up, we ditched our ‘light dinner’ plan and came to Honey Pig, a place specialized in Korean pork belly BBQ.
Their big cartoon pig logo is hard to miss, yet somehow I left it out of my camera frame. The photo on the right is the patio seating, which is always the prefer choice as it gets very smokey indoor.
First we got the Special Pork Belly. Very fatty and lightly salted. The pool of grease it left off on the grill was overwhelming (the “did I just consume all these oil and fat?” aftershock).
The grill came with kimchi, beansprout, squid and a huge plate of vegetable. The BBQ onion and garlic added flavors For the 2nd serving we tried the Regular Pork Bellies which I prefer, it was less fatty more thinly sliced.
Other than wrapping the meat with lettuce (would be nice with mint leaf too), they came with these rice crepe as well (I love both ways). The green onions added a lot too.
The Sesame oil + salt dipping sauce is simple yet added so much aroma and flavor to the meat. After we finished both servings of meat, they pour kimchi and rice on top of our greasy grill. Btw my friend told me this post-BBQ rice serving is not a traditional practice, several places popularize it in contemporary Korea and it’s now practiced everywhere.
After the meal I felt so greasy inside out…what an unhealthy dinner compare to the healthy lunch. But it was tasty.
Honey Pig
3400 W 8th St. Los Angeles, CA 90005
Seoul Garden Restaurant (Koreatown)
//// By Freda in 07: Mid-WilshireMy friends and I had an unplanned “eat around Koreatown” day. We tried this Korean Shabu Shabu place for lunch. It didn’t have much side dishes compare to the usual BBQ places.
First we put vegetables and konjac into the broth. The broth is very light and healthy tasting.
A huge serving of thin sliced beef.
The waitress got a bit impatient at us for cooking too slow and dipped the 1/3 remaining beef for us. After we finished the beef, they brought us egg, udon, rice, seaweed and sauce to make porridge.
At the end we were served a lightly sweet rice tea drink that’s very pleasant. I couldn’t believe how much meat I’ve consumed yet this meal felt light and healthy.
Seoul Garden Restaurant
1833 W Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90006
Tags: Korean, Shabu Shabu
Red Corner Asia (Hollywood Blvd)
//// By Joan in 04: Los FelizWe 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 us) dishes:
Fish Cakes on Sticks – Fish cake patties seasoned with curry paste and green bean, deep fried and served with cucumber & peanut salad. Very delicious. The curry flavor was not too overpowering and gave a rich and interesting flavor to the fish cakes. In fact we originally ordered regular shrimp cake but the waitress made a mistake, definitely no complain from us though.
Tom Yum Fried Rice – Shrimp fried rice with spicy tom yum flavors, garnished with cucumber and cilantro. It’s interesting to taste tom yum as flavor of fried rice instead of the usual soup form.
Herb & Spicy Shrimp – Grilled shrimp topped with spicy sauce, garnished with crispy fried thin sliced garlic, shallots, lemon grass and crunchy cashew nuts. Served on a bed of crispy basil leaves. Amazing dish! I absolutely love the multi-flavors sauce. We have found our new must-get dish.
Red Corner Asia
5267 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 466-6722
Tags: Thai
Luscious Dumpling (San Gabriel)
//// By Joan in 01: San GabrielSorry 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 did arrived just slightly after noon. The server crossed out the sold out items on the menu, which included the soup dumplings. What a pity.
The Guotie (fried dumpling) were very good! The skin was perfectly fried and crispy, they’re not too oily either which is a bonus. The pork fillings inside was tasty.
Five-spice dry tofu and Pork, egg and chives Dumpling. Both are good.
We also tried the Mushroom meat sauce noodle which I forgot to take picture of for some reason. It was delicious, I like more than the beef noodle we got last time.
Luscious Dumplings
704 W Las Tunas Dr, San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 282-8695
