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January 24, 2005 1

Aya Kato

By in Siteseeing

The upcoming Tori Amos‘s music video will feature these amazing artworks by Aya Kato. It’s like Japanese Traditional art meets manga meets Audrey Beardsley + Kay Nielsen + Arthur Rackham. Actually the music video is work-in-progress, a friend of ours will be working on it. It’ll be extremely Maya/3D heavy (imagine her artwork became these […]

January 23, 2005 13

LA’s Top 25 Restaurant

By in 18: Greater LA

Latest Jan 2005 issue of Los Angeles Magazine is out with an article on their best LA restaurant ranking. Most are upscale expensive place that I heard of but couldn’t afford. I went to the No. 1 one and hmm…comment later. The Chinese dim-sum restaurant Mission 261 ranked No.6! *_* Here’s the list for reference. […]

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January 20, 2005 7

Uncle Bill’s Pancake House (Manhattan Beach)

By in 17: South Bay

We went to this all-American breakfast place because it has a nice view to the ocean…unfortunately the ocean view is a bit nasty today. The cloud are muddy yellow hence the ocean is this scary greyish yellow color. Heavy smog completely blurred the horizon line. 🙁 This place seems to be a popular local hang […]

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Mission 261 (San Gabriel)

By in 01: San Gabriel

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January 18, 2005 2

Ebizo’s Skewer (Manhattan Beach)

By in 17: South Bay

Japanese shabu shabu and yakitori place with a western flair. There are many little stove and pot stations for Japanese fondue at the counter. Skewer set: Yakitori, bacon + banana $8 The banana is wrapped around by bacon. Good. Shabu Shabu Burger, the sauce is wasabi + mayonnaise.

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