Since certain healthy people in our crowd was reluntant to go here, we ended up next door at this salad place called Tender Greens. It seems like a fast food joint or cafeteria type of operation but with ‘healthy’ salad. I got the Ahi Tuna set, the teenager staffs on kitchen counter assembled this very […]
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May 16, 2007
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Sawtelle Kitchen (Sawtelle)
By Freda in 12: SawtelleSawtelle Kitchen used to be this charming tiny rustic yoshoku (Japanese western food) house on the westside Little Tokyo Sawtelle street. You stopped by there always for their Japanese cutlet/curry/lunch set, even when you’re by yourself. Then they closed down and bought the neighboring vintage clothes store and remodeled for what felt like half a […]
May 10, 2007
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Grub (Hollywood)
By Freda in 08: HollywoodJoan blogged about Grub before (here and here) but this is the first time I’ve tried it. Before this place was known to us as the relaxing neighborhood lunch spot near our workplace in the form of a cute little house, now we all know it as Top Chef 2’s “I cook comfort food’ Betty‘s […]
May 9, 2007
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Nicky D’s Wood-Fried Pizza (Silver Lake)
By Freda in 05: Silver Lake + Echo ParkJoan wrote about this place before. It’s my turn now (with better photos ;D). From the outside it looked like a small front-counter only operation, who knows it’s so cozy inside full of Italian retro-charm (with patio garden seatings at the back too). The giant wood oven occupied half of the interior. Individual size ($8) […]
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April 19, 2007
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Macau Street (Monterey Park)
By Freda in 01: San GabrielLike Hong Kong, Macau also has an unique colonial food culture shaped by Cantonese + Portuguese cuisine. Usually you can get some Macau dishes from Hong Kong “Western” cafe (such as Tasty Garden). Macau Street is a similar but with Macaunese centric food. From lunch special: Macau tomato chili sauce noodle, taste like Bolognese but […]
