There’s an interesting article at this week’s LA Weekly, “Welcome to Gentrification City” that summerize the recent rise of luxury condo/lofts all around LA inner cities and a rush of upper middle class ‘overtaking’ lower-middle income neighorhoods, changing the dynamic of the community, etc. I know friends who got forced out of their low rent […]
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August 24, 2006
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Yung Ho Dou Jiang (San Gabriel)
By Freda in 01: San GabrielYung Ho is a Taiwanese chain where you can get Mandarin breakfast in LA. We used to Sunday brunch here a lot back in those art school days ;D (Dou Jiang means Soymilk). We had salty soymilk! The one on the left is Northern style, in which the soymilk solidfied (like soft tofu) with seaweed, […]
August 23, 2006
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Ebisu (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAA new (yet another) Izakaya Ebisu opened at the corner of Little Tokyo where there were already two nearby. It’s from the corp who brought us Daikokuya and dozen other Japanese restaurants in LA. The interior is very designed (contrast to neighbor Haru Ulala) though the individual booth seatings were private and cozy~ Takoyaki is […]
August 21, 2006
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Auntie Em’s Kitchen (Eagle Rock)
By Freda in 03: Eagle RockBack to my favorite breakfast place, but I was too late! So I tried their lunch menu that features salad and sandwich. I tried the special Grilled Pork Sandwich. When it came I was disappointed, it’s 2 white toast with too much meat (a bit dried) and nothing else to go with. The side potato […]
