This authentic and low key Japanese restaurant Kappo Ishito specialized in Kaiseki (traditional pre-fixed haute cuisine). It is tucked away on the 3rd floor of a plaza, overshadowed by the very popular ramen joint (Orocho) next door. We heard about their limited bento box (only 15 are made everyday) during weekday lunch, but we arrived […]
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September 22, 2009
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Frances Bakery and Coffee (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LA, Favorite Food EntriesBeing a lover of Japanese style French patisserie, I never knew about Frances Bakery, even though it’s been around in Little Tokyo for a long time. The exterior is very non-descript and dated looking. The interior is very hole-in-the-wall as well, despite the attempted rococo molding. My crappy photo doesn’t do the cake justice: they’re […]
Tags: Cake, Patisserie
September 22, 2009
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Focus Cafe (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAJust for fun, we lunched at a Japanese Karaoke joint that offers typical Japanese western dishes. Focus is hidden away on the 2nd floor of a nobody-goes-there mall building at the Japanese Village plaza. We had the choice to dine at the individual karaoke room, the manga reading main room and a closed patio for […]
September 14, 2009
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Angelique Cafe (Downtown)
By Joan in 06: Downtown LAOn a lazy Sunday morning we tried to go to the wonderful Wood spoon but sadly it wasn’t opened. Hungry and thirsty, we went to the nearby Angelique Cafe, a small corner French place that’s located when Spring street and Main street join together. It’s got a quiant and cute exterior: old red brick building […]
September 4, 2009
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Wakasaya (Little Tokyo)
By Freda in 06: Downtown LAA new seafood rice bowl (donburi) chain from Japan called Wakasaya has opened its first US chain in the Japanese village. The colorful photos of their bowls are plastered all over the restaurant front. The bowls all looked too packed with yumminess to be true. I got their most popular bowl (according to the poster […]
