Posts Tagged ‘Fusion’

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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December 31, 2004 2

Xiomara (Old Town pasadena)

By in 02: Pasadena

The last entry of 2004…. Finally tried Xiomara, the more upscale sister restaurant to one of our favorites: Atlantic Cafe. But unlike Atlantic which was strictly Cuban, Xiomara is a fusion of French, Spanish, Cuban and Asian cusine. They don’t open for lunch during weekends and their dinner is too expensive for me to afford […]

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December 22, 2004 1

Restaurant 2117 (Sawtelle)

By in 12: Sawtelle

Coincidently I have a week full of Italian food (which is overabundant in LA anyway). This is a Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant located at Sawtelle opened by a Japanese chef (with all Japanese staffs). Everything about this place is a bit pretentious (over-DESIGN wine collection, all-white minimalism with only deco plates that are very 80s ‘Wolfgang […]

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September 10, 2004 3

Maison Akira (Pasadena)

By in 02: Pasadena, Favorite Food Entries

Finally tried this French + Japanese fusion restaurant Maison Akira on Green St. in Pasadena! We passed by it almost daily for 4 years while we attended ArtCenter, but for some reason we never step in there once. Why? I don’t know ^^;;; (perhaps intimidation + bad timing + inconvinience + laziness?!?!) Once we almost […]

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