japanese
Tofu Haiku
As a vegetarian I’ve had a lot of tofu in my life. Some of it has been very good, some of it has been very bad, but it’s hard to tell how tofu is going to be until you eat it. When I saw that SeriousEats was giving away a pair of tickets [...]
L.A. & S.F. Eats Day 2 - BBQ & Hanpan Cheese
In the morning dead salty fish and at night tasty deep fried fish cakes stuffed with cheese.
L.A & S.F. Eats Day 1 - Udon
Before leaving for LA I knew exactly where and what I wanted to eat once the plane lands in LA. A restaurant in Rowland Heights call The Boat has two of my favorite dishes. One is the boneless Hainam Chicken Rice and the other one, the dish that I wanted to eat, is [...]
L.A. Eats Day 2 - Burgers & Macaroons
It’s burger and cake day!!
Started the day early since it was a long drive out to Santa Monica. We were going to have lunch at The Counter, a burger place that my older sister had gone to many times and had tempted me with her photos many times. Finally it’s my turn to [...]
Hagi
Yeah that’s a bowl of bacon and spinach and nothing else.
What’s not to love about izakaya?! Beer, small plates, good food, yakitori, chicken skin!!, pork belly, sake, noisy, usually quite small and hidden, and just makes me feel I’m in Japan sorta. Though I do hate the long wait seriously I got to [...]
Cafe Zaiya
Cafe Zaiya is a one-stop place for many Japanese goodies, especially the one in Midtown (there’s also one in the East Village) because you can also find Beard Papa there. I don’t go there as often as I want to because it’s a bit of a walk from work. During lunch time the place [...]
