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Curry Ramen!!!???

2009-10-09T22:47:00.000-07:00

Curry Ramen...そのとおり、カレーラーメン。
Even for Japanese, it's a unique combination meal.
I love Curry and I love Ramen.
I love noodles (Soba, Udon, Yakisoba, Ramen Somen, Hiyamugi..)
I had Curry Udon before but I've never had Curry Ramen!
WOW.....my favorites in one.

The other day, I was browsing web and I found the Curry Ramen Speciality Restaurant in Nagoya City, Japan.
It's called ”Curry Ramen Menya KOKOICHI" （カレーらーめん麺屋ここいち）
All the menu items.....make me want to go there!

People say Curry Ramen was born in 1955.
In 1961 Nisshin Food company introduced "Chicken Ramen plus Curry".
So it's been around for a long time.

I wend to RAMENYA on Pico blvd. (near Sawtelle blvd.)
On the menu, I FOUND CURRY RAMEN!

OHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

So I ordered!

It was GOOOOOOOD! Dig it!
You also get Mugicha (Barley iced tea) for free :)

It's a popular place, so you may need to wait if you go there on lunch time hour.

RAMENYA
11555 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 575-9337
Open: 11:30am - 9:30pm
CASH only

DUSTY'S

2009-08-06T00:36:00.000-07:00

My friend Hiroko's choice!

After we had Thai massage, there was a cute cafe close by.

It's like...Frenchie style??

It took a while to choose what I want.

Here is my choice.

Savory Crape: Dusty's Crape $13

asparagus, ham, Swiss cheese and béchamel sauce

Hiroko's choice: Croque Marcello $15

fig jam, San Daniele prosciutto, gorgonzola, walnuts & Swiss cheese au gratin

My Crape was good. And sweet potato fries was goood. (I requested instead of the regular potato fries.)

My friend and I were expected a different style of croque...
It was just a sandwich.
It was tasty though.

DUSTY'S BISTRO
3200 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 906-1018

Shinsengumi HAKATA RAMEN

2009-06-07T23:28:00.000-07:00

Hakata Ramen Gardena is the best Ramen place in this town.
The food is simple but the taste is sooooo gooood.
You can choose the hardness of the noodles, thickness and richness of the soup.
I usually get hard noodle and regular soup.

I went there for their anniversary and the ramen was only $3!
It usually cost $6.95 (It may be wrong...)
There was limit of 500 ramen on Saturday and Sunday each day.

Shinsengumi HAKATA RAMEN
2015 W. Redondo Beach Blvd., #C
Gardena, CA 90247
(310) 329-1335

Monday - Friday
Lunch 11:30am - 2:00pm
Dinner 6:00pm - 11:20pm

Saturday & Sunday
11:30am - 11:20pm

They accept: AMEX, VISA, Master, Discover

PACO's TACO's

2009-05-31T23:17:00.000-07:00

My roommate knows a gooood Mexican restaurant.
The last day of my roommates life, my roommate Heidi, my husband and I went to a Mexican restaurant "Paco's Taco's" for lunch.
My husband and I don't usually eat Mexican food but she recommended and she loves this place.
So here is my order.

Supermex Burriro $10.25

A big burrito filled with beef, avocado, beans & lettuce, topped with special green sauce and melted cheese.

Yes, It's Giant Burrito! I shared with my husband.

The half was enough...since I was eating tortilla chips lots before.

Enchilada with Rice & Beans $9.00

This is Heidi ordered. hmmm..Mexican food....

PACO's TACO's
6212 Manchester Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045-3801
Phone: 310-645-8692

MO'S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ

2008-04-09T23:23:00.000-07:00

We were not hungry for Clam Chowder again.
WE WERE hungry for BBQ!

Shredded Pork BBQ sandwich!
Slowly smoked & tender pork topped with delicious coleslaw---$7.45

Pismo Beach
Mo's SmokeHouse BBQ
221 Pomeroy Street
Pismo Beach, California 93449
(805) 773-6193

Pismo Beach

2008-04-07T23:19:00.000-07:00

Pismo Beach is nice getaway place.
It takes about 3 hours from Los Angeles by car.
I've been here 3 times already with my husband.

This place is famous for Clam chowder.
There is annual Clam Festival in October. (this year Oct. 18 &19 2008)
Following weekend, the traditional Dixieland Jazz Festival and The special Halloween cerebration "Pumpkins on the Pier".

Most of restaurants there have clam chowder.
This time we went to BRAD'S Restaurant.

We were actually hungry for....Fish and Chips instead of Clam Chowder...
so here what we order.

BRAD'S Restaurant
209 Pomeroy St.
805-773-6165
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Seafood, Steaks, Fish, Beer/Wine, Patio Dining. Open Pit Bar-B-Q. Local Favorite for 48 years.
Daily 8:30am-8pm

Sea Venture Resort & Restaurant
This is where we stayed.
There is a private balcony with a hot tub in each room :)
Room rates at the SeaVenture range from $159 to $449.

This hotel has nice restaurant.
We were lucky, $1 Oyster Monday night!!!!
Look at this 2 dozen of oyster!
Today's Oyster special:Gigamoto from Washington

Here is Rockefeller style.

Check Restaurant for Events and Specials!

M Cafe de Chaya

2008-04-01T21:28:00.000-07:00

M Cafe de Chaya has been opened in Los Angeles in June 2005.

My husband had lunch there a few times and he really suggested me to go there.

We had a chance to have a lunch together and yeah! he took me there!

His recommendation was "Grilled Tuna Burger". Tuna was soooo Juicyyyyy....

Grilled Tuna Burger ~ $14.25

glazed with teriyaki sauce and garnished with sliced avocado, pickled red onions, daikon sprouts, spicy yuzu mayo and fresh shiso leaf served on a house-baked whole wheat bun

Melrose Avenue Location

7119 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046

(323) 525-0588

Culver City Location

9343 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232

(310) 838-4300

Giovanni Ristorante Italiano

2008-03-03T23:21:00.000-08:00

My Birthday dinner @ Italian Restaurant in Malibu!

Very romantic place.

My Favorite dessert Tiramisu.

22235 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265

(310) 317-6769

Santa Monica Farmer's Market

2007-09-09T23:02:00.000-07:00

My boyfriend and I like to walk around the Farmer's Market on Main St. & Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica on Sundays.
There are yummy food over there. French Bakery, Pankakes, Omelettes, Corn on the cobs, Tamales, Crapes....
I should have taken pictures of all food!!!
Today we had The Victorian Omelettes. You can choose ingredients - tomatoes, spinach, mushrooms, onions, corns, bacons, cheese... The omelette is big! and fried potates come with it. So we shared one :) We ordered it around 11am and after that I saw people waiting in a long line!

Best time to go is.... before 11am.

Santa Monica Main Street Farmers Market @ Ocean Park Blvd.
2600 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Sunday: 9:30am - 1:00pm

SPITFIRE Breakfast

2007-09-08T22:32:00.000-07:00

I found the goumet breakfast place in local!
The place is located at Santa Monica Airport.

<<< This is today's special omelette with Spitfire home fries. Home fries were tasty!

Crab Cake Benedict $11.95 >>>

<<< House Special Chips $4.00

Dig ths place! (^o^)/

The Spitfire Grill
3300 Airport Ave.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 397-3455
Sunday - Thursday 7:30am - 9:00pm
Friday - Saturday 7:30am - 10:00pm

Banning House Lodge - Two Harbors

2007-07-08T21:04:00.000-07:00

Jerry and I met at Two Harbors 1 year ago, and we were celebrating 1 year anniversary at the same Island. We were not planning to stay over night here but Banning House Lodge had one room available for a night!

The Banning House Lodge was built in 1910 as the summer home for the pioneering Banning brothers, who owned Santa Catalina Island. Now a charming, Craftsman -style bed and breakfast, the Banning House Lodge offers sweeping views of the Isthmus of Catalina and Catalina Harbor from its romantic, hilltop perch above Two Harbors.

There is nice patio area and a fireplace launge.

There is complimentary breakfast - muffins, bagels, cereals, fruits, yogurt, coffee, orange juice...
It's good to know that there is also special breakfast to order. 2 kinds of quiche.

Banning House Lodge
1-800-626-1496

SHINSENGUMI Yakitori

2006-06-17T23:30:00.000-07:00

新撰組　焼き鳥
My friend used to take me and my new friend took me here recently.
I LOVE how they welcome customers! (not like Wabi Sabi...).
You will definitely get an excellent service and attention.
Go and get that experience!
Food is excellent too!
Get a different style of miso soup! (Tonjiru-miso soup with pork and lots of vegetables.)
DIG, DIG!
活気の良い店っ！いってらっしゃい、みてらっしゃいっ！

Shinsengumi YAKITORI
18517 S. Western Ave., Gardena
(310) 715-1588

Wabi Sabi

2006-06-16T23:00:00.001-07:00

Japanese Sushi Restaurant in Venice.
I was very disappointed at Wabi Sabi.
Do you remember when you step inside of the Japanese Restaurants, you hear "Irasshaimase~!". Sushi chefs yell at you!! Why do they say? They are welcoming you to the restaurant.
This Wabi Sabi, they don't welcome you...
They say...nada...I thought Sushi Chefs are Korean or Chinese...but they were Japanese.
Sushi quality was good but the service was terrible.
Overall, No DIG!
「いらっしゃいませ」も言ってくれないなんて、あかんなっ！

picture is from Citysearch

BERRI'S CAFE

2005-12-30T21:32:00.000-08:00

I think I found Great Food place tonight!
Berri's Pizza Cafe founded in 1996. There are 2 locations. One is in Los Angeles and the other is in Playa Del Rey. Los Angeles location is open until 4:00 am! Yes, until 4 AM! Even open daily. It sounds like a late night fun hang out place....?

I've ordered Lobster Pizza and Chopped Salad for togo before. Pizza sauce for Lobster was so good! Salad and bread came with the order was excellent!!!! I really DIG IT!
Tonight my good friend neighbor John and I went to the restaurant in Playa Del Rey. I heard the service over there was not good. But the service was ok. FOOD was excellent!!! (^o^)p

I ordered Today's Special : Ahi Tuna with BBQ pineapple and mashed potatoes. Ahi Tuna was big and the pineapple sauce was great. I had some Veal and it was good as well. The most important part was "Dessert". Lots of dessert selections! I had to try Tiramisu here since I love Tiramisu. It was excellent!!!!! I really DIG IT!!!!!!!!
Thanks John!!!
BERRI'S CAFE
Los Angeles
8412 W. 3rd St.
(323) 852-0642
Open Daily 11 AM - 4 AM

Playa Del Rey
8514 Pershing Drive
(310) 823-6658
Open Daily 11 AM - 11 PM

Wirin Thai Restaurant

2005-12-03T23:40:00.000-08:00

I had a dinner with my manager Charles at the little Thai Restaurant in Venice.
Charles says this is the best Thai food around this area. I trust him because he knows the real Thai food!

When you order Egg Rolls, you get 7 rolls... we ate 3 rolls already in the picture.... -_-;
Crispy Calamari was too oily for me. I like Noodles! Rad Na and Pad Thai are my favorite. Rad Na was good! Pineapple Fried Rice was good as well. It was curry flavor to it.

Wirin THAI RESTAURANT
2308 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 397-1721
Open 7 days
11:00am - 11:00pm

Sakura House

2005-10-23T16:00:00.000-07:00

10/16/05 Dinner at Sakura House - Sizzling Skewers of Kushiyaki

I've been here 2 times before. I love Tori soboro here but I didn't get it this time... We had some tofu salad, veg kushiyaki, liver (my favorite!) tsukune, stuffed potato shiitake...and other kushiyaki! Food was good! and the service was also good! DIG.

Sakura House
Marina Plaza, 13362 Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90066
(310) 306-7010

Chef Izumi's Udon - special edition

2005-10-23T15:47:00.000-07:00

10/16/05 Lunch - Chef Izumi decided to cook Chicken Udon for lunch at yydream cafe. Sounds good ^_^ and Naoju prepared Kung Pao Chicken Friend Rice (yeah....left over from Cheng Du). Udon came out so good and so does Fried rice! ひよこ (Hiyoko-Japanese sweets) was for desert. I was stuffed again :)

Cheng Du

2005-10-23T15:04:00.002-07:00

10/15/05 Dinner
It's great! When my client comes in town, we almost eat out! \(^o^)/ On the other hand, I was too busy to update my BLOG.
Ok, we were trying to go to MIZU (Shabu Shabu) restaurant for dinner but it was 15~20 minutes wait :(
We were too hungry to wait so Naoju (my client / friend) suggested the Chinese restaurant where he used to go for lunch.

This restaurant was called "Chang King" before. Naoju ordered spring rolls, chinese chicken salad, soup, shrimp chow men, kung pao chicken, friend rice and vegetable dish...ah...we are only 3 people...who is going to eat all that....
This restaurant was nothing special...I like Japanese food much better than Chinese. Chinese food is too oily and greasy. I gained 3 pounds easily eating Chinese food.... >_<

Cheng Du Restaurant
11538 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 477-4917

THE SHACK

2005-10-16T12:14:00.000-07:00

10/15/05 Lunch Time!! My client (Naoju) came from Japan. 99% of the time, we go THE SHACK when Naoju comes in town. It's a very popular burger restaurant in Playa Del Rey.

This is the most popular "The Shack Burger". Ground Chuck topped with grilled Louisiana Hot Link or Portuguese sausage with choice of American, Swiss, Cheddar, Pepper Jack or Bleu Cheese Crumbles. ($6.00)

I ususally have a "Tuna Melt Sandwich, but today I got a "Turkey Melt Sandwich" instead. With Sauteed mushrooms Melted Swiss cheese on Sourdough Bread with Iceberg Lettuce, Sliced Tomato and Mayo.

We had another company from Japan today, Hirotaka (Pianist). His choice was "North Shore Chicken. Grilled Chicken breast topped with Sauteed Mushrooms and Melted Cheddar Cheese.

I don't remember what Naoju ordered... it didn't look any special burgar or sandwich, so I didn't take any pic of his food, but we also ordered one basket of Onion Rings on the side :)

Overall, It's ok. I guess it's a casual neighbor hangout.

S M Pier Seafood

2005-10-14T21:38:00.000-07:00

My friend came from Japan! It's been about 2 years to see each other.
We went to Santa Monica Pier to find 'Crabs'.
Here we are! Very interesting naming Seafood place.....mmm....We found 'Crab meal'.
My friend told me that Korean owns this restaurant. The cashier spoke a bit of Japanese :)

We had one Dungess Crab each. When it comes to think of crab....I've never had a whole crab before. This huge crab was good! It was really messy when we were eating. I was so busy digging meat from shell...

When we are almost finish eating, something happened outside!!!! Gang (?) escaped from Police! Police tried to stop a car but the car stopped once and hit the police's little truck (how do you call this thing again?) and a taxi, and the car ran away!!! My friend saw the whole thing but I was still busy digging meat....and messy hands... that's why I couldn't go outside and take some photos of the accident. Police couldn't catch the car at the time.
Santa Monica, Santa Monica.... always something happening!

S M Pier Seafood
258 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 394-9683

春さん、今日は楽しかったぁ〜 ^^ ごちそうさまでしたっ！！初めて蟹一杯丸ごと食べたがや〜〜〜。２杯で＄５０超えてるのには、びっくらこいたぎゃ〜。

Sushi Roku

2005-10-14T20:49:00.000-07:00

Last night (10-13-05), my friend and I went to Sushi Roku in Santa Monica.
I've been to Sushi Roku on 3rd before and I didn't like it because it was too crowded and noisy.
The service wasn't good either.

It was my first time to go to Sushi Roku in Santa Monica.
atmosphere was nice, romantic...however I was a little disappointed at the presentation of... Caterpillar Roll.
This is one of my favorite sushi rolls! Why people call 'Caterpillar Roll'? Of course it looks like Caterpillar! Right? (hope it doesn't taste like Caterpillar.... -_-; ) It was good though :)

Sushi Roku
1401 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 458-4771
Sushi Roku: Hollywood/Santa Monica/Pasadena/Las Vegas

Souplantation

2005-10-11T19:22:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite restaurants! Soup & Salad Buffet! I like this place because you just pick whatever you want and it's healthy.You can also get pasta, muffins, pizza, frozen yogurt and more! (Too much!)

So here is my 'pick' for today. Yeah, I have 2 places full with salad & pasta :) The other tray is my friends. We had frozen yogurt after the meal. I forgot to take a pic of my frozen yogurt. (I was busy eating...)
There are 97 locations in 15 states in the US! Find a location near you at the website.

Souplantation
Marina Del Rey - Marina Market Place
13455 Maxella Ave.
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 305-7669
Sun-Thu: 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm

Kaiten-Sushi DAICHAN

2005-10-09T23:04:00.000-07:00

I should have taken some photos of the place... but my friend Jeff took some pics of us at the place. (Thanks, Jeff!)
This revolving sushi & fine Japanese dining DAICHAN just opened a couple of months ago.
It's clean and wide inside. It's casual. Food (sushi) keeps coming by in front of you so you never get hungry.
Prices are very reasonable but you might not get the BEST sushi...
I wanted to see my friend Megumi there at that night but she was off :(
I'll see her next time I visit there!
I definitely go back there!
DIG!

KAITEN-SUSHI DAICHAN
11301 Olympic Blvd., Suite 203
Los Angeles, CA 90064
1(866) 997-8744
(310) 914-5028
Mon-Thu: 12pm-10pm
Fri: 12pm-10:30pm
Sat: 12:30pm-10:30pm
Sun: 12:30pm-9:30pm

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