Eating & Drinking

A few months ago, El Pollo Loco stopped making the Classic Chicken Burrito. That was my favorite dish at this fast food joint. I broke down and tried their new burritos. The new ones are bigger, and more expensive but ...

After the wonderful experience we had at Craftworks in Vegas, we decided to try out the Craft in Los Angeles, or more specifically, in Century City. The ambiance here is good but not as nice as the one in Vegas. ...

A tiny home-style Japanese restaurant named Tenryoan opened up in Westwood next to the Disney owned theater but I ignored it for a while thinking that it’s probably going to fail and shut down. Well, after a few months, it ...

While in Vegas for the WSOP, I had a little time to checkout a new Sushi place at the new Cosmopolitan. Actually, it took us a little while to find the place because it was not on the ground floor ...

Since my last trip to Mori Sushi, they have changed their menu from the 8 course meal to 7 courses. This is very interesting because I felt that the 8 course meal was a little too filling for me. So ...

Since discovering the SugarFish in downtown, I’ve been going there repeatedly, so I decided it was time for a change-up. Takami Sushi & Robata is a trendy Asian fusion type restaurant located on the 21st floor of what appears to ...

As usual, my predictions were completely wrong. The online armageddon did not cause the numbers to free fall. In fact, the numbers were slightly up, and as you can see from the picture below, registration lines showed it. Even with ...

Once again, I find myself at the Century City area so this time we try an Italian place called Toscanova. Unlike the other chain restaurants near by, this place seems to be more of a non-chain variety. There’s seating outside ...

Across the way from Houston’s in Century City, is another upscale restaurant owned by the same chain called Gulfstream for seafood. On our way to the movies, we decided to checkout this place. The setup looks a lot like Houston’s ...

While in Northridge, we were driving around to see where we could get some grubs and came across Kabuki Sushi in a strip mall. At first, I thought it was part of the Kabuki chain, but even before entering, I ...