Eating & Drinking

My friend and I have been coming to this place for many years but I haven’t been back in over a year.  The first thing I noticed was that it has been remodeled and now has a darker, sexier ambience.  The ...

Decided to go back to Blue Marlin for another meal with my friend.  She had the Seafood Cream Pasta ($13.95) shown above and I had the Chilli something or rather with an egg on top ($11.95) which was very tasty. ...

En Sushi is located on Santa Monica and Barry, near Federal.  The restaurant does have a tiny parking lot that the valet uses and there is a small public parking lot across Barry but they are usually packed because of ...

If you like noodles (especially Udon) and curry, like I do, then it’s only natural that you try the Cury Udon at curry house.  Mmmmm.  It doesn’t get much better than this. Curry House 123 S. Onizuka St. #204, Los ...

It Zushi is located on the side of Westwood Village near Fat Burger, and has a small front but the actual restaurant is much larger inside.  This is another one of those fusionized sushi places that’s probably more like a ...

Honda Ya just opened last week so I decided to give it a try. It’s located in the Little Tokyo Shopping Mall on the 3rd floor right next to Sushi Go 55. You probably wouldn’t find it by accident unless ...

Last time, I didn’t review their sushi, which is like going to Magic Mountain and not riding the rides.  So this time, I got the Nigiri sushi combination ($18.95) which comes with miso soup and other items.  Everything was fresh ...

People don’t usually like the words “cheap” and “fast” when referring to restaurants, unless you’re talking about fast food. Well, how about Shabu-shabu?  Yup.  Fast and cheap Shabu-shabu in Little Tokyo at where else but Shabu-Shabu House. For those of ...

Inside the Japanese Village Plaza, there’s what I call a fast-sushi place called Frying Fish.  It’s the sushi version of fast food in that you can be in and out of here quick. Two things are different here from other ...

Izayoi Restaurant is located on the side of the Office Depot in Little Tokyo.  You can park for free at the Office Depot parking lot.  Although the building and styling is brand new, the food here is old school Japanese ...