Eating & Drinking

Even though I’ve come been here several times for many years, I’ve never reviewed this place on my blog because they don’t serve ramen, soba, udon, or sushi. However, they do serve yakitori (see picture – $3.80), so I decided ...

Earlier this year, SugarFish opened their 6th branch in Beverly Hills. Since all the branches seem to be able to make the same consistently great sushi, there was no hurry for me to check out this branch.  However, they decided ...

Morinoya is on my regular rotation of places to go when I don’t want to think too hard about where to go. Having previously tried and disappointed by their zaru soba ($7.50), I decided to give it one more try. ...

Recently, I’ve noticed that I’ve gotten stuck in a rut and going to the same restaurants over and over again. In an attempt to snap out of this mode, I decided to checkout one of the new downtown Japanese restaurants ...

Since Mishima became Yashima and eventually closed down, I’ve been looking for great soba in the Sawtelle slash West LA area. After hearing about Sojibo’s home made soba, I decided to give it a try. This place has a huge ...

The same Kula Revolving Sushi that I reviewed from downtown is coming to the West side on Sawtelle “soon.” There’s already 6 of them in Southern California and they are opening at least 25 more branches in the next 5 ...

Last time, I just installed Wallet on my Samsung Galaxy S4 but didn’t actually use it. This time, I went to my local Pinkberry because I already knew from about a year ago that they accept Google Wallet. As advertised, ...

As you may have read previously, I’ve tried getting the ramen at the main Tsujita Artisan Noodle located on Sawtelle. Unfortunately, they only serve ramen for lunch and I cannot seem to wake up early enough to get there for ...

This Friday, May 17th, X-Lanes will finally open in the Little Tokyo Shopping Center in downtown Los Angeles. This much anticipated is 50,000 square feet mega entertainment center, which includes a 24 lane bowling alley, arcade, sports bar and pool ...

Teishokuya of Tokyo, or T.O.T. Restaurant, has a branch in Little Tokyo on the outside of the Japanese Village Plaza on 2nd street. I’ve been here many times over the years but I’ve never written about it. This place has ...