Are Pocky considered food? Anyway, for the Star Wars fan that has to have everything: http://web.glico.jp/g-sw/product/product_1.html

gaijinmark wrote:

Are Pocky considered food? Anyway, for the Star Wars fan that has to have everything: http://web.glico.jp/g-sw/product/product_1.html

Pocky. Catchy name for an almost food.
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I wonder if our Expert of Everything Epicurean, Triky has ever been here: http://www.kcet.org/living/food/the-nosh/have-you-eaten/small-batch-chinese-noodles-in-la-available-only-35-hours-a-day.html

gaijinmark wrote:

I wonder if our Expert of Everything Epicurean, Triky has ever been here: http://www.kcet.org/living/food/the-nosh/have-you-eaten/small-batch-chinese-noodles-in-la-available-only-35-hours-a-day.html

I have not been there truth be told but the article does read like this is a place worth trying. Thanks for sharing.

Just watch out for the "Noodle Nazi"!!

gaijinmark wrote:

Just watch out for the "Noodle Nazi"!!

Point taken. I better come equipped with body armor and my trusty M1 rifle

Yeah, but would you eat it?: http://blog.dramafever.com/2013/08/how-to-make-a-ramen-burger/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=df%20news

gaijinmark wrote:

Yeah, but would you eat it?: http://blog.dramafever.com/2013/08/how-to-make-a-ramen-burger/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=df%20news

I'd try it... But without cheese.

There is a tonkatsu craze going on in my country. In the last few months, there have been at least 4 tonkatsu restaurants that have sprouted in the city: Saboten, Yabu, Ginza Bairin and Tonkatsuya.
I've only been to the first two and I'm looking forward to trying the other 2. Rosu, hire, kurobuta, here i come!
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gaijinmark wrote:

I wonder if our Expert of Everything Epicurean, Triky has ever been here: http://www.kcet.org/living/food/the-nosh/have-you-eaten/small-batch-chinese-noodles-in-la-available-only-35-hours-a-day.html

So I checked this place out in light of the information you provided here. It was certainly one of the better Chinese noodle with stewed beef soups in LA. It's a more expensive than any other Chinese restaurant that offers this dish at $9 a bowl.

It was pretty good though. The broth was very flavorful without being salty or oily, although it was a bit richer than most other places I've eaten this dish at in LA.

^ Glad it was good! Although you're right, $9 is a bit pricey.

gaijinmark wrote:

^ Glad it was good! Although you're right, $9 is a bit pricey.

Thanks. Yeah you're absolutely right this bowl of noodles usually cost around 7 bucks in my experience. Like I said though, it was tasty.

Tu_triky wrote:

It was pretty good though. The broth was very flavorful without being salty or oily, although it was a bit richer than most other places I've eaten this dish at in LA.

It looks rich... Richer than a tonkotsu ramen.

bmwracer wrote:

It looks rich... Richer than a tonkotsu ramen.

It was rich but perhaps not that rich! In my limited experience I've found that most tonkotsu ramen to have more fat and more sodium, too!

Slurp!

How to eat sushi (according to this guy): http://www.refinery29.com/2013/08/51800/how-to-eat-sushi-infographic

gaijinmark wrote:

How to eat sushi (according to this guy): http://www.refinery29.com/2013/08/51800/how-to-eat-sushi-infographic

I don't think I've ever had miso soup at the end of a meal, not even in Japan. A number of meals came with all the entrees presented at one time. If I did commit a faux pas, no one said anything . . . but then they wouldn't.

I've always eaten nigirizushi before makizushi, but that's just out of habit, not because of any order of eating etiquette.




Bought some char siu yesterday. Had some for lunch; I'll have some more for dinner tonight. Man, I love pork products!

shin2 wrote:

Bought some char siu yesterday. Had some for lunch; I'll have some more for dinner tonight. Man, I love pork products!

Where did you buy the chashu?

bmwracer wrote:

Where did you buy the chashu?

At a Chinese deli in Kearny Mesa (eastern San Diego) called Sieu Sieu. It's a bit of a drive for me, but it's the closest place I've found that has good char siu. Fortunately there's a Marukai (small one) nearby and also a Mitsuwa (small one) so I have more than one reason to drive down there.

It was a lot easier when I lived in Orange County. Less than a 10-minute drive from my place was a terrific Chinese take-out that, among other things, had pretty good char siu. And then if I needed a roast pork fix, I could go to Little Saigon in Garden Grove where there's a deli that's actually run by ethnic Chinese; they have excellent roast pork (I'm salivating right now thinking about it); their char siu is also good, albeit the taste is a little different from the norm.

Are there any good Chinese delis in your neck of the woods? Or do you have to go to L.A. or Monterey Park?

It's been incredibly hot here in LA these past few days. I was able to enjoy a quick, late lunch a few hours ago at Otafuku in Gardena.

This is my preferred soba shop even in light of the recent opening of a few branches of some Japanese soba shops here in LA. Most of the restaurant patrons are Japanese-Americans and Japanese nationals.

When you see the head chef of Shinsengumi Yakitori in Torrance eating noodles here you know it's legit.

Ten Seiro (Cold handmade Seiro soba with kakiage tempura)

Kakiage Tempura close up (basically a tempura battered seafood fritter made with shrimp and scallops)

Another favorite of mine is Oumi Sasaya. This is hands down the BEST curry udon in LA. Period. It's a Japanese mom and pop shop in Lomita, near Torrance. The broth made with a healthy dose of katsuoboshi is really fragrant and mercilessly flavorful!

The handmade noodles made from scratch have that wonderful texture and elasticity that comes with eating freshly made udon.

This is their curry udon with shrimp and mochi tempura.

Nice fat shrimp, drunk off curry.