Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Tu_triky wrote:No bullsh*t, man. Fo' real.

http://www.papayaking.com/hollywood/

Hmm.

I should tell my coworker... He's from NYC.

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm.

I should tell my coworker... He's from NYC.

Like I said I used to go to Gray's b/c it was closer to where I lived but Papaya King is big favorite of New Yorkers.

End his hot dog blues and spread the news.

Tu_triky wrote:

Dayem the Chinese are going to start selling bootleg burgers now? MaoDonald's? When will it end!!!

The Irish potato famine happened largely because Ireland depended on a single variety of potato (the "lumper") for most of their food, and that particular variety of spud was vulnerable to a certain blight.

The potatoes that McDonald's uses for fries are also exclusively a single variety (Russet Burbank).

Will history repeat itself? :confused:

the wife doesn't like my oyako donburi anymore, now she's tasted the real thing in osaka! :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:

You know they just opened a Papaya King in Hollywood about a month ago? Haven't checked it out yet, but I shall.

All beef there at least. :metaldevil:

Eve wrote:

All beef there at least. :metaldevil:

Hehe.

kenjilina wrote:the wife doesn't like my oyako donburi anymore, now she's tasted the real thing in osaka! :beaten:

Guess you're going back. :dancing:

kenjilina wrote:the wife doesn't like my oyako donburi anymore, now she's tasted the real thing in osaka! :beaten:

I can appreciate that. Kind of like when my buddy and I ate mamushi (eel) in Osaka; it absolutely tasted superior to anything unagi I've eaten here at home.

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^ Wow. :drooling:

bmwracer wrote:^ Wow. :drooling:

Good stuff, man. As I am sure I mentioned many moons ago...it's eel, then rice, and then another layer of eel and rice below that in the lacquer ware container in photograph. Too bad it's not a great photograph.


Unfortunately this mom & pop shop is no longer in business because the chef who cooked grilled the eel passed away last year. :(

Here are some pics of the man and his craft. The restaurant was called Kuromon Kawahiro.

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I feel lucky and honored I had a chance to eat at his restaurant.

^ Yeah, I remember now.

Too bad about the chef... He the owner as well, right?

The same will eventually happen to my fave local sushi place: the owner will retire eventually and no heirs... :(

bmwracer wrote:^ Yeah, I remember now.

Too bad about the chef... He the owner as well, right?

Yup. Owner chef alongside his wife who also helped at the shop serving customers and attending to other duties at the restaurant.

The same will eventually happen to my fave local sushi place: the owner will retire eventually and no heirs... :(

Bummer, man. You should be that family's muko yoshi and take over the business. ^_^


In Japan a family which has daughters but no sons may adopt the husband of one of the daughters. He will take on his wife's family's surname and the obligations of a born-to son to his parents-in-law. Such a husband is known as a muko yoshi, literally, an "adopted bridegroom." The same custom appears in many other cultures.


:P

Then we could all hang out at "Hakone Sushi," I mean "Racer Rolls." :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:Bummer, man. You should be that family's muko yoshi and take over the business. ^_^


In Japan a family which has daughters but no sons may adopt the husband of one of the daughters. He will take on his wife's family's surname and the obligations of a born-to son to his parents-in-law. Such a husband is known as a muko yoshi, literally, an "adopted bridegroom." The same custom appears in many other cultures.


:P

Then we could all hang out at "Hakone Sushi," I mean "Racer Rolls." :beaten:

Haha.

The owners have a son but he lives in Japan... Osaka, I believe.

And the daughter has her own job and doesn't want to inherit the biz.

bmwracer wrote:
Haha.

The owners have a son but he lives in Japan... Osaka, I believe.

Right on...ppl in Osaka know how to grub.

And the daughter has her own job and doesn't want to inherit the biz.

I'm telling you that's where you come in as the muko yoshi...you marry the taisho's (in this case the sushi chef's) daugther and take over the biz...I smell two things...freshly grated wasabi and a new dorama in the making! :woot:


All kidding aside before I started frequenting Sushi Gen as my go to joint I went to Hamakawa in Little Tokyo as my go to spot in J-town...which was a stone's throw away, literally....like across the street. In any event the restaurant was sold and was renamed Tenno Sushi....I never went there after that...it became one of those places that sells 50% off rolls and fish tacos and all this other lame ass bullshit...

My friend's who went to both Hamakawa and Tenno said it became wack after the change of ownership.

bmwracer wrote:^ Wow. :drooling:

+1.

Looks beyond amazing.

Tu_triky wrote:I'm telling you that's where you come in as the muko yoshi...you marry the taisho's (in this case the sushi chef's) daugther and take over the biz...I smell two things...freshly grated wasabi and a new dorama in the making! :woot:

The daughter's been hooked up with her guy since high school... No chance for moi. :beaten:

Itazura ichiban wrote:

The Irish potato famine happened largely because Ireland depended on a single variety of potato (the "lumper") for most of their food, and that particular variety of spud was vulnerable to a certain blight.

The potatoes that McDonald's uses for fries are also exclusively a single variety (Russet Burbank).

Will history repeat itself? :confused:

The difference is, if need be, at MaoDonald's the Chinese will manufacture bootleg French fries out of kong shin tsai & fried rice.

bmwracer wrote:
The daughter's been hooked up with her guy since high school... No chance for moi. :beaten:

Zan nen desu ne? <Too bad> ;)

Eve wrote:

+1.

Looks beyond amazing.

Actually, Beastmaster, it's +2 because there are two layers of mamushi (eel) with each order :P

Tu_triky wrote:Zan nen desu ne? <Too bad> ;)

Naruhodo. :(