Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:
Good strategy. :victory:

That is if I can go at all. :)

Should be interesting in any case. It's not hard to fathom why those events are so well attended.

Man, they should go big one of these years, charge admission, and try to rent out a space and invite a gang of restaurants from Japan to show up.

There are so many foodie events of that kind (LA WEEKLY's Gold Standard, Taste of Beverly Hills, Food & Wine event, Street Food Festival, etc.) every year now I can bet you that they could easily sell out the event tickets.

Tu_triky wrote:Man, they should go big one of these years, charge admission, and try to rent out a space and invite a gang of restaurants from Japan to show up.

There are so many foodie events of that kind (LA WEEKLY's Gold Standard, Taste of Beverly Hills, Food & Wine event, Street Food Festival, etc.) every year now I can bet you that they could easily sell out the event tickets.

Ramen-palooza. :woot: :dancing:

Just got think link from my niece: http://ippudony.com/

If anything, the site looks impressive. :)

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bmwracer wrote:Just got think link from my niece: http://ippudony.com/

If anything, the site looks impressive. :)

Oh yeah, I've heard of this restaurant. It's a Japanese transplant that's been in NY for several years...supposed to be darn good. :)

^Just reading the menu got me salivating. Curse you. :beaten:

I bet the ramen is amazing.

Tu_triky wrote:^Just reading the menu got me salivating. Curse you. :beaten:

I bet the ramen is amazing.

I'm hoping for a review from my niece.

bmwracer wrote:
I'm hoping for a review from my niece.

I'm sure if it's fab you'll hear about it!

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Looks like Mitsuwa is set to have their Fall Food Fair at the end of the month.

10/27(Thu) - 30(Sun) Torrance, Costa Mesa, San Diego
11/ 3(Thu) - 6(Sun) San Jose, Chicago, New Jersey

Details forthcoming.

http://mitsuwa.com/event/eevent.php?e=53

Thanks for the heads-up! I was just there today and wondered if they already had it. I'm going to try as many as I can!! :beaten:

Sengo wrote:

Thanks for the heads-up! I was just there today and wondered if they already had it. I'm going to try as many as I can!! :beaten:

That's a good plan. :) If my understanding is correct most of the places invited to participate don't necessarily come back again, so get in while the gettin' is good. ^_^

Few days ago I went to this sandwich shop called the Pasadena Sandwich Company for the first time.

I had the mother of all sandwiches. It's called "Trust the Cook" - the sandwich is literally left up to the guys in charge of making your sandwich.

This thing was so darn big I could only eat half of it...and made another meal out of the leftover half.

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bmwracer wrote:Just got think link from my niece: http://ippudony.com/

If anything, the site looks impressive. :)

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My friend's son and daughter live in NYC and both raved about this place. Pretty expensive but delicious.

I had the mother of all sandwiches. It's called "Trust the Cook" - the sandwich is literally left up to the guys in charge of making your sandwich.

It'd have been funnier if they just gave you two slices of bread with a toothpick through it. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:

I had the mother of all sandwiches. It's called "Trust the Cook" - the sandwich is literally left up to the guys in charge of making your sandwich.

It'd have been funnier if they just gave you two slices of bread with a toothpick through it. :hehe:

:hehe: An airwich, if you will? :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:Few days ago I went to this sandwich shop called the Pasadena Sandwich Company for the first time.

I had the mother of all sandwiches. It's called "Trust the Cook" - the sandwich is literally left up to the guys in charge of making your sandwich.

This thing was so darn big I could only eat half of it...and made another meal out of the leftover half.

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Nice sandwich!! Lots of meat!! I think I can only eat 1/4 of it so the leftover would be good for 3 more meals. :beaten:

Sengo wrote:

Nice sandwich!! Lots of meat!! I think I can only eat 1/4 of it so the leftover would be good for 3 more meals. :beaten:

For approx. 8 bucks, it's worth it considering how gargantuan it is...when you factor in the fact that you can make more than one meal out of it...it's a downright bargain.

So in my impatience I made a quick run to the new Shinsengumi Hakata Ramen in Little Tokyo.

I had their Hakata ramen with the addition of an onsen tamago (poached egg) & pig ear cracklins with a small order of (mini) gyoza.

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In my book Daikokuya (only two blocks away) has nothing to worry about. It wasn't bad but it doesn't compare to Daikokuya in at a least a few different respects. Shinsengumi gyoza is weaksauce and totally blown away by Daikokuya. The mini gyoza are nothing to write home about and in fact are so underwhelming I could probably buy a bag of the frozen kind that would taste better. I used a little shoyu and rayu but the gyoza just doesn't cut it.

The chashu that comes with the Hakata ramen is anemic. Daikokuya's kurobuta blows it out of the water (okay at least out the broth in the ramen bowl). I still think in L.A. Daikokuya has the best chashu with out question.

The hosomen (straight noodles) at Shinsengumi were good as was the broth, but still not up to par with Daikokuya. The onsen tamago was a nice complement, being soft poached quite well. The problem is the side dishes are brought to your table before the ramen comes out so these toppings stand to get cold while you wait for your noodles. The pig ear cracklins weren't bad but they were a bit too hard...maybe I need to throw them in the broth and let them soak for a bit longer before eating them.

In any event their pig ear might as well be dog ear compared to the Pig Ear Chicharrones at Lazy Ox Canteen, also located in Little Tokyo...recently voted the best in L.A. by Los Angeles Magazine.

I think in their attempt to make the ramen highly customizable you lose out on the bowl being expertly prepared and presented by the chef. I know for dayem sure you won't get your ramen toppings served before the ramen is served to you if you were in Tokyo or Osaka.

All in all a decent bowl of ramen but not Daikokuya...I can already forsee that for many ramen freaks this will be the Daikokuya overflow joint...when you don't want to wait in that ridiculous line at Daikokuya you will say f*ck it and just come here and settle for second best in Little Tokyo.

Zee End.

Tu_triky wrote:So in my impatience I made a quick run to the new Shinsengumi Hakata Ramen in Little Tokyo.

Haha.... You're a pillar of Jell-O. :hehe:

Dang, what is up with the pigmy gyoza? :crazy:

Hmm, sounds like the Shinsengumi is overblown... And overhyped.

bmwracer wrote:
Haha.... You're a pillar of Jell-O. :hehe:

Dang, what is up with the pigmy gyoza? :crazy:

Hmm, sounds like the Shinsengumi is overblown... And overhyped.

:hehe: It's good ramen not great. After trying so many places, unfortunately one becomes more discriminating with regard to taste (i.e. ramen snob).

You can easily try the Shinsengumi Hakata Ramen on Redondo Beach Blvd in Gardena to formulate your own opinion.

I just think in my humble opinion that it can't go toe to toe with Daikokuya, or Ramen Mottainai for that matter. Ramen Mottainai's Sapporo Miso Ramen will blow it out of the water like the battleship Musashi was at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

No. fuggin. comparison.

The pigmy gyoza are "cute" but taste is paramount. They weren't anything like the mini gyoza I had in Shibuya Tokyo.

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France Bans Ketchup In Schools

Mayonnaise is still on the menu, but hold the ketchup. This week, French elementary schools have introduced new dietary guidelines, including limiting the amount of ketchup available in cafeterias.

The Los Angeles Times explains students will be allowed to consume french fries once a week, and only then can they have their weekly dose of ketchup. They also won't be able to use ketchup on traditional French dishes.

"Canteens have a public health mission, but also an educative mission," National Association of Directors of Collective Restaurants chairman Christophe Hebert said in an interview with the Daily Mail. "We have to ensure children become familiar with French recipes so that they can hand them down to the following generation."

The Telegraph agrees that the semi-ban was designed to preserve French food culture.

The new dietary rules also specify that schools must offer four or five dishes each day, while French baguettes will be offered in unlimited quantities, reports Fox News.

France is McDonald's biggest European market along with Germany and the U.K. But perhaps that explains the motive for such a bizarre set of school cafeteria rules. Let's see if the French food police can enforce it.

bmwracer wrote:France Bans Ketchup In Schools

Mayonnaise is still on the menu, but hold the ketchup. This week, French elementary schools have introduced new dietary guidelines, including limiting the amount of ketchup available in cafeterias.

The Los Angeles Times explains students will be allowed to consume french fries once a week, and only then can they have their weekly dose of ketchup. They also won't be able to use ketchup on traditional French dishes.

"Canteens have a public health mission, but also an educative mission," National Association of Directors of Collective Restaurants chairman Christophe Hebert said in an interview with the Daily Mail. "We have to ensure children become familiar with French recipes so that they can hand them down to the following generation."

The Telegraph agrees that the semi-ban was designed to preserve French food culture.

The new dietary rules also specify that schools must offer four or five dishes each day, while French baguettes will be offered in unlimited quantities, reports Fox News.

France is McDonald's biggest European market along with Germany and the U.K. But perhaps that explains the motive for such a bizarre set of school cafeteria rules. Let's see if the French food police can enforce it.

I bet they have kids that walk around with squeeze bottles of ketchup that take an occasional shot of ketchup straight to the head to get their fix.