Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:What a rip: the announcement is made in Torrance, but they open in West Hollywood???

Grrrr. :grumble:

com'on dude, u expect the first place they open up to be in the south bay? unlikely...way too far from l.a....even though they will open one in torrance as well..

it's the same as that Japanese Restaurant chain, Gyu-kaku, they have over 600 throughout Japan....the first one they opened was in West LA then in Beverly Hills, Torrance, and Sherman Oaks....

press release only out of torrance because they're local hq is there just like a billion other japanese companies....

by the way i ate at okonomiyaki place in lomita....not bad....it was an experience.

Tu_triky wrote:press release only out of torrance because they're local hq is there just like a billion other japanese companies....

All the more reason to open the first one here. ;)

Oh well.

by the way i ate at okonomiyaki place in lomita....not bad....it was an experience.

I thought about checking it out last Saturday, but the tractor beam at my fave sushi place was just too strong...

bmwracer wrote:What a rip: the announcement is made in Torrance, but they open in West Hollywood???

Grrrr. :grumble:

Hey what are you complaining about bmw? At least you are getting a FamilyMart near you soon. NY probably won't see one until the year 2009!!! :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:All the more reason to open the first one here.

Oh well.

i thought about that rationale but their foray into the american market is apparently in part to make up for lost market share domestically in japan...so obviously they're appealing to a different demographic...

it's l.a....we all have to drive everywhere anyway!

bmwracer wrote:
I thought about checking it out last Saturday, but the tractor beam at my fave sushi place was just too strong...

in any event it's going to be there...my only recommendation is to go there in the evening after the sun sets because it's entirely too hot to go there on a warm day and cook the okonomiyaki on a hot teppan griddle.

Enna wrote:

Hey what are you complaining about bmw? At least you are getting a FamilyMart near you soon. NY probably won't see one until the year 2009!!! :grumble:

i'll vaccum pack some fried chicken and overnite it to you...

Enna wrote:Hey what are you complaining about bmw? At least you are getting a FamilyMart near you soon. NY probably won't see one until the year 2009!!! :grumble:

I guess that means you're just gonna have to move out to SoCal. ;)


Back to the food:

Had a roast beef sandwich while watching Millennium Actress (Sennen Joyu)... Very good.

And so was the sandwich. :hehe:

Tu_triky wrote:

i'll vaccum pack some fried chicken and overnite it to you...

Why thank you Tu_triky. It is finger lickin' goood! :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:I guess that means you're just gonna have to move out to SoCal.

As nice as that idea may be, I'll have to pass. Earthquakes, smog, mud slides and wild brush fires are not my thing! :shakehead: :bonk: ;)

bmwracer wrote:
I guess that means you're just gonna have to move out to SoCal. ;)


Back to the food:

Had a roast beef sandwich while watching Millennium Actress (Sennen Joyu)... Very good.

And so was the sandwich. :hehe:

Oops sorry! So your sandwich was good, huh? :)

Enna wrote: As nice as that idea may be, I'll have to pass. Earthquakes, smog, mud slides and wild brush fires are not my thing! :shakehead: :bonk: ;)

Aside from the possible 'quakes, we don't have much of that other stuff in the South Bay. ;)

Enna wrote:Oops sorry! So your sandwich was good, huh? :)

The movie was a little better than the sandwich.

Movie: 9/10
Sandwich: 8/10


Now I'm eating a bowl of Cheerios. :hehe:

Wow, you really chowing down BMW :hehe:

Enjoy your cherrios, they healthy :woot: :victory:

K.T.Tran wrote:Wow, you really chowing down BMW :hehe:

Enjoy your cherrios, they healthy :woot: :victory:

Yeah, I guess I was really hungry today... Being slavedriven all day takes its toll on a person... :rolleyes:

Tu_triky wrote:

haha...yeah i found that place to have some tasty food. i was always impressed with the vast array of food items their stores in tokyo had....going their is like a small adventure. one of life's simple pleasures, i guess. west hollywood is not far from where i live so i'll have to go their sometime.

could have thought i saw a family mart named convenience store in LA-Little Tokyo, not far away from the Kinokinuya/Marukai mkt., but i doubt it was the same thing, from a far, it looked much older and different, just had the same name.

I think that is so cool that a Family Mart chain is opening up in SoCal and eventually the Bay Area. Too bad they don't have Lawson! I love the Convenience stores in Japan! I sure do miss them and everything about Japan! :bonk:

qilver wrote:

could have thought i saw a family mart named convenience store in LA-Little Tokyo, not far away from the Kinokinuya/Marukai mkt., but i doubt it was the same thing, from a far, it looked much older and different, just had the same name.

they do but it's hella old....looks like a plain ol' liquor store to be honest

Tu_triky wrote:


they do but it's hella old....looks like a plain ol' liquor store to be honest

the new Family Marts, probably going to look nice, almost like the ones in Japan, eh? hopefully.

yeah, that old one looked old and yuck.........so, i never bothered to go there. I just stick with Kinokuniya, and Marukai for my goods. :bonk: :hehe:

talking 'bout food?
it just reminds me of my the day when i first cooked,
just two months back , tried to cook some japanese food with little help from my japanese friends
i cooked yakitori , oyakodon, unfortunately it turned out to be the worse food ever cook *kidding*
though it did not taste that good but atleast the food was edible
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please don't use the word "jap" were are avoiding the use of it, so we don't offend anyone
Instead use Japanese or if you want to keep it short just use J in front of words like dorama, friends, idols, etc. :victory:

K.T.Tran wrote:please don't use the word "jap" were are avoiding the use of it, so we don't offend anyone
Instead use Japanese or if you want to keep it short just use J in front of words like dorama, friends, idols, etc. :victory:

i am extremely sorry
i generally don't use any shortform though
i'll edit it rightaway

@ mani -

i sure as hell miss the sweets man .... and who can forget the famous rasogollas of kolkata.. lucky u eating it all daily ...

Planning on having myself the Spring Rolls from King Eggroll for lunch. 4got which one got the bigger spring rolls and better dipping sauce....I think its the one up in Lundy, well thats where I'm heading after school :victory: