Food, Food, and More Food Thread

dochira wrote:Speaking of which, I can't remember if I had my thumbs pointed up in the pic.... :hehe:

Maybe it was the "V" sign. ;)

@dochira, that was a cool digicam you have, what was the name of it? that one had a huge screen.
i have an older model of cybershot Sony, can get one nowadays for almost half the price and so much more power, and lighter/smaller too.
maybe in a year or so, i will look into a new digicam.

qilver wrote:@dochira, that was a cool digicam you have, what was the name of it? that one had a huge screen.
i have an older model of cybershot Sony, can get one nowadays for almost half the price and so much more power, and lighter/smaller too.
maybe in a year or so, i will look into a new digicam.

It's the Sony T1 cam. But you can't eat it even if you wanted to.



Too much a stretch, huh? Trying to hard? Not quite?

qilver wrote:yeah, it was cool meeting you guys. Shinsengumi has excellent ramen, and so does daikokuya in LA, next time you are down in So-Cal, we should go to one of those places for some good ramen.

Hey, count me in on that...

We can hit that yakitori place in Torrance that Triky was talking about... :thumbsup:

qilver wrote:@dochira, that was a cool digicam you have, what was the name of it? that one had a huge screen.
i have an older model of cybershot Sony, can get one nowadays for almost half the price and so much more power, and lighter/smaller too.
maybe in a year or so, i will look into a new digicam.

Yea, that digicam was nice :mrgreen:
I need to get myself one.

@Doc & Q: Its great to finally meet the both of you in person. You guys are cool :victory:

okay ramen eaters...so what kind of ramen did you have?

tonkotsu? shio? shoyu? etc.....

Tu_triky wrote:okay ramen eaters...so what kind of ramen did you have?

tonkotsu? shio? shoyu? etc.....

Q and I had the Niku-iri ramen that had (I believe) Tokushima pork in it, while KT had the Kim-chi ramen.

dochira wrote:
Q and I had the Niku-iri ramen that had (I believe) Tokushima pork in it, while KT had the Kim-chi ramen.

yes, i guess pork is the ubiquitous meat in most types of ramen...so tasty...i drool.

bmwracer wrote:
Hey, count me in on that...

We can hit that yakitori place in Torrance that Triky was talking about... :thumbsup:

sounds good, we should meet up in Torrance area, i know the asahiya/mitsuwa, since i go there once or twice a month anyways. It is a bit of a drive, but they got good stuff out there. I don't mind meeting up with you guys on a saturday or sunday, traffic will be lighter. They got calendars up in Asahiya, but didn't have any ryoko yonekura calendars or rina. The kinokuniya should have them soon.

yakitori, that sounds good. Torrance has got the best japanese food around, Gardena included. @Bmw, do you know any other good japanese places you can recommend for good ramen, besides shinsengumi/daikokuya?

bmwracer wrote:
Hey, count me in on that...

We can hit that yakitori place in Torrance that Triky was talking about... :thumbsup:

forgive me for saying this...because if i've i said it i should remember but what place was i referring to...at least as you recall? i'm stumped at the moment.... :sweat:

last time i ate in the south bay was okonomiyaki but perhaps you are referring to gyu-kaku? which has chicken and much much more and i do heartily recommend you go there....even though the one in l.a., in beverly hills, has better looking girls.

let me know because i really can't remember which restaurant you are referring to.

the Shinsengumi (yakitori)?
that's the only good one i know of in the torrance area.

krim wrote:the Shinsengumi (yakitori)?
that's the only good one i know of in the torrance area.

that's the thing...i haven't actually gone there so i doubt i made a reference to that restaurant...despite that i've heard that it's good. the only other place that sounds close to that type of fare is gyu-kaku as i mentioned...which is basically an izakaya....

by the way...they are building a new gyu-kaku in pasadena soon i here...this chain is blowing the hell up....no wonder since they already have over 800 in japan.

krim wrote:the Shinsengumi (yakitori)?
that's the only good one i know of in the torrance area.

there is a shinsengumi ramen/yakitori place in Fountain Valley off the 405fwy-brookhurst.
and also one closer to you in Torrance, but haven't been there before. The restarant is in two sections in building(small one), i usually go for the ramen one, but i have tried the yakitori one as well.

Tu_triky wrote:

by the way...they are building a new gyu-kaku in pasadena soon i here...this chain is blowing the hell up....no wonder since they already have over 800 in japan.

Yes! within easy reach!

Tu_triky wrote:
that's the thing...i haven't actually gone there so i doubt i made a reference to that restaurant...despite that i've heard that it's good. the only other place that sounds close to that type of fare is gyu-kaku as i mentioned...which is basically an izakaya....

by the way...they are building a new gyu-kaku in pasadena soon i here...this chain is blowing the hell up....no wonder since they already have over 800 in japan.

Why are all these places being built in SoCal. No love for NorCal folks? :puppydog:

I would love to try the yakitori place, or the build-your-own okonomi place.... but I can't unless I go down there. :(

dochira wrote:
Why are all these places being built in SoCal. No love for NorCal folks? :puppydog: :(

cuz you guys suck...and real estate is too fuggin' expensive in the bay...just kiddin'...dunno i think the demographic and economic variables are better suited down here....

dochira wrote:

I would love to try the yakitori place, or the build-your-own okonomi place.... but I can't unless I go down there. :(

hurry up and ride your bike down here and we'll go one day....

dochira wrote:
Why are all these places being built in SoCal. No love for NorCal folks? :puppydog:

I would love to try the yakitori place, or the build-your-own okonomi place.... but I can't unless I go down there. :(

there are a lot of japanese in Gardena/Torrance/West LA area, tons, and all the good stuff is there. Some of them are in Costa Mesa(15 min away from Irvine), that's why it is so hard to leave So-Cal.

NorCal has a little, but not much in comparison. SF has some, but the Japan town in LA is better than the one in SF. The mitsuwa in Torrance and OC is better than the one in SJ, haven't been to the one in SF though.

Tu_triky wrote:
hurry up and ride your bike down here and we'll go one day....

Sure, meet you guys in like two weeks, cool? Make that one month, I don't know if my legs can handle the Grapevine. I'll just take the PCH. :hehe: :sweat: ... Have some Pocari waiting for me.

dochira wrote:
Sure, meet you guys in like two weeks, cool? Make that one month, I don't know if my legs can handle the Grapevine. I'll just take the PCH. :hehe: :sweat: ... Have some Pocari waiting for me.

going down the PCH, could take you much longer then... :hehe:
better off risking the grapevine, unless you want the ocean view.
:bonk:
did they have pocari sweat at Mitsuwa?, don't remember seeing it there.

dochira wrote:
Sure, meet you guys in like two weeks, cool? Make that one month, I don't know if my legs can handle the Grapevine. I'll just take the PCH. :hehe: :sweat: ... Have some Pocari waiting for me.

oh my gosh, it's like a comedy explosion today...everybody's bustin out with the really funny jokes and quips....