Food, Food, and More Food Thread

krim wrote:

we used to have a massive Jul 4th party down at Huntington Beach, we'd have 80-100+ peeps, we'd have 2 of those 5-gallon soy sauce containers full of kaibi and that usually wasn't enough. :doh: :mrgreen:

..........so we just used the rest of the newcastle and fooled eveyone into thinking it was marinated in soysauce...

Tu_triky wrote:

..........so we just used the rest of the newcastle and fooled eveyone into thinking it was marinated in soysauce...

:headscratch: :headscratch: :headscratch:

were you there 2 years ago? :headscratch: :shocked:

krim wrote:

:headscratch: :headscratch: :headscratch:

were you there 2 years ago? :headscratch: :shocked:

yeah right..if i was there i would have fallen into the soy sauce....

Tu_triky wrote:

yeah right..if i was there i would have fallen into the soy sauce....

i think that was 4 years ago.. someone got a little too tipsy and stepped into the bucket accidently... :rofl:

krim wrote:

i think that was 4 years ago.. someone got a little too tipsy and stepped into the bucket accidently... :rofl:

haha..nice...got a juicy marinated leg out of it....

Tu_triky wrote:

haha..nice...got a juicy marinated leg out of it....

we tried to bbq his foot to make up for the meat he stepped on, but he got away. :grumble:

krim wrote:

we tried to bbq his foot to make up for the meat he stepped on, but he got away. :grumble:

hey, you know how beer tends to tenderize meat? I wonder if that would be effective for the human body...

tabana wrote:
It's like a whopper. I think it's been around for 4 years, more or less.

The bun is bigger than a big mac and the beef patty too. It has a tomato slice, lettuce, Ketchup, mayonnaise and onions. You can have an extra cheese and bacon if you think there's not enough fat in the burger. :mrgreen:


I ate fish and rice the rest of the weekend to unclog my arteries. :sweat:

Upon reading the description, it sounds like the Big and [not so]Tasty.

by the way i ate at yuzu in torrance this weekend.

it's a very simple, modern but nicely appointed dining room that is very small...very few tables mostly counterspace around the kitchen area which is open to the patrons for you to see the action like a studio. but the counters are wide and low so they are comfortable and don't detract from the dining experience. if you want a table you most certainly would need to make reservations a couple of days in advance.
most of the customers were local japanese and japanese ex-pats, with a smattering of others.



had the following:

-tuna carpaccio with jalapeno and garlic chips
-ribeye baked with mushroons and fresh vegetables (bean sprouts, onions, etc)
-cold soba noodles with sliced duckmeat in hot tsuyu (dippping sauce)
-maui onions and avocado deep fried in panko (almost tempura style)
-foie gras saikyo (foie gras marinated in sweet miso)
-assorted sashimi flown in from tsukiji (snapper, seabass, hamachi, and something else!)
-honey marinated kurobuta

the food was pretty good but i will say this is a step up from an izakaya in terms of refinement AND price...i would not classify this restaurant as cheap. its on the expensive side....it ain't furaibo...hehe.

the pork was not well-prepared, nothing like the excrutiatingly delicious picture in the l.a. times article...it was dry and disappointing. the foie gras was extremely rich and fragrant and the fish was pretty fresh but not abundantly provided. there were many dishes that i wanted to try...the menu has many items but it was only myself and a girl so i couldn't order the whole menu :P i might want to go back and try some of the other things on the menu because they had some interesting, atypical items on the menu.

pretty good but you better be ready to shell out some cash. still...if i want to spend a lot on japanese food i most certainly would rather go to matsuhisa.

krim wrote:

we tried to bbq his foot to make up for the meat he stepped on, but he got away. :grumble:

lol!

Tu_triky wrote:by the way i ate at yuzu in torrance this weekend.

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Makes you wonder if they knew the LA Times review was going on...

dochira wrote:Upon reading the description, it sounds like the Big and [not so]Tasty.

I just checked and it's the same thing. I almost want to throw up just thinking about it. :bleh:

dochira wrote:
Makes you wonder if they knew the LA Times review was going on...

possible....

Tu_triky wrote:by the way i ate at yuzu in torrance this weekend.

...

pretty good but you better be ready to shell out some cash. still...if i want to spend a lot on japanese food i most certainly would rather go to matsuhisa.

Hmm.. good and bad to hear.

dochira wrote:
Makes you wonder if they knew the LA Times review was going on...

having dated someone whose place was reviewed a while back, i'd say yes. Even if they aren't announced, it's especially obvious when they bring a professional photographer along with the reporter.

krim wrote:

having dated someone whose place was reviewed a while back, i'd say yes. Even if they aren't announced, it's especially obvious when they bring a professional photographer along with the reporter.

that's a dead give away huh? well yeah i didn't get to try the eel or the grilled lamb with sea salt ...there are too many delicious sounding items on the menu...to eat there with just two heads...

Tu_triky wrote:

that's a dead give away huh? well yeah i didn't get to try the eel or the grilled lamb with sea salt ...there are too many delicious sounding items on the menu...to eat there with just two heads...

grilled lamb... seared salmon with balsamic vinegar and oils and garlic..

date food.

if you got game like Tricky, it doesn't matter what you eat. :applaud:

krim wrote:if you got game like Tricky, it doesn't matter what you eat. :applaud:

i have no game....just a wide-eyed look and a hungry stomach that prompted me to go....i ain't going by myself!

edit: i would have just as easily gone with a one of my boys i didn't get any takers...

littlemissfab wrote:

grilled lamb... seared salmon with balsamic vinegar and oils and garlic..

date food.

that place is a good date place though...i'm glad i didn't dress too scrubby :P

Tu_triky wrote:by the way i ate at yuzu in torrance this weekend.

it's a very simple, modern but nicely appointed dining room that is very small...very few tables mostly counterspace around the kitchen area which is open to the patrons for you to see the action like a studio. but the counters are wide and low so they are comfortable and don't detract from the dining experience. if you want a table you most certainly would need to make reservations a couple of days in advance.
most of the customers were local japanese and japanese ex-pats, with a smattering of others.



had the following:

-tuna carpaccio with jalapeno and garlic chips
-ribeye baked with mushroons and fresh vegetables (bean sprouts, onions, etc)
-cold soba noodles with sliced duckmeat in hot tsuyu (dippping sauce)
-maui onions and avocado deep fried in panko (almost tempura style)
-foie gras saikyo (foie gras marinated in sweet miso)
-assorted sashimi flown in from tsukiji (snapper, seabass, hamachi, and something else!)
-honey marinated kurobuta

the food was pretty good but i will say this is a step up from an izakaya in terms of refinement AND price...i would not classify this restaurant as cheap. its on the expensive side....it ain't furaibo...hehe.

the pork was not well-prepared, nothing like the excrutiatingly delicious picture in the l.a. times article...it was dry and disappointing. the foie gras was extremely rich and fragrant and the fish was pretty fresh but not abundantly provided. there were many dishes that i wanted to try...the menu has many items but it was only myself and a girl so i couldn't order the whole menu :P i might want to go back and try some of the other things on the menu because they had some interesting, atypical items on the menu.

pretty good but you better be ready to shell out some cash. still...if i want to spend a lot on japanese food i most certainly would rather go to matsuhisa.

You bum.

I wasn't even invited, nor did you drop by to visit. :puppydog: