Food, Food, and More Food Thread

Food favorites from Osaka

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cori wrote:I'd send you the pudding one, but it would probably spoil by the time it gets to you. :beaten: But don't worry, I plan on sending you something for the holidays. :mrgreen:

Sugoi...! :woot:

Will she be about 5'-6", from Hyogo prefecture? :fingerscrossed:

Nice try beem ;)

Nice pics cori, putting that camera to good use! yay! :victory:

Anime Dad wrote:Nice try beem ;)

How about 5-6, from Kanagawa prefecture?? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
How about 5-6, from Kanagawa prefecture?? :beaten:

You're more chance of getting a 5'3" from Hawaii ;)

tabana wrote:
The desert is a more decadent take on Serendipity's $8.50 "Frrrozen Hot Chocolate," which the talk show host Oprah Winfrey once endorsed by saying it made her want to "dance on the chandeliers."

When I was in Jr High and High School that was the thing to have with your friends at Serendipity. THe line was always at least an hour wait for lunch.
But the Frozen Chocolate Brain Freeze was worth it!! :woot:
And then a little shopping at Bloomingdales..... ;)

Anime Dad wrote:

You're more chance of getting a 5'3" from Hawaii ;)

Maybe, just maybe. But we shall see. :beaten:

Eve wrote:

When I was in Jr High and High School that was the thing to have with your friends at Serendipity. THe line was always at least an hour wait for lunch.
But the Frozen Chocolate Brain Freeze was worth it!! :woot:
And then a little shopping at Bloomingdales..... ;)

The chocolate thing sounds so good. I wish I could try that. :puppydog:

cori wrote:Maybe, just maybe. But we shall see.

I've heard that line before.

thtl wrote:

The Customs people usually do the destroying the beef by slicing it up and putting it into a boiling pot of broth, then immersing it into their GI tract which leads to a pool of biogenic form of hydrochloric acid. :mrgreen:

Thanx for the scientific explanation! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

cori wrote:

The chocolate thing sounds so good. I wish I could try that. :puppydog:

I think if you put hot chocolate in a blender with ice (like a margarita :hehe:) then whipped cream on top with shavings of dark chocolate you'd have pretty much the same thing.

The chashu pork from Daikoukoya Ramen :nut:

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Tu_triky wrote:The chashu pork from Daikoukoya Ramen :nut:

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This picture represents FORMER glory. I ate an early lunch at Daikokuya today and....

Daikokuya has gone down hill. I've been there twice in about 3 months and the broth lacks the depth it use to have and I tried the oyako don -- it was really bad...the quality of the chicken was quite poor and the sauce was thin and unsavory.

I hate to say it but ever since the Japanese guy, the one with the tattooes left, the broth is not as good and even the presentation is off....the Chashu pork wasn't neatly arranged on the surface but rather submerged in the broth...granted it's melt in your mouth good but it's all in little bits instead of whole slices because it is submerged in the soup.

The broth was watered down and tasteless.

The texture of the noodles is still good and the pork is tender but the broth is wack.

Was the guy with the tattoos the cook? Or is it just coincidence?

bmwracer wrote:Was the guy with the tattoos the cook? Or is it just coincidence?

I think he was the cook, bro....

Tu_triky wrote:I think he was the cook, bro....

Oh.

He must've left recently... Everything seemed fine when Q and I were there in August... Or we didn't notice. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh.

He must've left recently... Everything seemed fine when Q and I were there in August... Or we didn't notice. :sweat:

It could be that's it's just inconsistent now but I'm not the only one who's complained....I just posted on Chowhound and a few ppl have been complaining for a sometime.

I'll have to swing by Chowhound and check things out...

bmwracer wrote:I'll have to swing by Chowhound and check things out...

Truth be told my friend just went two weeks ago and he said it was fine but after going today and remembering my last visit...this ramen has definitely lapsed in my opinion....more reason to try Cafe Asa in Gardena...the one I e-mailed you about.

As with Star Wars maybe Cafe Asa's ramen is a "New Hope"

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Omuraisu makes everything nice

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Tu_triky wrote:As with Star Wars maybe Cafe Asa's ramen is a "New Hope"

If the inside of that place looks like the inside of the Cantina at Mos Eisley, I'm there. :mrgreen: