Food, Food, and More Food Thread

bmwracer wrote:

Tu_triky wrote:
Have you been there?

Nah, I don't eat that oftne down in Orange County...it's too far. There are many good izakayas here in LA county, from Little Tokyo to the West Side to Torrance....there's tons....I'm not knockin' Zero tho...I'm sure it will do well...there has been a veritable EXPLOSION of izakayas in the last 5 years.

Tu_triky wrote:there has been a veritable EXPLOSION of izakayas in the last 5 years.

I think that might apply to Japanese restaurants in general in SoCal...

bmwracer wrote:
I think that might apply to Japanese restaurants in general in SoCal...

Yeah.

Hehe made a brilliant discovery today...Custard and Terry's Chocolate Orange (Heat the custard in the microwave then add a few segments then reheat and stir till chocolate is melted. leave to cool - So you don't burn your tongue - and enjoy. Tasted like Heaven to me :D :woot:

I popped out for an early lunch at Sushi Gen in Little Tokyo.....omg, I haven't been there in years, and this was actually the first time I've eaten sushi in close to a year. :sweat: I knew it was going to be crowded so I got there early, before it opens....it opens at 11:15am...I got there at a quarter till 11 and there was already people in line! :shocked:

I swear, no kidding, by the time 11:15 am rolled around there were probably 60 to 70 people in line!!!

I sat at the sushi bar and ordered some sashimi...it was so utterly DELICIOUS....I mean it was melt in your mouth fresh. I had some salmon, maguro, hamachi, and spanish mackerel with yuzu kosho...it was really top shelf....I couldn't believe how fresh it was. Since it was my first time eating any animal protein in over a month and my first time eating sushi I splurged...I also ordered some unagi and I had a spicy tuna handroll...they don't mess around there, it is really spicy! Oh dayem and their nori is sooooo dayem good too. I ended the meal by ordering some saba sashimi which they also serve with yuzu kosho.

The funny thing was at the bar there was this old Japanese lady who was sitting next to me...and she heard me speaking Japanese...and then we started talking in Japanese for about 10 minutes. We started talking about me studying Japanese, and Tokyo, where she was from, etc, etc. It was pretty cool :)

Sushi Gen is awesome.

In honor of Sushi Gen...here's a few pics I found :victory::

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Damn Tu, that looks great.

Cool that you could chat in Japanese :) Despite studying for a few years now, I still haven't had the opportunity to chat in Japanese for any length of time :(

Anime Dad wrote:Damn Tu, that looks great.

It was pretty tasty, mate! I won't lie.

Cool that you could chat in Japanese :) Despite studying for a few years now, I still haven't had the opportunity to chat in Japanese for any length of time :(

I will not lie, friend, it wasn't a complex conversation...but it did put a smile on my face that I could even converse with a native Japanese speaker. ;)

Just imaging things...I would love to be able to sit next to you at some sushi bar....we'd chuckle that we could converse in Japanese.

Tu_triky wrote:
Just imaging things...I would love to be able to sit next to you at some sushi bar....we'd chuckle that we could converse in Japanese.

One day i'll do just that.... come to the USA, that would be cool :)

Anime Dad wrote:

One day i'll do just that.... come to the USA, that would be cool :)

A great dream, my friend :)

Anime Dad wrote:

One day i'll do just that.... come to the USA, that would be cool :)

hopefully it's still here... there's a few more Bushes that haven't run yet...

:rofl:

By that time, we should be able to buy a mansion with 50 maids cleaning the place, for $10 a week. :sweat:

krim wrote:

hopefully it's still here... there's a few more Bushes that haven't run yet...

Trust, me...the owners of Sushi Gen make MAD loot....hand over fist.....

Damn, after those pics, I've gotta have sushi this weekend. :drooling:

Tu_triky wrote:

Trust, me...the owners of Sushi Gen make MAD loot....hand over fist.....

i meant the united states as a whole. :beaten:

Nice surprise for lunch today: One of our suppliers paid for a seafood meal for us all :drooling:

Anime Dad wrote:Nice surprise for lunch today: One of our suppliers paid for a seafood meal for us all :drooling:

Nice perk. :victory:




....Time for a big salad. :sweat:

krim wrote:


i meant the united states as a whole. :beaten:

:lol:

Goya to enjoy-a.. :beaten:

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bmwracer wrote:Goya to enjoy-a.. :beaten:

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Goya Champuru ~ an Okinawan dish....a stir-fried concoction.