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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:05 am Post subject:
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.
..........so we just used the rest of the newcastle and fooled eveyone into thinking it was marinated in soysauce...
Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 8550 Location: California Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:44 am Post subject:
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.
I ate fish and rice the rest of the weekend to unclog my arteries.
Upon reading the description, it sounds like the Big and [not so]Tasty.
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:48 am Post subject:
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 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.
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Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 12316 Location: burunto o suimasu ka? Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:55 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
by the way i ate at yuzu in torrance this weekend.
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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.
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:57 am Post subject:
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...
Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 5928 Location: San Francisco, CA Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:40 am Post subject:
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..
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 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.
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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.
