Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:16 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
You bum.
I wasn't even invited, nor did you drop by to visit.
that i am....forgive my indiscretion.
when i called to make reservations that afternoon, they had already said all the tables were booked...i had a sinking feeling that we might not even get seated for the while given that i knew the restaurant was pretty small from the pictures i viewed. i was kind of prepared to just go check it out and try my luck.
when i called to make reservations that afternoon, they had already said all the tables were booked...i had a sinking feeling that we might not even get seated for the while given that i knew the restaurant was pretty small from the pictures i viewed. i was kind of prepared to just go check it out and try my luck.
Judging from what you had, that meal must've wreaked some major havoc on your credit card (reminds me of the time I had dinner at Katsu with that ex-gf who sorta looks like Rina)...
Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 5928 Location: San Francisco, CA Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:35 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, sometimes you gotta make that leap of faith.
Very disappointed to hear about the kurobuta... Maybe it was just a bad day for the chef...
I ate out once in a local resto that freaking overpriced everything. When I saw my credit card statement, it served as a painful reminder never to trust the local daily for a decent food review.
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.
damn, that sounds so good, i am always craving good japanese food.
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 4:59 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
I guess there shoulda been a disclaimer with that pic of the kurobuta in the Times, like they have for frozen food: "Serving Suggestion..."
yeah....how appropriate...good one....
as i mentioned...the food there is pretty good and there are numerous items on the menu...so probably worth another visit sometime in the future.
guess the jury's still out...
i must admit though i might have some expensive tastes but i tend to prefer the simpler izakaya fare found at many of los angeles' fine examples of such....more rustic decor but tasty, simply prepared food.
as i mentioned...the food there is pretty good and there are numerous items on the menu...so probably worth another visit sometime in the future.
guess the jury's still out...
i must admit though i might have some expensive tastes i tend to prefer the simpler izakaya fare found at many of los angeles' fine examples of such....more rustic decor but tasty, simply prepared food.
LA's japanese food, , that place you went to, sounds good, will have to check it out someday.
Joined: 15 Jun 2004 Posts: 46182 Location: Los Skandolous, California Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:23 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Bring lotsa cash.
lol...i like the gyu-kaku in torrance...the food there is great and much more reasonably priced....since it's mostly grilled (as you cook in front of you)....it's healthy and it has a much more relaxed, convivial atmosphere.
it's actually a chain in japan...there are over 800 throughout japan...l.a. has about 4 i think....i know i mentioned this way back this is the great type of place to eat with friends whether two or four or whatever...
Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 8550 Location: California Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:27 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
lol...i like the gyu-kaku in torrance...the food there is great and much more reasonably priced....since it's mostly grilled (as you cook in front of you)....it's healthy and it has a much more relaxed, convivial atmosphere.
it's actually a chain in japan...there are over 800 throughout japan...l.a. has about 4 i think....i know i mentioned this way back
lol...i like the gyu-kaku in torrance...the food there is great and much more reasonably priced....since it's mostly grilled (as you cook in front of you)....it's healthy and it has a much more relaxed, convivial atmosphere.
it's actually a chain in japan...there are over 800 throughout japan...l.a. has about 4 i think....i know i mentioned this way back this is the great type of place to eat with friends whether two or four or whatever...
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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.
, that place you went to, sounds good, will have to check it out someday. 
