Food, Food, and More Food Thread

[dochira]

qilver wrote:

that is what i gotta try in Japan for next time....Okonomiyaki

Then you need to go to Hiroshima...at least the Kansai region. And your explanation is correct, tabana. You cook it on a grill in front of you.

[qilver]

dochira wrote:

Then you need to go to Hiroshima...at least the Kansai region. And your explanation is correct, tabana. You cook it on a grill in front of you.

yeah, there is just so much more of Japan to see, and definitely "Peace Park", in Hiroshima, and other places.

[Tu_triky]

qilver wrote:

thanks for the info...i wonder if there any places like that in OC?

for eats, get out of oc...most of the good japanese restaurants are in l.a anyway

[qilver]

Tu_triky wrote:

for eats, get out of oc...most of the good japanese restaurants are in l.a anyway

with the exception of Honda ya and Shinsengumi, not much else going on here, so figured that most good ones are in LA area...gardena-torrance

[krim]

ate a half pound of wet fries just now... sleepy again... my cup of french dripped expresso isn't helping at all.

[Tu_triky]

qilver wrote:

with the exception of Honda ya and Shinsengumi, not much else going on here, so figured that most good ones are in LA area...gardena-torrance

gardena-torrance, west side and little tokyo.

[Tu_triky]

tabana wrote:

Thanks. BTW, In my dictionary okonomi means choice. I don't have yaki, but the kanji alone means bake or buring and yaku means to grill. So, I guess okonomiyaki makes sense.

6 of us ate okonomiyaki (and yakisoba) this weekend...it was a gluttony.

[tabana]

Never tried okonomiyaki.

290 yen for udon in a restaurant...

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[krim]

Tu_triky wrote:

gardena-torrance, west side and little tokyo.

Dont forget the san gabriel valley now... two good ramen shops now. except Shinsengumi's location blows.

[Tu_triky]

krim wrote:

Dont forget the san gabriel valley now... two good ramen shops now. except Shinsengumi's location blows.

refresh my memory...i apologize because i know you mentioned them previously...


so did you finally go to the shinsengumi ramen joint? i'm curious...because i remember reporting here that i went once and i didn't think it was as good as daikoukuya.

[Tu_triky]

tabana wrote:

Never tried okonomiyaki. 290 yen for udon in a restaurant...

WOW that's cheap. japanese food can be so affordable at times and so extravagantly expensive...the difference as compared to here is i'm sure some of the really cheap stuff tastes good

[krim]

i haven't eaten at daikoukuya in a while, i can't compare directly... though i have to admit that the shinsengumi in rosemead isn't as good as the redondo beach location... even though one of the cooks came from there..

i guess its more that there are 2 big name shops, not that they're especially good..

[Tu_triky]

krim wrote:

i haven't eaten at daikoukuya in a while, i can't compare directly... though i have to admit that the shinsengumi in rosemead isn't as good as the redondo beach location... even though one of the cooks came from there.. i guess its more that there are 2 big name shops, not that they're especially good..

i see, i see....so you DID finally try it....interesting to hear that your seasoned palette agrees with me....the rosemead location didn't really strike me as great.

[krim]

yeah, finally went with a buddy of mine, we got there at 5:30 and realized that they didn't open til 6pm, we stood outside watching them bow to each other for 30 minutes.. chatted with one of the servers while he was having a smoke outside... talked a little with the overly peppy hostess/waitress.

[qilver]

Tu_triky wrote:

WOW that's cheap. japanese food can be so affordable at times and so extravagantly expensive...the difference as compared to here is i'm sure some of the really cheap stuff tastes good

that's the feeling i got when i was in Japan, eating at affordable places, yet some were so expensive too...

[krim]

Tu_triky wrote:

6 of us ate okonomiyaki (and yakisoba) this weekend...it was a gluttony.

that's an interesting shirt you got on.

[tabana]

lol

I don't know anything about fashion, but that's ugly. She must've lost a bet.
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[krim]

tabana wrote:

lol I don't know anything about fashion, but that's ugly. She must've lost a bet.

i thought Triky was a guy...

[Tu_triky]

krim wrote:

i thought Triky was a guy...

that's about the 500th time i've heard that on this board, right?

[Tu_triky]

krim wrote:

yeah, finally went with a buddy of mine, we got there at 5:30 and realized that they didn't open til 6pm, we stood outside watching them bow to each other for 30 minutes.. chatted with one of the servers while he was having a smoke outside... talked a little with the overly peppy hostess/waitress.

might be the same one that works at hamakawa....since she works both restaurants.