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Spicing My Broth at Asahi Ramen

July 5th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Mix one part curry noodles...

For a little post-tennis victory Japanese treat, I headed to Asahi Ramen in West LA with my vanquished tennis foe to get some…ummm ramen. Now don’t be fooled by the name of the restaurant, as it apparently has nothing to do with delicious Asahi beer. Confused myself, I took the liberty of looking up Asahi on the old interwebs and found that Asahi is the name of about ten different towns and cities in Japan, so for the name to carry over into both beer and ramen isn’t that surprising. Anyway, enough with geography and economics, let’s get to the food.

Tags: asahi ramen, beef, curry, Japanese, Los Angeles, meat, ramen, restaurants, spicy, West LA

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I Could Use More Mo Mo Sushi

March 4th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Gimme some mo'

They say mo’ money, mo’ problems. And by they I mean Puff Daddy and the Family. But for me, Mo Mo Sushi is less less problems. To start off, Mo Mo Sushi is anything but trendy. It sits in a tiny little corner strip at La Cienega and Olympic with 3 or 4 other shops and a 7-11. Although the inside is certainly Japanese, it doesn’t have any of that overdone Japanese decorum that makes trendy places look more Japanese than Japan itself. So for a sushi place, Mo Mo already had me happy before I looked at the menu.

Tags: Japanese, Los Angeles, momo sushi, Pico-Robertson, restaurants, Sushi

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Misled to Asakuma Restaurant

February 8th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Oh I get it, because it looks like watermelon.

So one night I was told we were going to a cheap sushi place for dinner. Fine. You all know I am not a sushi fan, but if I’m going to eat it, it should at least be cheap. Somehow we wound up at Asakuma Restaurant in Brentwood, which was not cheap at all. This wasn’t the fault of the restaurant, but still I can’t understand why sushi is expensive. I fail to notice a difference between expensive and cheap sushi. In fact, some of the best I’ve ever had was also some of the cheapest I’ve ever had. Wow, do you readers ever get tired of me griping about sushi? No? Good, then read on about some Asakuma.

Tags: asakuma restaurant, Brentwood, Japanese, Los Angeles, restaurants, Sushi

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A Sad Ending at Yamato Restaurant

January 26th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Raw tuna. Hooray.

In yet another night that I was made to eat sushi, I was brought to Yamato Restaurant in Westwood. Catering to the college crowd, their sushi is always half off, which is great, except that it makes you wonder why they wouldn’t simply print prices that are low. Is it some way to confuse people into ordering more or to make them think they are there at a special half off time? Either way, it is weird, but good for the wallet. When I arrived, some food had already been ordered, which was slightly bothersome, but I decided to roll with it (pun!).

Tags: Japanese, Los Angeles, restaurants, robata, Sushi, westwood, yamato restaurant

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Japanese for Real at Hakata Ramen Shinsengumi

January 5th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Drunk or not, this looks awesome.

For too long have I been subjected to people who believe the beginning and end of Japanese food is sushi. While living in Japan for half of a year, I believe I ate sushi once. This was not because I was avoiding sushi, but because sushi just wasn’t as prevalent as we are led to believe. Sure, you can find sushi if you are looking, but it is not as though every corner has a sushi place. Rather, it is much more common to find ramen. This isn’t your Cup O Noodle college hangover ramen, but a real, hearty bowl of broth with noodles, meat and more. Recently, some coworkers of mine were heading out to “that ramen place” in Gardena for lunch and I joined them, fingers crossed that this place would be the true Japanese food I’ve been waiting for.

Tags: custom, gardena, gyoza, hakata ramen shinsengumi, Japanese, Los Angeles, miso, ramen, restaurants, Sushi, youtube

Really, PETA?

June 9th, 2009

I try not to make my blog into an anti-PETA blog, but sometimes it’s hard to avoid the things that PETA does just to get attention.

Just recently, they tried to exploit the death of abortion doctor George Tiller as an excuse to promote going vegetarian. They planned on putting up billboards catering to both pro-choice and pro-life people asking them to become vegetarians. The murder was a tragedy and showed that PETA obviously has no regard for the loss of human life.

On top of that, they have now turned the Olympics into a protest event.

Beer Me Some Bell’s Oberon

Look like summer to you?

It’s really not summer until you’ve had some Oberon. Sure, the weather may be warm, the grass may be green and the county may be forcing you to water your lawn only on odd-numbered days, but in truth, none of this matters until you get some Oberon in you. Now, you may be wondering, “What is Oberon?” If you turn to Wikipedia (the source of all knowledge), you will be lead to believe that Oberon is the king of the fairies. But this is just hogwash. In fact, Oberon is more likely to be a king of beers. No, not the king of beers…some brewery in St. Louis has that copyrighted.

‘Japanese’

Spicing My Broth at Asahi Ramen

I Could Use More Mo Mo Sushi

Misled to Asakuma Restaurant

A Sad Ending at Yamato Restaurant

Japanese for Real at Hakata Ramen Shinsengumi

Really, PETA?

Beer Me Some Bell’s Oberon

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