March 4th, 2010
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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.
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Tags: Japanese, Los Angeles, momo sushi, Pico-Robertson, restaurants, Sushi
February 8th, 2010
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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.
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Tags: asakuma restaurant, Brentwood, Japanese, Los Angeles, restaurants, Sushi
January 26th, 2010
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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!).
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Tags: Japanese, Los Angeles, restaurants, robata, Sushi, westwood, yamato restaurant
January 5th, 2010
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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.
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Tags: custom, gardena, gyoza, hakata ramen shinsengumi, Japanese, Los Angeles, miso, ramen, restaurants, Sushi, youtube
December 4th, 2009
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Onion-free as it should be.
For a quick little dinner I made the executive decision that my girlfriend and I should go to Yoshinoya, a Japanese fast food place. There is one painfully close to where she lives and I thought it was pretty sad that she had never been before. Plus, I had only been to one in China and that was years ago.
We walked into the Yoshinoya and it was pretty empty. This wasn’t a good sign, but we proceeded to the counter to figure out our order. I decided to keep it simple and order a beef bowl. This came with onions, but I asked for it without. Thinking this wouldn’t be enough food, I also ordered the chicken wings. My girlfriend ordered her own bowl of unspeakable vegetables and our bill came out to under $10.
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Tags: beef bowl, chains, Fast Food, Japanese, Los Angeles, restaurants, wings, yoshinoya
