Author: The Offalo

  • The Misfit’s $5 Bar Fly Lunches in Santa Monica

    The Misfit’s $5 Bar Fly Lunches in Santa Monica

    [Update, January 2015:  The Bar Fly Lunch menu has changed somewhat.  The burger is no longer available as a $5 lunch option, replaced with a chicken salad, and some of the other items moved days of the week.] If someone asks you what Santa Monica is known for, as far as food goes, there are […]

  • Sushi Tsujita Dinner Omakase

    Sushi Tsujita Dinner Omakase

    Sushi Tsujita 2006 Sawtelle Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90025 310-231-1177 http://tsujita-la.com/sushi-tsujita/ — Sushi has never been more ubiquitous in Los Angeles.  A quick Yelp search, limiting the query just to sushi bars in the “Sawtelle” neighborhood (defined generously as the area bounded by Wilshire/National to the north and south, and Sepulveda/Centinela to the east and […]

  • Sushi Tsujita: A Conversation with Kenta Ikehata

    Sushi Tsujita: A Conversation with Kenta Ikehata

    Update:  My dinner omakase at Sushi Tsujita review is up! — As I drive into Little Osaka, I spy the long lines outside both Tsujita L.A. Artisan Noodle and Tsujita Annex, across from each other on Sawtelle Boulevard. Mid-afternoon. In the summer heat. Those hoping that the crowds will be thinned, or at least redistributed, […]

  • Project by Project’s Plate by Plate 2014

    Project by Project’s Plate by Plate 2014

    Thanks to Eater LA, I was able to attend Plate by Plate 2014, the annual Project by Project fundraising benefit, on a media pass.  The event article I wrote for Eater LA is up:  Please check it out!  (Incidentally, the progression of the photographs in the article is, for the most part, in reverse chronological […]

  • Shunji Salmon Birthdays

    Shunji Salmon Birthdays

    When my wife and I were trying to decide where to celebrate our birthdays last month, it wasn’t really a matter of choosing a spot.  We both pretty much had the same place in mind:  Shunji!  We wanted a special meal, befitting a birthday celebration (or two), but money’s been tight lately.  We couldn’t splurge […]