Author: The Offalo
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Early Summer Omakase at Shunji
Last night, I went back to Shunji after just a one week break. This is NOT something that I can afford to do all the time (or even some of the time), but the timing worked out for me to go two weeks in a row, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. And Chris […]
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Late Spring Omakase at Shunji
As some of you know, Shunji Japanese Cuisine recently debuted at #10 on Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list (may require L.A. Times subscription; free preview here). I’ve been needing an excuse to go back, so when Chris Hei told me the week before that he had planned on taking a friend to Shunji last […]
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Kiriko: A Photographic Retrospective
[I know I promised a review of my winter lunch omakase at Kiriko to follow my Winter Omakase at Shunji and Winter Omakase Counter at Sushi Taro, but I decided to try something a little different…] This week marks a year since I first walked into Kiriko (linked to Facebook since owner Ken-san updates that […]
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Supper Liberation Front’s Kurmalliance Benefit Dinner
Supper Liberation Front is run by chefs Josh Gil and Daniel Snukal of Tacos Punta Cabras fame. On Monday night, Chris Hei and I attended S.L.F.’s pop-up dinner in support of Kurmalliance, “a 501c3 nonprofit organization aimed toward saving sea turtles and their ecosystems,” with $25 of the $75 dinner going to the cause. The […]
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Kotoya vs. Hayatemaru: Ramen Showdown
I finally tried Kotoya this Monday, and then went back to Ramen Hayatemaru (twice) this week, so I thought it’d be fun to do a quick “showdown” between the two newcomers to the Westside ramen scene. This won’t be an apples-to-apples comparison, as I did not order all the same dishes. My goal here mostly […]