Category: Japanese

  • 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Bar Tartine, Fujiyoshi (San Francisco: Day Two)

    Bar Tartine, Fujiyoshi (San Francisco: Day Two)

    I am in San Francisco this week for WWDC (Apple‘s Worldwide Developers Conference). I found out a few months ago I’d be able to attend, so of course, I made a list and asked for advice beforehand. Now that I’m here, I plan on posting a report as quickly as possible for each day, to […]

  • Go’s Mart

    Go’s Mart

    [Apologies for the not-so-brief hiatus. Just been busy with life. Still need to eat, so I have a backlog of material to post. I figure I’d restart with my favorite subject, sushi!] Some of the best sushi-ya in L.A. are on the Westside.  Kiriko, Mori, and Shunji are a stone’s throw from each other and […]

  • Ramen Hayatemaru (Revisitings)

    Ramen Hayatemaru (Revisitings)

    I (generally) devote a single post to my first visit to a new place (e.g., most recently Gjelina, Littlefork, Pizzeria Mozza) or for great individual meals at familiar haunts (e.g., Shunji, Kiriko), but I have a rotation of places I like to visit regularly that I haven’t posted on recently.  So I will be working […]