Category: Japanese

  • Shunji Japanese Cuisine Now Open for Lunch!

    Shunji Japanese Cuisine Now Open for Lunch!

    Shunji Japanese Cuisine (their Facebook page is updated more frequently) is now open for lunch, Monday through Friday from noon to 2 PM.  They are serving only sushi for now (plus miso soup and dessert), but they may add tempura and other kitchen dishes depending on how the lunch business goes.  They have two very […]

  • Shunji in Instagram (Late Summer Omakase)

    Shunji in Instagram (Late Summer Omakase)

    Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to return to my all-time favorite restaurant, Shunji Japanese Cuisine. I only had 90 minutes, but I knew I could do plenty of damage in that time, and Shunji was certainly up to the challenge. Below is the whirlwind omakase I had in an hour and a half, […]

  • Two Afternoons at Paiche

    Two Afternoons at Paiche

    Paiche, the self-described Peruvian Izakaya by Ricardo Zarate of Mo-Chica/Picca fame, opened in mid-April.  Having never tried either of Zarate’s other two very well regarded restaurants, I was very excited that one of his restaurants was opening in MDR, close to my neck of the woods. On two separate sleepy Saturday afternoons in April I […]

  • Early Summer Omakase at Shunji

    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 […]

  • Late Spring Omakase at Shunji

    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 […]