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Hard question: Sushi meal under 30 bucks per person??? Where would you go?
fwiw a set lunch special that doesn't vary with relationship between a sushi chef and client who've established a rapport isn't really omakase. IT's just a special lunch served piecemeal. My understanding: omakase is like arranging a menu au plaisir du chef in a french place, it's based on what's in that day, and the impule creativity etc. fo the chef. just my two cents.
Bejing Duck House
there aren't a lot of ma-la dishes at Duck House. I like the place. The soup is the traditional beijing kaoya soup - a light, slightly duck bone flavored dish. It's not going to be as rich as any poultry, chicken soup. It's a little thing to finish off the meal. When QUanjude was open here, it was the same as in beijing, watery and bone-flavored, think that part of the hakata ramen broth where you notice that it was made with bones. There used to be a braised ("hui") duck dish that had an amazing broth at Quanjude. Woudl so much have rather eaten that soup ona regular basiss (not really braised... teh duck meat selections and vegetables are placed in a bain-marie and cooked for hours). There are a lot of interesting shandong dishes on the menu. Beijing Duck house (AKA Penglai) is my go to for peking duck these days - the best ever? no. but better than most.
Best noodle soups in San Gabriel Valley?
copy them and print them out and bring them or say "gan shao niu rou" to the server slowly.
Hard question: Sushi meal under 30 bucks per person??? Where would you go?
It's fish (at most of these places) of a level that I would never have as nigiri sushi. Same for the fish masked as "Spicy tuna rolls".
BUt the OP asked for affordable. ANd high quality sushi is by definition expensive.
Shaanxi Gourmet
sure will ---
exactly - huanggui persimmon cake with lintong crystal persimoons
http://www.visitourchina.com/guide/xian/food_16.htm
hope picture comes out
http://www.visitourchina.com/guide/xian/images/food_33.jpg
guess not. just click for pictures.
Hard question: Sushi meal under 30 bucks per person??? Where would you go?
go with a friend to A-Won - korean sushi. Get the Hwe Dup Bap - with the sashimi No nigiri rolls. Split and eat - under $20 for two, not traditional sushi, but tasty and the fish is ok (for hwe dup bap). For Nigiri - i'd say save up.
but that's just me.
Where to get the best FLAN in LA?
la Paella - cream catalana was great last time i i had it.
porto's in glendale and burbank, very good.
also el morfi, (argentine pizzeria in glendale) has nice flan. to my taste.
Shaanxi Gourmet
Finally went.
Had the Liang Pi - cold noodles, majiang, sesame sauce. FANTASTIC.
had the yangrou pao mou - the lamb meat with spaetzle made from unleavened loaves. Was told we could have torn and twisted (掰) them ourselves if we'd asked - next time. also, good cold dishes. the head cheese was fantastic. The biang-biang mian - ok. should have eaten them immediately, hard to divide when not piping hot.
Also, the "burgers" the Rou Jia Mo (aka FanJi La Zhi Rou) were tasty. Would have preferred lamb meat. but tasty.
SO many shaanxi specialties unavailabe, - babao ZHOU, ZengGao, and the persimmon cakes. Maybe someday.
Passover
fwiw the herzog winery resto is TIERRA DEL SUR or something similar. good luck.
LA choices for NY foodies
thanks = i lived in boston for a few years and although recently there's more open late, that's a result of gentrification. Bars were always open late though. NYC is great, but transplants here do the same parochial ploy when describing Los Angeles (County) as the West Coast and New York - well, Manhattan, as the East Coast. But there are plenty of places to eat whcih specialize in late night serving. But granted, very few are chic.
LA choices for NY foodies
Wow. Interesting. The East Coast has certainly changed since I was there - So Baltimore, Philadelphia, Trenton, Albany, Hartford, even Boston all have restaurants that are swinging and kicing at 11PM? will note it.
On a similar note though - went to INK on melrose for my brithday the other day. We got seated at about 10 to 10, and we were there until nearly midnight, and weren't the last people eating. Plus - there are other late night places, just not the top ones usually...
Finally made it to A-Won. Great korean sushi if you're careful.
part of the point is (given these recs) DO NOT go expecting fantastic nigiri sushi. It's not about that.
Finally made it to A-Won. Great korean sushi if you're careful.
this was not a place to go and get sushi by the piece, nor a sophisticated omakase.
Rather - there are only two dishes on the menu (beside the fish soups) to get involving the raw fish so far as we could tell.
We got an order of the hue dup bap and an order of the al bap. The hwe dup bap is the ultiamte fresh tasting spicy tuna roll of your dreams. Shredded lettuce mixed with raw fish pieces(of a grade that wouldn't warrant sashimi approaches, apparently) warm rice, carrots (?) and a lovely sweet-spicy sauce (hotter than a bibim bap sauce to my palate) that's tossed extensively (thank you, server) and then we shared it in bowls.
The al bap is assorted fish roe with sesame and seasonings on rice - beautifully presented and then tossed. Also eaten in bowls. Three kinds of panchan accompanied the fish - not extensive but fine. Also, miso soup - it's a korean take on japanese cuisine. There were three of us. Two split a beer (large OB) and one coke. altogther about $40 before tax and tip.
think of it as a substitute for a place where you'd demand a spicy tuna roll, not a temple of traditional japanese sushi and sashimi. If you go expecting the latter, you will be angry disappointed and motivated to flame online. But if you go with the former in mind, you'll have a deliriously good time and want to go back immediately.
At least I did.
913 or so, S Vermont, near Olympic.
Ramen in the S.F. Valley
About Kyushu - did you get the miso, shoyu or bone broth ramen? I've had a decent time there. Then again - always get a few of the izakaya dishes next door.
LA choices for NY foodies
I see you're looking for sceney places. if your friends are looking for a little more divey places with excellent food, try La Sirenita on Oxnard near Hazeltine. Excellent seafood cocktails, full bar and like nothing in New York. Also, Beijing Duck Restaurant on Rosemead (penglai yuan is the chinese name) have the soup with the sea urchin and the roast duck - you can call in the order, it takes half an hour and will be ready for your party on arrival. then again - given your list, this is outside of what you're asking. More info for other readers on the thread. also a private room at yongsusan in koreatown - reserve ahead and get the prixfixe at around $30 (or go to $50) a head. different than the new yorkers will have had. scenester places will be similar here, new york chicago, and miami (and elsewhere probably).
You Can't Get a Cheese Souffle in LA
i just looked at the menus. can't find which rockenwagner has a souffle - 3rd st? the bakery in santa monica? culver city? ... literati had a goat cheese one. NOw i"m curious to find a nice gruyere-ish souffle. - couldn't find it on a euro pane website. bouchon?
Where to take a "Pizza Virgin" to pop their cherry?
Ip.-dix:
bumping this up to see - WHERE DID you go?
Top 5 Sushi L.A.- I know it's been done, but this is 2010!
forget Zagat - what are your top five and why?
Where to take a "Pizza Virgin" to pop their cherry?
Love to hear how she likes it, where you go, and (for me) if she's had fugazza, figazza or fugazetta in Uruguay... have a great time.
Where to take a "Pizza Virgin" to pop their cherry?
Arthur - check out (or google translate)
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastronom%C3%ADa_de_Uruguay
with an emphasis on the pizza section and
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fain%C3%A1
just to see they look a bit like pizze.
Where to take a "Pizza Virgin" to pop their cherry?
the stats are that half of uruguay's 3 million are of italian extraction. However, over 80% of them are not from the Naples region but from liguria and piemonte - areas around genoa and turin. Pizza was not so widespread, so acdg to the sites I saw, other baked stuffed and covered bread dishes are more common and liked - fugazza (cf. french fougasse) and fugazetta. And acdg to one site, pizza as a whole - at least US style pizzas (new york included) never have really caught on in Buenos Aires and especially not in Uruguay.. There are argentine style pizzas and they are available at El Morfil - to go at Carniceria Argentina and at Il Dolce Pizzzeria in Costa Mesa. SO my guess is once the OP's (hi, ipse) friend has a pizza, itwill be quite familiar in that it's close to fugazza, figazza. fugazza are kind of a cross between a calzone and a pizza, they are stuffed rather than covered, it seems.
Where to take a "Pizza Virgin" to pop their cherry?
Most sites i've looked at now tell me that fugazza and fugazzeta, although Argentine, are quite popular in Argentina. The pictures show that they're similar to pizza. Teh consensus tells me that Pizza is from campania but fugazza is from Liguria - so they're different but pizza will not be that different for her -
http://oasiscollections.com/the-best-pizza-in-buenos-aires-argentina
again - just over the rio de la plata from uruguay.
Where to take a "Pizza Virgin" to pop their cherry?
If she's from uruguay, the chances are more than likely that she may be of Italian background.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Uruguayan
they claim about 50% of the population is Italian or partially italian in background.
Where to take a "Pizza Virgin" to pop their cherry?
what would be fun, then, would be to go for an Argentine-Italian pizza. At carniceria argentina in the valley, they make pizza, and fuggazetta.
as well, you can argentine pizza at El Morfi in Glendale,
http://www.elmorfigrill.com/ (dinner menu)
I think this is would be the MOST FUN way to go. For you, you could try the other argentine dishes and split a pizza, and the porteña pizza is no less Italian than a new york or chicago pizza - italians in the americas are italians in the americas.
Also have had the website to el morfi open for a while and i LOVE the tango they play.
also, latimes says Il Dolce Pizzera in Costa Mesa has neapolitan style pizze and argentine style fugazzeta. owners are Italo-Argentine.
http://www.ildolceoc.com/index-5.html
(i will bet that she's had fugazza or fugazzeta - maybe another name
http://blog.totaluruguay.com/fugazzeta/blog.20100919-22428-Cooking-Fugazzeta
don ciccio in montevideo, pizzeria
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294323-d1049410-Reviews-Don_Ciccio-Montevideo.html
Pita Bread Soaked in Soup and Shanxi Knife Cut Noodles at Shaanxi Gourmet In Rosemead
fwiw, the character isn't in the standard dictionary - biang biang mian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C3%A1ngbi%C3%A1ng_noodles
Finally bit the bullet - restaurant at Kellogg ranch at the Hotel school (collins school) Cal Poly Pomona
nice to know. And i appreciate your library and drive at UCLA.
and it would have been nice, when I asked about the ice cream, if the server had been as well-informed as you.
KOREAN BBQ - soot bull jeep or chosun galbee
loved Sa Rit Gol. Wonder if they have the same name...
well here's the address as of the lapublichealth.org wesite from december of 2011
SSA RIT GOL RESTAURANT
1144 S WESTERN AVE 105
LOS ANGELES
90006
12/22/2011
Finally bit the bullet - restaurant at Kellogg ranch at the Hotel school (collins school) Cal Poly Pomona
OK. have been to the restaurant at the culinary school in pasadena, 561 green is it? It's really good and reasonable.
But i was in the Walnut /Covina area the other day ( Taking pictures of the ume/meihua/flowering plum trees at Schabarum park) and decided that I wasn't going to go to Malan as i usually do when that close ot hacienda heights. We got in the car and drove out to Cal Poly Pomona.
Cal Poly has a hospitality school - (hotel resto management etc) called the Collins school. They run a small hotel and conference center there as well as a restaurant.
THe restaurant was pretty great.
The decor was modern.Great design on the building with views overlooking a canyon and another hlll in the distance. Blond wood chairs, nice tableware etc.
Now for the food. At dinner (not there for that) $35 prix fixe, with wine pairing recommendations, beer and wine available. Lunch was our mission.
My friend had a wild mushroom ravioli $11 - BIG portion, we thought. I had the $12 sand dabs - no skimping on the butter, came with almandine green beans (not classic haricots verts but good), enough capers to keep me happy. One has the option of adding soup (was a bean soup yesterday) or a small cesar (ok caesar but really, cardini no a) salad for $2, or splurge for $3 and get either the house salad (had grapefruit wedges and candied walnuts) or the "Prize winning" chili - a note on the chili,every year, the 1st year students have a chili cookoff as part of a class - whichever chili wins the cookoff is put on the menu for the next year as the prize. I Liked the idea - i also liked the chili.
Selection of 5 desserts> I took the orange creme brulee with bits of poached pear in the custard. Enjoyed it.
Total for 2 - $40. (had a very good Oregon black lager, Session I think with the meal).
Surprised how good it was, how pleasant the room and if i were in the area, would definitely go back. Certainly worth a stop if it fits into a trip, say the drive to Vegas or Palm Springs or Joshua Tree or some such.
Website
http://www.csupomona.edu/~rkr/
btw - although most desserts include ice cream, the ice cream is Dr Bob's, which is fine. BUT I did suggest that given they have dairy cattle on campus ( or so I thought) it would be nice if they made their own in-house, or at least bought from their sister campus which is famous for its ice cream -
info on the creamery at http://www.calpolycheese.com/
