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Shin Sen Gumi Hakata Ramen 10th Anniversary
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:00 No CommentsSSG Hakata Ramen is celebrating their 10th anniversary and is offering up their delicious bowls of ramen for only $3.00 DOLLARS. On SATURDAY, 6/24 and SUNDAY, 6/25, the first 500 CUSTOMERS will be entitled to the $3 goodneess. This starts at 11:30, but I’d imagine that people will be outside waiting about an [...]
Yabu Restaurant, West Los Angeles
Monday, April 10, 2006 23:07 2 CommentsI’ve been in West LA for nearly two years and have limited myself to the Sawtelle restaurant row. Obviously because of my last job working for a few pesos an hour. What about those places on Olympic, Wilshire and Pico? It was time to move on and feed my curious palate. [...]
GPF #1: Yokohama Ramen, Los Angeles
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 2:35 6 CommentsIt seems like there are accolades for virtually everything. In high school, it was the “Best ________� awards. In college, students with 6.0 GPA’s were recognized and hooked up with some scholarship money to continue proper schooling. In the workplace, ass-kissing employees will get some kind of “Team Leader/Brown-noser� award. There [...]
Happy Hallmark Day. Beacon: An Asian Cafe - Los Angeles
Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:40 4 CommentsI am aware that Beacon has been previously reviewed and wanted to write about their Prix-Fixed menu.
Valentine’s Day, aka Hallmark Day, is a commercialized ploy to make money off tacky paraphernalia and make the single scurry around for a date like lions in Africa. Am I bitter? Not even. I remember [...]
Chinese Sausages and What? Sinbala, Arcadia
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 0:26 14 CommentsJust east of Baldwin on Duarte, behind the popular Ding Tai Fung Dumpling House in Arcadia, sits another omnipresent Asian shopping center. Without guessing you already know what kind of businesses have opened up shop. You’ve got your supermarket which proudly sits in the center of the lot like a king on his [...]
Shin Sen Gumi’s 5th Anniversary RAMEN Sale
Saturday, December 24, 2005 18:02 No CommentsEver had the hakata-style ramen at Shin Sen Gumi? On JANUARY 28th and SUNDAY JANUARY 29th, ramen bowls are only $3 AT THE FOUNTAIN VALLEY LOCATION ONLY. They are starting at 11:30 am and closing when they’ve served 400 bowls, so expect a wait. The Gardena and Rosemead locations are not honoring [...]
Chabuya Ramen, West LA - Sawtelle
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 22:44 29 CommentsDriving up Sawtelle, I always slow my car down at the La Grange corner. I’m always drawn in by the beautifully designed restaurants in that particular strip of West LA’s Little Tokyo. Most of the restaurants, such as Orris, serve up some delectable food for reasonable prices. Yesterday, as I was leaving [...]
Top Secret Recipes of Corporate Restaurants
Thursday, November 3, 2005 18:18 5 CommentsThought this might be an interesting site for all the LA Foodbloggers.
http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/home.asp
I only wish that they had more of Houston’s recipes.