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Look what came in the mail for me the other day:

An invitation to paradise…
All I have to do is eat at Roy’s within the next month or so, spend $75 or more - easily done with 2-4 people, and I get a *FREE* copy of Roy Yamaguchi’s new cookbook, Fish and Seafood. (I signed [...]

Nestled in one of the Sawtelle plazas on the west side of the street, Blue Marlin neighbors a line of restaurants including Hurry Curry and Kin-chan’s. A Japanese-Italian restaurant, you can find many interesting dishes here. From uni sea urchin risotto to spaghetti with eggplants and wild mushrooms with garlic shoyu, there’s so much you [...]

You know when you drive by a place and you have the sudden urge to make a quick u-turn into the place?
That’s what happened to me the other day. I was on my way to watch the Big (yet very disappointing) Game at my friend’s place in Alhambra when all of a sudden, I saw [...]

New Year’s just isn’t complete without my family’s fill on deliciously sweet desserts. Part one of 2006 was a generous slice of rich yet heavenly light Strawberry Cheesecake from our neighborhood deli and restaurant, Junior’s. Pre-ordered, we usually get two or three of these babies - One for us and two for extended family.

Part two [...]

It’s been a little while since I’ve been to a restaurant and I ordered BBQ baby back ribs - one of my favorites to make on my own. (The next time I grill out, I’ll post the recipe on here.) And little did I know that when I went to Glendale last weekend to meet [...]

Growing up in Los Angeles, my family and I would drive down to Little Tokyo pretty regularly as part of our usual routines. I took my first Odori dance lesson there, had my first round bowl haircut there, had Japanese bento lunches with my grandmother there, fed the koi fish there in the Pacific Square [...]

During the holiday season, I find it a good time to reflect and count my blessings.
This year, I moved back home - away from the freezing cold winters of Michigan and into the comforts of home cooked meals and family outings in Southern California. I received my Carpool Lane Sticker for my Hybrid Car [...]

Some time ago, the family and I had a girls’ day out and went down to the South Bay for lunch and to look for some Goodwill finds.
One of my mom’s new favorite hangouts nowadays is a local take-out joint just around the corner from her - Sushi Island. A family owned business, this small [...]