Alice in Wonderland tea set @ Royal/T

Yes, I’m going thru my backlog of pictures…*phew*…. Back in March, I heard that Royal/T, the Japanese maid cafe in Culver City was offering an Alice in Wonderland tea set for the month.  Since Husband works down the street from the place and he worked on the movie, I insisted we go one day for [...]

K-Zo

I must be missing something…  According to the reviews on Yelp, this place is supposed to be a great sushi restaurant.  But what I found was okay food for a high price… Husband’s work was showing “Shutter Island” for free so we decided to take a break from packing and catch a flick as well [...]

Hawaii: Imari at the Hilton Waikoloa

During our anniversary trip to the Big Island, Husband and I stayed at the Hilton Waikoloa resort. This hotel was built when I still lived on the island and I remember taking family trips to this place to ride the tram and boats and watch the dolphins; it was a treat and a trip down [...]

Back from Hiatus – Tsuruhashi!

For those of you who have been wondering where I’ve been, I was flattened by a nasty little bug and then ran over by a final project for my class. But we’re much better (except for a lingering cough) and my project has been turned in. So where did we leave off? *flips thru photos* [...]

Nozomi Sushi and Teriyaki

When Nozomi first opened, I used to come here a lot because their sushi rolls were cheap, tasty and HUUUUGE. As my taste buds migrated to preferring nigiri, I stopped coming here.  Last week, I wandered back for dinner last night with a friend. I noticed that while they still had their mile-long list of [...]

OKAN revisited

After my first visit, I knew I had to come back to OKAN. And bring friends. More people must know about OKAN and eat there! On my 2nd visit, the same coworker came along and I dragged two friends with us.  Since one of them was a pescatarian, we stuck mostly with vegetarian or fish [...]

Decent inexpensive sushi in San Diego – Convoy Sushi & Fish Market

If you want decent inexpensive sushi, you can’t go wrong with Convoy Sushi & Fish Market.  I went here for lunch with some coworkers. One of them and I split – a Rainbow box – 3 orders of nigiri – Kalbi appetizer – two handrolls and were comfortably full. The Rainbow box contains a rainbow [...]

Wa Dining OKAN

Tucked away in a small shopping center is one of the best meals I’ve had in a while.  Not your typical Japanese restaurant, OKAN offers a memorable dining experience for your eyes and taste buds.  OKAN means “mom” in Japanese slang and offers dishes that are reminiscent of home cooking rather than the usual teriyaki, [...]

Chopstix

Chopstix has been on regular rotation thru my tummy since I was a college student almost 8 years ago…maybe even earlier than that.  I seriously think this place has some of the best gyoza in town. Nicely crispy browned bottom, moist filling, and the wrapper is of always perfect thickness and never doughy. And it’s [...]

Sushi n joy – why yes I will!

Sushi N Joy is a little, hidden away spot for good sushi for reasonably cheap. I had never heard of this place till my friend told me about it and suggested it for dinner. It’s now our spot for “Girls’ sushi night out”. Judging by how busy they always are, I’m not the only one [...]