Royal/T is hosting a month long Mr.Toast Pop-Up shop (until Feb. 28) and I was there recently. After browsing Mr. Toast pop-up shop, we decided to sit down and have Royal/T high tea set.
CLICK HERE for pics from Hello Kitty Three Apples preview party at Royal/T
You can purchase plush, photo, etc
They also have pocky chopsticks and totes. I'm still thinking if I wanna get these pocky chopsticks or not.
Look at these boots..
Royal/T menu
We got Royal/T high tea set $19.50
Assorted canapes and desserts. Includes a small pot of tea of your choice. Tea was good, food was fine.
Our choice of tea was Budding Jasmine Rose tea
Nice aroma
cupcake, cheesecake, berries, cookie and burger
canapes: I think they are curried chicken salad, tuna tartar, salmon, and something.. not sure.
Rating (food): 3 / 5
Rating (service): 3 / 5
Repeat: Yes
Royal/T
8910 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 559-6300
Café: 10am - 5pm daily
Shop & Space: 10am - 6pm daily
http://www.royal-t.org/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/royal-t-culver-city
Newly opened Japanese ramen place in San Gabriel. Very small place. Maybe total 10 tables or under so I wouldn't come here during busy lunch/dinner time.
Also I guess because they are new, the service wasn't good enough. I hate keep asking for refills.
I ordered shoyu ramen + mentaiko bowl set $11.50, also gyoza and fried rice. Check their twitter page, because sometimes they are giving free gyoza and dessert.
menu
Cha han fried rice $5.50
Rice, eggs, pork and green onions mixed with soy sauce combined to make the special bowl. Yes, it was oily and I liked it.
Gyoza $3.50
Their gyoza wasn't my favorite. It didn't taste like homemade, and also it wasn't warm. They also forgot to bring us the sauce.
Mentaiko bowl
I liked my mentaiko rice bowl. Recommended.
Tonkotsu Shoyu
Good flavor and good portion, I liked it. It came with egg, chashu, green onion and nori seaweed, plus you choose 2 extra toppings. For my extra toppings, I choose egg and corn. If I knew I'm getting egg without ordering as an extra, I didn't get one more egg. I wish they described to their menu.
Complimentary green tea ice cream.
For overall, good food, fair prices and yes, I'll go back.
Rating (food): 3.9 / 5
Rating (service): 3 / 5
Repeat: Yes
Ton-Chan
821 W Las Tunas Dr
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 282-3478
Mon-Sun 11 am - 10:30 pm
http://twitter.com/tonchanramen
http://www.yelp.com/biz/ton-chan-san-gabriel
One of the most popular and famous dumpling restaurant in Arcadia. This place is always crowded, but the service is very fast and we never had to ask for refill, they always brought us everything we need before we ask.
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This is the menu
Juicy pork dumplings (10pcs) $7.25
1 minute after we placed our order, we got these dumplings. These are the most popular items on the menu, so I guess they always keep making it, otherwise we won't be getting these in 1 minute. It was good and juicy, but unfortunately, I could tell that these dumplings were sitting in the kitchen for a while. I wish they steamed after we placed our orders.
Shrimp & pork dumplings (10pcs) $7.75
Yes, these were good.
Don't try to bite only half, eat all in once, because all the juices will come out.
Sweet taro buns (2pcs) $3.60
I like taro, so I liked it. The bun was moist, not too sweet, perfect to end my meal.
Rating (food): 3.8 / 5
Rating (service): 4 / 5
Repeat: Yes
Din Tai Fung
1088 S Baldwin Ave
Arcadia, CA 91007
(626) 446-8588
Mon-Fri 11 am - 2:30 pm
Mon-Fri 5 pm - 9:30 pm
Sat 10:30 am - 9:30 pm
Sun 10:30 am - 9 pm
http://www.dintaifungusa.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/din-tai-fung-arcadia-3
