Vegas and Food

Dec 19, 2010

Rock Sugar - Century City

West L.A.

I love this place. We had an excellent service. We told our server, we only have an hour to dine, but they brought us all our food so quickly. We ate all these food in an hour.

We started off with these complimentary chips

About 10 minutes later, our waitress start bringing all our food and drinks.

Passion fruit cosmopolitan $14
Belvedere , passion fruit and kaffir lime

Spicy Thai beef salad $15
Small portion, but very good.

Crispy chicken samosas $10
Cilantro Yogurt

Very different from Indian samosas, it's like wrapped with spring roll skin.

Crispy Imperial Rolls $10
Shrimp and Pork OR minced chicken, cellophane noodles and shiitake

wrap in lettuce leaves with noodles, crispy rolls, Thai basil and mint leaves, dip in a sauce. It's messy, but delicious.

Vietnamese hot coffee $4
I loved it.

Festive Rice $6
coconut, lemongrass, pandan leaves and cashews

Not my favorite but not bad.

Princess chicken $14
tempura chicken, roasted thai chilies, peanuts and palm sugar glaze

I really liked it.

dessert menu

caramelized banana custard cake $9
milk chocolate ice cream, malted creme anglaise and nut brittle

Our waitress recommended this. Good.

Rating (food): 4.2 / 5
Rating (service): 4.4 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Rock Sugar (Century City Mall)
10250 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 552-9988

Mon-Thu, Sun 11:30 am - 10 pm
Fri-Sat 11:30 am - 11 pm

http://www.rocksugarpanasiankitchen.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/rocksugar-los-angeles-2

Dec 18, 2010

2010 Holiday Charity Festival in Koreatown

food truck

Pics from KAVC 2010 event in Koreatown. I was at VisitKoreatown.org booth on both Saturday and Sunday. I went to see some of the shops on Sunday, and I couldn't believe how everything was so cheap. I bought really nice formal dress for only $5, also casual dress for $1 each, Hollister skirt for $3, and also some tops (forever 21) and skirts, my total was under $20, including dress. Unbelievable.

Here's the link for Korean rapper singing:
http://www.twitvid.com/AFIXR

VisitKoreatown.org booth

free cake

Ahn-Joo food truck

Bacon coffee cupcake $3

When I saw this Bacon coffee cupcake on the menu, I just had to try it. It was a hot day, coffee frosting was start melting, and I saw bacon grease on the bottom. It wasn't bad at all, in fact, I'd buy it again.

Almoosal, brand new food truck

Daing Balls $3 (5 balls on skewers)
skewered fish balls marinated in sea salt, vinegar, garlic and black pepper

The lady told me, she actually cut up fish and grind the fish meat and make these balls. And yes, I liked it.

Turon $2.50
Banana and jackfruit egg roll drizzled with creamy caramel, sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds

I never had jackfruit before, but these were very tasty. It was sweet, crunchy outside.

Crepe'n Around food truck

Maple Braised Pork $6
gala apple chutney, honey dijon, vinaigrette, walnuts, mixed greens

I normally don't eat savory crepes, but I'm glad I tried. My Maple Braised Pork crepe was really good.

S'mores $6

garlic fries $3
Everybody loved these garlic fries

The Knockout Taco truck

Habanero albacore tataki $3.50
Apple, jicama & habanero salsa

Hawaiian tuna poke $4

Hawaiian tuna poke
cucumbers, red onion, togarashi & avocado

Komodo food truck

meatballs with romesco sauce (5pcs) $5
Pork Meatballs topped with Spanish Red Bell Pepper Sauce

tasty. delicious

Mighty Boba truck

Grapefruit green tea boba $4.50
This tea was "flavor of the month" and that was a last day. It's not cheap, but they use good quality of the tea and my tea was delicious.