Takoyaki Tanota food truck

Takoyaki Tanota food truck

food truck  

Takoyaki food truck back in March. I love Tanota. If you never tried Takoyaki before, try their takoyaki. They are delicious. If you've had takoyaki at Japanese cafe/restaurants in L.A. and didn't like it, that's because their takoyaki is pre-made frozen. 

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I think it was original (s) $5

with wasabi mayo side

http://takoyakitanota.com/

https://twitter.com/takoyakitanota

http://www.yelp.com/biz/tanota-takoyaki-los-angeles

Sweet Rose Creamery - Brentwood

Sweet Rose Creamery - Brentwood

brentwood  

Ice cream on rainy day? Yes, we did that.Sweet Rose Creamery has some unique flavors, like Persimmon Cardamom, yuzu-lemon, horchata, pomegranate, etc. and not only that, they have sundaes, shakes, floats, ice cream sliders, daily-free ice cream, and they use organic milk, cream and fre-range eggs.

Our ice cream was good, but not the place I wanna go back again. No, I don't  crave this place. It wasn't good as we expected.

menu

Banana (left) and Persimmon Cardamom (right)

My Persimmon cardamom with waffle cone $4.75

Rating : 3 / 5
Service: 3.2 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Sweet Rose Creamery
225 26th St
Los Angeles, CA 90402

(310) 260-2663

Mon-Sun 11 am - 11 pm

http://www.sweetrosecreamery.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/sweet-rose-creamery-los-angeles

Towne Food & Drink - Downtown (2)

Towne Food & Drink - Downtown (2)

downtown LA  

My second trip to Towne Food & Drink for quick lunch. I had good service and delicious food.
I come here and get pastries sometimes, but I start thinking, maybe their pastries are too sweet for me.

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Kool-Aid pitcher caught my eye

dessert menu

Complimentary pretzel bread

Tuscan Kale chop salad $10
maitake/pecorino/cherries/chili&garlic vinaigrette

Kampachi "tacos" $12
hijiki / creme fraiche/ radish

Bite size. Raw Kampachi and hijiki. Their creme fraiche was so creamy and tasty. Tacos were (very) spicy.

I liked bread so I asked for more. It's $5 and they warm up bread, served with extra cheese and butter

Seared Dayboat scallops $19
fig /pickled radish / coconut broth
Those scallops were so flavorful with formed coconut broth, I really loved it.

Red Velvet twinkie $2.50
One of their famous signature red velvet twinkie. They only had two left and I got one. But it was way too sweet for me.

Banana cream tart $4.50

cranberry pop tart $3, pumpkin cheesecake donut $3

Everything is homemade




















Rating : 4.7 / 5
Service: 4 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Towne Food & Drink
705 W 9th St
Los Angeles, CA 90015

(213) 623-2366

Mon-Thu 7:30 am - 11:30 pm
Fri 7:30 am - 12:30 am
Sat 8 am - 12:30 am
Sun 8 am - 11:30 pm

http://www.towne-la.com/ 

http://www.yelp.com/biz/towne-food-and-drink-los-angeles

 

Asiana Grill Yoshinoya - Downtown

Asiana Grill Yoshinoya - Downtown

downtown LA  

About a week ago, I was invited to media dinner at Asiana Grill Yoshinoya in Downtown, L.A, along to bring one guest but I asked little favor to bring two so I can go with NuttyNomads. We all shared all the food below. Yeah, we love to eat and we do eat a lot.

Asiana Grill Yoshinoya is casual fast-food type of cafe with modern decor, but using fresh and healthy ingredients.  This Downtown location was very clean and nice.

So here's how Asiana Grill works. You become the chef and order your meal put together the way you like it. Combine serving styles, proteins and sauces to match exactly the flavor you’re craving. With over 180 combinations, you’ve got a lot of options.

From healthy ingredients to how they prepare your order fresh when you place it. And talk about fresh… their yellow buns are baked fresh every day. Even green tea is prepared fresh daily. That’s a lot of fresh.

Be sure to visit Asiana Grill Yoshinoya facebook page for Buy 1 get 1 free coupon!

menu

Lychee lemongrass water and cucumber lemongrass water
I REALLY loved lychee lemongrass water. It was tasty, and they actually put some lychee in it!

Super salad with Charbroiled steak
Fresh romaine spring salad mix served with grilled rice wedges and a light sesame miso dressing. All topped with sliced cucumbers, julienne carrots and scallions

This dish was our favorite. It was very tasty.

Shrimp tempura

Brown rice cake
It was one of my favorite. Brown rice cake grilled to add a crispy crunch.

Lots of Soup with charbroiled chicken breast with your choice of sauce (I got teriyaki sauce on the side)
Lightly sweet shiromiso base served with a grilled rice cake (yes, there was grilled rice cake in the soup, under chicken) and fresh vegetable medley. Topped with scallions. Another one of my favorite.

Great yellow bun burger with grilled tofu with your choice of sauce (I got side of ginger snap sauce)

Yellow buns are baked fresh daily, served with Asian cabbage salad and sweet potato fries

Big platter with grilled white fish and brown rice

Frozen banana

Cheesecake dipped in chocolate

Asiana Grill Yoshinoya
3021 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 749-3196

Mon-Thu, Sun 10:30 am - 12 am
 Fri-Sat 10:30 am - 1 am

http://asianagrillyoshinoya.com/

http://www.yelp.com/biz/asiana-grill-yoshinoya-los-angeles




The meal was hosted.