Since I'm not a big Mexican food fun, I didn't know about this place, but I was just checking King Taco website, and wow, they have so many locations. No wonder why this place is so popular, this place is cheap, fast, open late, and the food is good. I was gonna get taco and sweet dulce tamale, but they didn't have any tamale. So I only got one taco.
menu
Sope $2.69
My friend's tacos $1.29 each
Al pastor taco $1.40 ($1.29 + tax)
sope
We were talking, Me:"how come only my taco doesn't have much meat (and sauce)? " My friend: "yeah.. that doesn't look right. Maybe they don't like Asians". LOL..
Rating: 3.6 / 5 Service: N/A Repeat: Yes Parking: Yes King Taco 2020 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90006
(213) 384-8115
Mon-Thu, Sun 8:30 am - 10 pm Fri-Sat 8:30 am - 1 am
After reading so many things about Dungeness crab fair at Chaya Venice, I really wanted to try it. It's kind of funny, because if the Churchill wasn't packed, I wasn't here. I was like, "ok, the churchill seems to be packed. ok, what do we do? how about chaya in venice?" "ok, call to see if the tables are open" "yes, open". "ok, let's go". So glad this place is open until 12am.Although I was kind of disappointed with the food. The service was great though.
When we arrived, this place was packed, I saw only 1-2 tables open. Yes, I recommend to make reservation. Oh, and because this place is really close to the beach, it was REALLY cold.
Dungeness crab fair 10/24-11/6, 2011 I wanted to try all of them, but because of my friend can't eat crab, I only ordered two things.
Full menu is available on the website.
sushi menu
dessert/coffee menu
Pomegranate martini $10 Chaya infusion/pomegranate liqueur/cranberry juice/sweet & sour
I started off with this pomegranate martini. recommended. It was good.
complimentary bread with olive oil
Clam chowder bread bowl $14 I thought this gonna be a size of side dish, but it was a big bowl. Well, it's $14. Just this will be enough portion for the lunch. We liked it.
Tamago $4, Tsubugai $6 Not the place I'd get sushi
Crab Asian crepe (from crab fair menu) $15 Savory blend of jalapeno, onion & crab with thai red curry sauce & micro cilantro
It was different from what I expected, since it says "crepe", I thought it's more like savory crepe. This is more like Korean style pancake with creamy sauce on top. Although the taste was good.
Unfortunately my friend didn't like it at all, we both tasted each piece of ravioli, and I told our waiter, we don't like it. We returned it, ordered Arrabbiata instead. It was fine for me, but I wouldn't pay $20 for it.
I asked for no ricotta. Each piece of gnocchi was big, like scallop. I like it. This was a heavy dish. I couldn't finish eating (Of course I already had all other food above).
Fusilli Arrabbiata with sauteed shrimp$19 Pasta was normal (in good way).
Banana Banana Banana $9 Warm banana tart/Banana ice cream whipped with mixed berries /Frozen choco covered banana warm tart + cold ice cream = yummy. Chocolate covered banana was very frozen.
I thought Chaya is more like Asian fusion, but I guess not? Pretty much everything we ate was more like Italian.
Rating: 3.6 / 5 Service: 4 / 5 Repeat: Yes Parking: Yes (on the back, I think it was $3 with validation)
Chaya Venice 110 Navy St Venice, CA 90293
(310) 396-1179
Mon-Fri 11:30 am - 2:30 pm Mon-Sat 5 pm - 12 am Sun 5 pm - 10 pm
Sushi Nozomi offers big varieties of Japanese food. From sushi to appetizers, traditional Japanese food like yamakake, chikuzenni, oroshi, chazuke, and more. But what really you should get here is sea urchin. Unfortunately it was all sold out when I was here. Full menu and prices are available on their website. They do have private tatami room for groups. Everything I ate was good. As a Japanese food you can get in L.A., this place is fine. Also the workers were very friendly to us.
sushi menu
Edamame $3.50
Flame-grilled cod roe with cucumber $7.50
Tuna yamakake $7.80 Grated Japanese yam topped with tune
Water dumplings $5 water dumplings filled with pork and nappa cabbage
Grilled free range chicken $9.80
Grilled salmon $8.80
Satoimo Oroshi $6 fried taro potato stewed in grated radish and sweet soy sauce
Asari akadashi miso soup $4.80
Sushi total $31 (7 nigiri sushi and 1 order of cut)
Mentai Yamaimo $7
Ikura $3, Tamago $2 a piece
Yellowtail $3, Spanish Mackerel $4, Japan snapper $4, Baby Abalone $5, Sea eel $3 a piece
Black sesame ice cream $3 I wanted to order black sesame creme brulee, but they didn't have it.
