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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Happy National Pancake Day!

IHOP
880 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena, CA 91105
http://restaurants.ihop.com/ca/pasadena/741/

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Having been so popular in Beverly Hills, Ice Cream Lab opened in Pasadena (soon in Little Tokyo) and I was glad to try it. I got the blue velvet: vanilla ice cream mixed with blue velvet cupcake and cream cheese frosting. Ice Cream Lab is pretty cool because they make your individual ice-cream right on the spot with nitrogen--nothing pre-made. I got the blue velvet because it was their most popular, but I'd probably go with a less loud flavor next time like vanilla or or horchata. It was too sweet in my opinion and extra creamy with the cream cheese--it was really good for what it was so all red/blue/rainbow velvet cupcake lovers out there can rejoice. I'm just more of a rosemary, floral, olive oil flavor gal.

Ice Cream Lab

16 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105

icecreamlab.com

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Dear Diary, today I

Jane and I saw Justin Chon from twilight at Little Tokyo and we ended up eating at the same restaurant! Anyway, last time I went to Curry House was five years ago when I was a sophomore in high school. It was still really good! I got the chicken breast cutlet curry and the meat was perfectly done--not dry, not undercooked, just right amount of moisture. The service was also amazing...we even had a server fix the teeny tiny minor wobbling of our table...honestly, I didn't even notice until he pointed it out. Plus, they have validated parking!

At night I went out and adventured downtown LA with Rebecca. Ate at Guisados-- *Janice voice* OH my gawd...the tortillas were the best tortillas I've ever eaten. Before tonight, Los Agaves in Santa Barbara had the best tortillas, but Guisados topped it. They have a thick thick, handmade corn tortilla...it was the highlight for me lol. They're even non-gmo! I got the sampler with 6 different meats: steak picado, bistek en salsa pioja, tinga de pollo, mole poblano, chicarron, and cochinita pibil. They were all good. I would come back again. Their horchata is also really good--not watered down at all. You can even add a shot of Stumptown Coffee espresso to make it a dirty horchata! I wish they could sell their tortillas in bulk though.....

Stepped inside a gallery by an artist named Todd and we had the pleasure of listening to him explain his art to us. Took a stroll around the area, saw many many new and trendy bars. Really reminded me of the Greenwich village in New York. We went up to the rooftop at the Ace Hotel and then called it a night.

Curry House

123 S Onizuka St. Ste 204 Los Angeles, CA 90012

http://www.curryhouse-usa.com/#!little-tokyo/c1ptq

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Guisados Downtown LA

541 S Spring St. Ste 101 Los Angeles, CA 90013

http://www.guisados.co/

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Friday, February 6, 2015

First time on Sawtelle, first time eating tsukemen!

Sawtelle is a street by UCLA that is also known as Little Osaka. There are a ton of asian restaurants, especially Japanese in this area. I've heard a lot about tsukemen, ramen noodles that you dip into warm (not hot) broth as opposed to having the two elements in one bowl. Tsujita LA is where the hype is for tsukemen. There's always a long wait--it's only a 12 seat establishment. Driving here was well worth it.

I got the char siu tsukemen and Rebecca got the ajitama tsukemen (boiled egg). To my surprise, there was a soft-boiled egg in the char siu tsukemen broth too (yay!).

OKAY. So...the char siu pork BLEW ME AWAY. It was the softest, juiciest, delicate, most amazing pork I've ever eaten. The dipping thing was interesting, but it was a great great combination of flavors in my mouth. They also give you a very generous amount of noodles. Mmm I am definitely coming back here! A+++

Tsujita LA Artisan Noodle

2057 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025

http://tsujita-la.com/