Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Din Tai Fung



Din Tai Fung is expanding quite quickly and has opened a new location in Arcadia, right next to the old one. It's newer, nicer, faster and the waitresses speak English very well. Check it out.

Tasty little dumplings

Pai gu fan...Pork Chop Rice

Saute'd String Beans

Soy Sauce, Black Vinegar and Ginger.....

Soup Plantation



Soup Plantation is a great place to have lots of choices. Just make sure if you're planning on "dieting" not to overload you plate and add 20 table spoons of Ranch dressing and then proceed to eat three plates of pasta ; )

Yamada Westwood


Fantastic architecture....beautiful ambiance, a little cold but very formal


Tai carpaccio, nice presentation, beautiful plateware, tasty.

American Kobe Beef Carpaccio, interesting presentation.... Grade B for being slightly above average


Fried Tofu (Agedashi) w/ a shishito pepper and slice of eggplant...


Seared blue fin tuna in ponzu.... this sliced kumquat theme seemed to be throughout their presentations...



Desserts: Green tea panna cotta & delicate white roll cake & pomegranat sorbet


Chantilly cream...w/ a lovely purple rose


Yamada is a longer open to my knowledge but it was a beautiful restaurant w/ above average food.





Zankou Chicken



Zankou Chicken, always good eats....used to be a little cheaper which made it even better.
If you ever have time to kill, check out the backstory about the Zankou Chicken original owner.

Jiro Kobayashi's Omakase


Banana spring rolls.....


TZ, avocado "diced chili".....for those vegetarians in your life ; )








Yellowtail.....


Uni....


Yellowfin tuna on jap cucumbers...


Seared scallops with a nest of potatoes...


Baked pink scallops and baked oysters....






Jennie Low's Petaluma

Homemade Potstickers.....sooooo good.
Plethora of chinese dishes.....

Lemon Chicken
Garlic Shrimp