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Yabu
11820 W Pico Blvd.
at Glenville Ave.

$$$$$

3.2

6

I thought I had it made when I started working in Century City. The mall was across the way and the renovated food court offered all sorts of tasty options. But with anything in fr.. >

Sushi Sasabune
12400 Wilshire Blvd,. Suite 150

$$$$$

6

Sasabune Omakase at the sushi bar: blue fin tuna, toro, salmon with sea kelp, amaebi sweet shrimp, scallop, and so much more! In response to “Not a Penny Pincher,” I’d like to shar.. >

Katsuya
11777 San Vicente Blvd. #120
b/w Montana & S Barrington Ave.

$$$$$

1

5

The mini malls of L.A. have some of the best sushi this side of the Tokyo Fish Market... >

Kabuki
6081 Center Dr., #203
at Park Terrace Dr.

$$$$$

2

4

I'm very Jewish when it comes to Christmas because you'll typically find me at the movies. As a single guy living away from my family, I often find myself sharing my Christmas with.. >

Irori
4371 Glencoe Ave.
b/w Mindanao Way & Maxella Ave.

$$$$$

3

I like taking my shoes off while eating.Is that weird? I only do this at home, then again we have a "no shoes in the apartment" rule. (Don't disrespect the dojo, man!). It just fee.. >

Nozawa
6010 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
at Oxnard St.

$$$$$

3

One of my dearest friends, DK, knows about my foodblogging. He has never had a problem with me taking photos of food when we go out. He has never once complained about how I blab.. >

Sakura
4545 S Centinela Ave.
b/w Gilmore & Greene Ave.

$$$$$

3

Taco rice. Upon hearing that phrase, I shuddered as my culinary senses prickled, detecting a disturbance in The Force. Somewhere out there, in Huntington Beach, there was a Japan.. >

Sanuki No Sato
18206 S Western Ave.
at W 182nd St.

$$$$$

5

3

Who would have thought that I would be having a double-date with my mom? MS and I met my mom and step-dad at their favorite udon restaurant, Sanuki no Sato, for an eary dinner las.. >

Torafuku
10914 W Pico Blvd.
b/w Midvale Ave. & Kelton Ave.

$$$$$

3

From the day before our all-vegetarian weekend started. Back to that expensive place (for lunch) even though I said unlikely ^^;; I never like cutlet but I just wanted to try since.. >

Yuzu
1231 Cabrillo Ave
Plaza del Prado

$$$$$

3

3

In the end, it always comes down to ingredients. Last week, after a drink with R., we met up with the boys for sushi at newly opened Yuzu. We stopped in by happenstance -- our firs.. >

Sushi Ike
6051 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 105

$$$$$

3

Looking for a lunch spot in Hollywood, and after hearing great things about Sushi Ike -- and jonesing for some -- we decided to check it out. They stipulated: It's in a strip mall.. >

K-ZO
9240 Culver Blvd

$$$$$

3

My friend Tim was nice enough to want to take me out for my birthday (which was MONTHS ago! I am only catching up now, I've been the worst blogger...), and we headed over to K-Zo,.. >

Asakuma
11701 Wilshire Blvd. #15
at S Barrington Ave.

$$$$$

2

Don't you just love when serendipity happens? When I was little I was told a story in second grade about serendipity. A child had lost a toy and went looking all over their home fo.. >

Canal Club
2025 Pacific Ave.
at 20th Pl

$$$$$

2

Growing younger not older. That should be on my mind. It seems as though that over the years, birthdays get less happy and more depressing. I don't get to celebrate them the way I .. >

Chaya
8741 Alden Dr.
b/w George Bums Rd. & N Roberts Blvd.

$$$$$

2

Looking for a business lunch spot in the area -- but wanted to avoid the usual power lunch suspects, like The Grill (which I can't stand) (Flickr pic by jenster181.) What we ord.. >

Daichan
11288 Ventura Blvd. #F
b/w Eureka Dr. & Vineland Ave.

$$$$$

2

I hate clutter. Even a dusty stack of magazines by the bedpost irks me. Yet when I stepped inside this restaurant-slash-emporium of Japanese souvenirs – strung from the ceiling and.. >

Geisha House
6633 Hollywood Blvd.
b/w N Cherokee Ave. & Whitley Ave.

$$$$$

2

2

I know, I know -- after my last (mis)adventure at Dolce, why am I taking a gander at Geisha House (which is in the same restaurant group), well, 2 reasons:.. >

Hirozen
8385 Beverly Blvd.
b/w N Orlando Ave. & N Kings Rd.

$$$$$

1

2

I had begun to feel it. Burnout. Burnout from all the food hopping. I thought that by appropriately mixing up the restaurant cuisines and locations that I would be able to fulfill .. >

Nobu
3835 Cross Creek Rd. #18A
at Pacific Coast Hwy

$$$$$

2

NOBU MALIBU, PUT TO GOOD USE The fires have kept Nobu Malibu closed since Sunday, but starting yesterday afternoon Nobu Matsuhisa opened his doors for the firefighters. Yay, Nobu! .. >

Sushi Gen
422 E 2nd St.
at S Central Ave.

$$$$$

2

I've had a couple bad experiences with downtown sushi. The first was Hamakawa. Easily the worst sushi I have ever had in terms of quality and freshness. Literally inedible. Second .. >

Sushi Karen
10762 Washington Blvd.
b/w Culver Crt & Midway Ave.

$$$$$

2

Some will claim that writing about what you eat everyday is a waste of time. Someone even took the time to write a book called Nobody Cares What you had for Lunch. Call me crazy, b.. >

Hama Sushi
347 E 2nd St

$$$$$

1

2

Buddy convinced me to branch out a bit from my favorite sushi joint, Saito's, so we headed down to Little Tokyo to a place he had been once before. The inside of the tiny restauran.. >

Komasa Sushi
351 E 2nd St

$$$$$

2

My Sazerac and the cigar list at Seven Grand Whiskey Bar When I'm not cooking or saving the world, I read books. The downtown LA public library hosts quite the line-up of authors.. >

Sushi Komasa
351 E 2nd St

$$$$$

2

It's finally Spring Break and I am loving every moment away from my five and six year olds! I don't have anything extravagent going on this week. All I want to do is eat and sleep... >

Saito's Sushi
4339 W Sunset Blvd

$$$$$

3

2

I had taken Greg to Saito's when he was in town last year and he was eager to take Sara there on this trip. We spent the afteroon checking out the last day of the Klimt exhibit and.. >

Honda Ya
556 El Camino Real

$$$$$

4

2

Prior to my flight to Asia, I took Ray and Melissa out to dinner in Little Tokyo at Honda-Ya. I really only went here because it was convenient: it was a Sunday night and Musha wa.. >

SushiZo
9824 National Blvd

$$$$$

2

2

I'll just come right out and say it - this is going to be a crappy review. Not because the offerings were at all sub-standard - quite the contrary - but because I was a social litt.. >

Akwa
1413 5th St.
b/w Santa Monica Blvd. & Broadway

$$$$$

1

1

I went to Akwa late on a weeknight. There was only one other couple in the restaurant, and the kitchen was about to close when we hadn't even ordered yet. I almost wished they hadn.. >

Ariake
8925 W Olympic Blvd.
at S La Peer Dr.

$$$$$

1

Given the Lexuses (Lexi?) and other flashy cars that populate the northwest corner strip mall at Wilton and Wilshire, it's no shocker Kuishimbo, our favorite Americanized Japanese .. >

Asuka
1266 Westwood Blvd.
b/w Ashton & Wellworth Ave.

$$$$$

1

I haven't been doing a good job at all of rationing my money this month, except in the restaurant category, and a trip to a sushi restaurant was long overdue. Also, hot weather pre.. >

A-Won
913 1/2 S Vermont Ave.
at James M Wood Blvd.

$$$$$

1

There're plenty of Korean-Japanese sushi restaurants in Koreatown but I never tried any. J. Gold and Yelppies had me curious with their reviews so I gave it a try. .. >

Azami Sushi Cafe
7160 Melrose Ave.
b/w Detroit St. & Formosa Ave.

$$$$$

3

1

On trendy-as-hell Melrose Avenue, the last thing you'd expect to find is good food, let alone sushi. Melrose is a place for going shopping in heels, or maybe a tube top to show off.. >

Breeze
2025 Avenue of the Stars
b/w Constellation Blvd. & St. Regis St.

$$$$$

1

CAA's new offices and the newish Hyatt Regency Century Plaza (much-needed renovation: 2001) are across the street from each other, on the Avenue of the Stars. There's even a certai.. >

Chaya Venice
110 Navy St.
at Neilson Way

$$$$$

1

We were supposed to go to a deli but it was closed on Monday, so my boss suggested the nearby "Chaya", at first I didn't registered it is THAT Chaya. O,o It is just as I expected: .. >

Crazy Fish
9105 W Olympic Blvd.
at S Doneny Dr.

$$$$$

1

I normally don't write about things I don't like on my blog. But there's this restaurant that's been around for a long time - where there's ALWAYS a wait - that just boggles me... >

En Sushi
11651 Santa Monica Blvd.
at Barry Ave.

$$$$$

3.5

1

Kittens, it’s over. I can’t say exactly what the nature of “it” is – it could be as recent as today, it could be in the not too distant past, it could be in my long-ago history, it.. >

Fat Fish Restaurant
616 N Robertson Blvd.
b/w Santa Monica Blvd. & Melrose Ave.

$$$$$

1

AL recommended this trendy Asian fusion/sushi restaurant for dinner a couple weeks ago. After his shifts at the hospital, he often frequents the reasonable Happy Hours here, and we.. >

Fortune West Cafe
418 N Fairfax Ave.
b/w Rosewood Ave. & Oakwood Ave.

$$$$$

1

On most days I am a vital, outgoing person. On a good day, one might even say I'm perky. But Friday night, I just sat there, a lumpy lump on one side of the couch, taking in nugget.. >

Hamasaku
11043 Santa Monica Blvd.
b/w Camden & S Bentley Ave.

$$$$$

1

My friend Melanie of Daily Guilt has 101 goals, and one of them is to eat something she finds disgusting. So when she asked for ideas when we were out at Hamasaku, I suggested monk.. >

Hide Sushi Japanese Restaurant
2040 Sawtelle Blvd.
b/w La Grange & Mississippi Ave.

$$$$$

5

1

After the USC win over Cal last week, I worked up my appetite and was in the mood for some Hide Sushi. I ran to the ATM in anticipation of my meal, only to find that the restaurant.. >

Hong Kong 88
5658 Sepulveda Blvd.

$$$$$

1

I initially dismissed Hong Kong 88 since they serve sushi in addition to Chinese food and are willing to deliver sushi. That seemed to me like an glaring sign of a restaurant that .. >

Iroha Sushi of Tokyo
12953 Ventura Blvd.
b/w Coldwater Canyon & Ethel Ave.

$$$$$

1

If there is any place I hate more than a place that requires a plane ride, it’s The Valley – the San Fernando Valley, also colloquially known as SFV to those who TLA-ize, and also .. >

Kang Nam
4103 W Olympic Blvd.
at S Bronson Ave.

$$$$$

1

Kang Nam Restaurant is a local Korean favorite of my family. With quality meats, seafoods, and vegetables, there's always something good to choose from their menu... >

Kaya Sushi
13400 Washington Blvd. #102
at Glencoe Ave.

$$$$$

1

I am a no-holdsbar, unabashed lover of all kinds of sushi...especially the wasabi that goes with it (hooray for spicy!) So when someone mentions sushi for lunch...I am all ears. An.. >

Kiriko
11301 W Olympic Blvd. #102
at Sawtelle Blvd.

$$$$$

1

I've been to Kiriko about six or seven times, and not once have they let me down. It's one of those rare restaurants where the service is always good, the tables aren't crammed tog.. >

Masa
6010 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
at Oxnard St.

$$$$$

1

Most images on tortillas are placed by divine toasting. Not so at this show, where all-too-human artists put their inspired hands to the floury disks... >

Matsuhisa
129 N La Cienega Blvd.
b/w Clifton Way & Wilshire Blvd.

$$$$$

1

Christi and I brought along my brother and his girlfriend for dinner at Matsuhisa on La Cienega. She and I opted for the omakase tasting menu, while Melissa and Ray ordered the cod.. >

Miru 8691
9162 W Olympic Blvd.
at S Palm Dr.

$$$$$

4

1

Was a place found after frustration. Walking up me and Celeste were both hungry, tired and still didn't know what we wanted. We looked at the menu outside the restaurant and though.. >

Mishima Restaurant
8474 W 3rd St., Suite #108
b/w S Croft Ave. & N La Cienega Blvd.

$$$$$

3

1

"Pickled herring and gefilte fish are brain food. That's why you're so smart, bubbele. Now come here and rub your bubby's feet -- I have to ask twice?" When you were a growing boy,.. >

Miyagi's
8225 W Sunset Blvd.
b/w Marmont Ln & Roxbury Rd.

$$$$$

1

1

"Bring my own lunch?"... "usually just eat at Juan Pollo?" These were only some of the dissapointing suggestions found from the Elite known as "Chowhounders". I knew the Inland E.. >

Monsoon Cafe
1212 3rd St. Promenade
at Wilshire Blvd.

$$$$$

1

I think I was a tree hugging hippie in a previous life. I absolutely love things that are all-natural, organic, environment friendly, recyclable, and nonconformist, and truly ~ I t.. >

Noma
2031 Wilshire Blvd.
at 21st St.

$$$$$

1

Noma is a friendly neighborhood sushi place without any Los Angeles pretentiousness. It is clearly popular without being crowded. The sushi menu is pretty basic, and they have quit.. >

Octopus Sushi
16733 Ventura Blvd. #1
b/w La Maida St. & Petit Ave.

$$$$$

3.3

1

We celebrate the end of the project at this sushi place called Octopus at Manhattan Beach. It only opened at night, and seemed authentic enough. Preston never eat at sushi bar befo.. >

Oiwake
122 Japanese Village Plz Mall
b/w E 1st & E 2nd St.

$$$$$

1

Oh my! It's been a long while since I've gone to Oiwake's. (About five years?) Located in the Japanese Village Plaza on the second floor and accessible from the parking lot, this J.. >

Shintaro
1900 N Highland Ave.
at Franklin Ave.

$$$$$

2

1

Years ago, Sa and I apparently had enough money for lots of expensive sushi. Not true; we were living pretty much on pass-the-hat dollar bills from the Shakespeare show. I guess it.. >

Sushi Go 55
333 S Alameda St. 3rd FL, Ste. 317
b/w E 3rd & E 4th St.

$$$$$

1

If the world were a comic strip, you'd be able to see the little question mark that floated over my head as I decided on, traveled to, and finally entered Sushi Go 55 in Little Tok.. >

Sushi Masu
1911 Westwood Blvd.
at Missouri Ave.

$$$$$

1

Zagat did not lead me astray (take that, Chowhound!) when it led me to Sushi Masu. On my first visit, my friend and I asked for the best fish of the day and a couple of rolls. We w.. >

Sushi Mon
8562 W 3rd St.
b/w S Sherbourne Dr. & S Holt Ave.

$$$$$

1

Dining options in downtown Santa Monica are limited. Not that restaurants aren't plentiful, but good restaurants? Good restaurants that are open for lunch? Well, that's another sto.. >

Sushi Roku
1401 Ocean Ave.
at Santa Monica Blvd.

$$$$$

4.2

1

Still one of the best spicy tuna rolls out there. And now that Roku is less trendy and has been usurped by newer comers, there's less desperate energy there, allowing for more focu.. >

Sushi Tenn
2004 Sawtelle Blvd.
b/w La Grange Ave. & Olympic Blvd.

$$$$$

1

I can't help but want to eat at a place that I walk by all the time, even if I don't think it will be good. Sushi Tenn was one of those places. It has the trappings of trendiness, .. >

Taka-Sushi
1345 2nd St.
b/w Arizona Ave. & Santa Monica Blvd.

$$$$$

1

You know those places? Those places -- the restaurants which you pass, or see, or in front of which you might stop momentarily to brush your shoulder off on your way to wherever .. >

Tengu
10853 Lindbrook Dr.
at Tiverton Ave.

$$$$$

1

MLS and I decided to check out Tengu, a trendy Asian fusion restaurant with "an air of mischief" in Westwood by UCLA. We were sold on the sashimi appetizers, chilean sea bass entre.. >

The Hump
3221 Donald Douglas Loop S
at Airport Ave.

$$$$$

1

I am re-posting this review with some changes because of the vastly different experience I had on my second visit... >

Usui
343 E 1st St.
b/w Judge Jhon Aiso Ave. & N Alameda St.

$$$$$

1

On a busy night at Little Tokyo lorded by young student and trendy crowd, we found refuged at this nice hole-in-the-wall Japanese place. Their bento sets all looked surprisingly de.. >

Wabi-Sabi Sushi & Asian Noodle
1637 Abbot Kinney Blvd.
b/w Palms Blvd. & Venice Blvd.

$$$$$

1

Context and Setting: Armed with healthy skepticism of trendy, lively Japanese restaurants, not to mention B.S. restaurant hype hangover I contracted at Geisha House, Wabi-Sabi ("Su.. >

Yangtze Restaurant
1333 3rd St. Promenade
at Arizona Ave.

$$$$$

1

One of the great and somewhat undiscovered things about Yangtze is supposed to be their half price sushi bar hidden in the back of the restaurant. Too bad cheap sushi almost always.. >

Sushi Mashiko
10726 Jefferson Blvd

$$$$$

5

1

There I was, deep in the throes of Culver City for what felt like the first time ever. This is not a 'hood I frequent in this fair town, so when it was time for dinner with my ange.. >

Wa Sushi
1106 N La Cienega Blvd

$$$$$

1

This is well-trodden turf but I thought I may as well report my fine experience at Wa Sushi. $60 omakase included: Three shot glass size cups on one long dish. Herring roe in littl.. >

Matsuda
11837 Ventura Blvd

$$$$$

1

All right, so sometimes I can be a smidge sneaky. A few weeks back, a lovely lad pinged me on the infamous MySpace (I know, imagine that, an eligible, likeable bachelor on that koo.. >

Kantaro Sushi
1542 W Carson St

$$$$$

1

After class on today I was in the mood to get something to eat . I first wanted tacos from Tacos Sinaloa on Carson St, but I instead made a left into a parking lonely liquor store .. >

Sushi Bei
2021 W.Redondo Beach Blvd

$$$$$

1

My cousin and I ended up at Sushi Bei, in Gardena, after waiting for a friend that never showed up(Yes, that's you Mr. Domo Arrigato Mr. Birthday Bato). Well it is his birthday and.. >

Pazzaz Sushi
2524 Hyperion Ave

$$$$$

1

Pazzaz is a well-kept secret. As far as neighborhood sushi joints go, it delivers on most accounts. The restaurant is small and cozy; the food is served fast and the operators are .. >

Sushi Shibucho
3114 Beverly Blvd

$$$$$

1

Say "Omakase". Utter this and nothing else. Shibutani nods... >

Noshi Sushi
4430 Beverly Blvd

$$$$$

1

It's a fucking zillion degrees in L.A. You've already imposed on your friends to swim in their pool twice, you've seen An Inconvenient Truth and every other thing playing at the Ar.. >

Sushi Dan
8000 W. Sunset Blvd., #A2020

$$$$$

1

1

I know the stated purpose of this blog is to identify "cheap ethnic eats," which evokes (as it should) images of holes-in-the-wall in Koreatown, Thaitown, Little Tokyo, and East L... >

Sushiya
8650 Sunset Blvd

$$$$$

1

It had been a long, long night. Bar hopping. Out of towners. Chasing them down as they maneuvered through the sceney Sunset Strip, in search of sushi for a large party without a re.. >

Sushi House
12013 W Pico Blvd

$$$$$

1

Sushi House seemed like a promising-ish hole in the wall on Pico just east of the 10, next to Bombay Cafe and across from Chan Dara. On a Friday night at 8, the tiny space was almo.. >

A Thousand Cranes
120 S Los Angeles St.
at E 1st St.

$$$$$

Ahi Sushi
12915 Ventura Blvd.
at Coldwater Canyon Ave.

$$$$$

Alaska Seafood & Sushi
1112 Nagoya Way
at Nagoya Way

$$$$$

5

Ami
1051 Broxton Ave.
b/w Weyburn & Kinross Ave.

$$$$$

Aoki
2470 S Atlantic Blvd.
b/w Sheila St. & E Washington Blvd.

$$$$$

Asanebo
11941 Ventura Blvd.
b/w Carpenter Ave. & Redford Ave.

$$$$$

1

Asaya
12740 Culver Blvd. #A
at Braddock Dr.

$$$$$

Asia
3179 Los Feliz Blvd.
at Glenfeliz Blvd.

$$$$$

Ballona
13455 Maxella Ave.
b/w Del Rey Ave. & Glencoe Ave.

$$$$$

Bamboo Garden
1618 Cravens Ave.
b/w Gramercy Ave. & Marcelina Ave.

$$$$$

Benihana
1447 4th St.
b/w Santa Monica Blvd. & Broadway

$$$$$

Benihana
21327 Hawthorne Blvd.
at Fashion Way

$$$$$

Benihana
38 N La Cienega Blvd.
at Wilshire Blvd.

$$$$$

Benihana
16226 Ventura Blvd.
b/w Woodley & Libbet Ave.

$$$$$

Bento Ya
317 S Broadway, Grand Central Market,
at W 3rd St.

$$$$$

Blowfish Sushi
9229 W Sunset Blvd.
at Doheny Rd.

$$$$$

Blue Sky
112 Internatl Boardwalk
at W Torrance Blvd.

$$$$$

Boss Sushi
270A S La Cienega Blvd.
b/w Wilshire Blvd. & Gregory Way

$$$$$

5

Buffet City
11819 Wilshire Blvd.
at Granville Ave.

$$$$$

Cafe Delight
444 S Flower St.
b/w W 4th & W 5th St.

$$$$$

Cafe Sushi
8459 Beverly Blvd.
at N Alfred St.

$$$$$

Cafe Zen
110 E 9th St., #AL 004
b/w S Main St. & Werdin Pl

$$$$$

California Roll & Sushi
2919 Los Feliz Blvd.
b/w Revere Ave. & Seneca Ave.

$$$$$