Now that I have been living on my own for a bit, I have been doing a lot more cooking. Since I can’t really do anything fancy yet, I am sticking to the basics. This means a lot of rice and noodle dishes with some sort of vegetable and meat. In order to make my…
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Address: 2125 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Korean BBQ is the most popular type of Asian BBQ, but I personally prefer yakiniku (Japanese BBQ). One of my favorite places for yakiniku outside of Japan is called Manpuku. Manpuku has multiple locations, and I have been to ones in both Costa Mesa and Sawtelle. I…
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Address: 4 Chome-8-5 Jingumae, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan Maisen is one of the most popular tonkatsu restaurants in Tokyo, and it is always one of my first stops when I am in Japan. The last time I was in Tokyo, I found another excellent tonkatsu restaurant, Hasegawa, but the options at the two restaurants…
Address: 7 Gough St, Central, Hong Kong After having lived in Hong Kong for a year, I can say that Zagin Soba is my favorite restaurant there. It is a bit weird that a ramen restaurant is so good in Hong Kong, but Zagin Soba is that great. I would even say that Zagin Soba’s…
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Since I have been pretty busy recently, I have not had as much time to write new blog posts. While I am still constantly finding new things I love to recommend, I wanted to share some of my previous favorite recommendations. Over the course of this blog, I have now written over a year’s worth…
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Address: 3046 Monsarrat Ave, Honolulu, HI 96815 Pioneer Saloon is a restaurant in Hawaii that has a lot of local Hawaiian dishes with a Japanese flair. Pioneer Saloon has two locations, with one located on Monsarrat and the other in SALT. I have only done takeout from the Monsarrat location, but I think both locations…
Address: 1150 S King St, Honolulu, HI 96814 Akira is a Japanese restaurant in Hawaii, and it has a really diverse menu of items. Unfortunately, right now they are only doing takeout, so they do not have their usual full menu. Still, they seem to have adjusted well, and all of their takeout dishes are…
Address: 1610 S King St # A, Honolulu, HI 96826 Soba and tempura are two of my favorite foods individually, and together they make for my favorite meal combination. Unfortunately, it is pretty hard to find really good soba and tempura in Hawaii, and there is nothing I have found yet that can compare to…
Address: 1001 Queen St #105, Honolulu, HI 96814 Rinka is a popular Japanese restaurant in Ward Village. They have a really extensive menu, and all of their dishes are pretty authentic Japanese tasting. I like the crab dishes that Rinka has, as they use real snow crab. They have both real crab California rolls, as…
Address: Via San Fermo, 1, 20121 Milano MI, Italy It is kind of ironic, but one of the best restaurants I went to during my time in Milan was a Japanese restaurant called Yazawa. It was recommended to me by a couple of friends, and it has some great lunch specials. Yazawa is located in…
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