Baby It's Cold Outside!

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I stayed home saturday to get all my year end receipts in order, also cleaned house and put away the Christmas decorations. Charlie worked at the shop, so I made my own supper, I tried the Sherried tomato soup from pioneer woman. it was nice, nothing spectacular but with the temps being in the 30's here, soup was good! I also made her broiled French bread. It was good little supper!
If you want to try the recipes here they are:

Sherried Tomato Soup

The Bread

Stay warm and cozy!

Takoyaki Tanota food truck

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Takoyaki food truck back in March. I love Tanota. If you never tried Takoyaki before, try their takoyaki. They are delicious. If you've had takoyaki at Japanese cafe/restaurants in L.A. and didn't like it, that's because their takoyaki is pre-made frozen. 

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I think it was original (s) $5












with wasabi mayo side














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Cho Man Won - Koreatown

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New place! And their dumplings are $3.99. Well, I had to check out.
The lady who took my order didn't speak/ understand English well. I asked her if I can order 5pcs each of vegetable dumplings and kimchi dumplings, since they are both same prices (one order is 10 pieces). I clearly explained to her, and she said yes, so of course I thought she understood. But 5 minutes later, I got the bill, and it says $44. She placed my order with 5 orders each of Kimchi dumplings and veg dumplings, that's total 100 pieces. I said "no no no!" lol. Well, I talked with someone else who understand English and everything was fine, except I didn't get vegetable dumplings I ordered, they gave me beef dumplings. I was already home so.. oh well..
















menu
No to go order for Spicy noodle soup and Jajang Myeun



















Dumplings (10pcs) $3.99













As you can see, each dumpling is small.












And I ordered vegetable dumplings, but to me, it looks like beef dumplings. I'm not vegetarian so I don't have any problem eating it but this is not what I ordered. It was good but greasy.















Rating : 3.8 / 5
Service: 3 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Cho Man Won
2881 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles,CA 90006
(213) 249-9900

Mon-Sat 10 am - 9 pm

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M Cafe de Chaya - West Hollywood

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 M cafe is popular spot for vegan people. Well, I'm not a vegan but I still love their food.

"M Cafe introduces Contemporary Macrobiotic Cuisine — featuring balanced, nutritious, creative cooking which can be enjoyed daily by everyone, not just vegetarians or people with dietary restrictions.
 M Cafe brings this newly updated cuisine to Los Angeles in an inviting European café style setting, offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner."



















Looks like cupcakes from babycakes~













menu














Seitan Katsu bowl $10.95
Yeah, fake meat with rice and veggies. Delicious













Korma curry with tofu $12.50
Steamed kale, brown rice, choice of protein covered with a cashew cream curry sauce.












Free drink with four-square check-in













Rating : 4.4 / 5
Service: 3.5 / 5
Repeat: Yes

M Cafe de Chaya
7119 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036

(323) 525-0588
Mon-Sat 9 am - 10 pm
Sun 9 am - 9 pm

http://www.mcafedechaya.com/

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  Posted in: west hollywood

Lucifers Pizza - Los Feliz

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Lucifers Pizza was featured LA weekly's "Best of LA" back in 2011. They opened second location this year. Gluten free and Vegan cheese available. I liked gluten free crust better than regular crust. Somehow I thought it was more flavorful. Also gluten free crust pizzas are smaller than regular crust pizzas. From all the pizzas I tried below, I liked Prosciutto Pollo the best.

And thanks to Groupon for great deal!
















menu (Dec, 2012)


















Garlic Bread













Prosciutto Pollo with half no cheese (L)
Prosciutto, chicken, fresh basil, caramelized onion, fresh mozzarella














Zucha with half no cheese (L)
Pumpkin, olives, feta, zucchini, red bell pepper and spinach













Veggie with gluten free crust
Green bell pepper, mushroom, olives, onion, tomato













Margherita with gluten free crust
Mozzarella, tomato, basil












Greek Lamn & Rosemary with no cheese (L)
Lamb, caramelized onions, kalamata olives, rosemary, garlic, chopped parsley













Thai satay chicken with no cheese (L)
Red onion, sun-dried tomato, green bell pepper, shredded chicken, noodles, that peanut sauce













Lamb & Rosemary, and Thai satay chicken. Unfortunately, I didn't like Thai satay chicken because the chicken was dark meat and I just don't like dark meat. If it was breast meat, I probably liked it.















Rating : 3.6 / 5
Service: 4 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Lucifers Pizza 
1958 Hillhurst Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027

(323) 906-8603

Mon-Sun 12 pm - 10 pm

http://www.luciferspizza.com/

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Posted in: Los Feliz

Asiana Grill Yoshinoya - Downtown

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About a week ago, I was invited to media dinner at Asiana Grill Yoshinoya in Downtown, L.A, along to bring one guest but I asked little favor to bring two so I can go with NuttyNomads. We all shared all the food below. Yeah, we love to eat and we do eat a lot.

Asiana Grill Yoshinoya is casual fast-food type of cafe with modern decor, but using fresh and healthy ingredients.  This Downtown location was very clean and nice.

So here's how Asiana Grill works. You become the chef and order your meal put together the way you like it. Combine serving styles, proteins and sauces to match exactly the flavor you’re craving. With over 180 combinations, you’ve got a lot of options.

From healthy ingredients to how they prepare your order fresh when you place it. And talk about fresh… their yellow buns are baked fresh every day. Even green tea is prepared fresh daily. That’s a lot of fresh.

Be sure to visit Asiana Grill Yoshinoya facebook page for Buy 1 get 1 free coupon!














menu




























Lychee lemongrass water and cucumber lemongrass water
I REALLY loved lychee lemongrass water. It was tasty, and they actually put some lychee in it!













Super salad with Charbroiled steak
Fresh romaine spring salad mix served with grilled rice wedges and a light sesame miso dressing. All topped with sliced cucumbers, julienne carrots and scallions

This dish was our favorite. It was very tasty.













Shrimp tempura













Brown rice cake
It was one of my favorite. Brown rice cake grilled to add a crispy crunch.













Lots of Soup with charbroiled chicken breast with your choice of sauce (I got teriyaki sauce on the side)
Lightly sweet shiromiso base served with a grilled rice cake (yes, there was grilled rice cake in the soup, under chicken) and fresh vegetable medley. Topped with scallions. Another one of my favorite.













Great yellow bun burger with grilled tofu with your choice of sauce (I got side of ginger snap sauce)













Yellow buns are baked fresh daily, served with Asian cabbage salad and sweet potato fries













Big platter with grilled white fish and brown rice













Frozen banana













Cheesecake dipped in chocolate















Asiana Grill Yoshinoya
3021 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 749-3196

Mon-Thu, Sun 10:30 am - 12 am
 Fri-Sat 10:30 am - 1 am

http://asianagrillyoshinoya.com/

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The meal was hosted. Posted in: downtown LA