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Japanese

Japanese Food Los Angeles

Red Rock American Slice Beef Don

Red Rock features 11 locations in Japan, starting in Hyogo on the central coast. Their first U.S. outpost resides in Torrance’s freeway friendly Nijiya Plaza, replacing udon specialist Monjiro. In a rarity, the plaza’s...
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Sandwich Los Angeles

Orsa & Winston Porchetta Sandwich

At Orsa & Winston in downtown L.A.’s Old Bank District, chef Josef Centeno straddles the line between Italy and Japan. This year, he started offering sandwiches at lunch on house-baked milk bread brioche. I...
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Japanese Food Los Angeles

Killer Noodle Original Style Tantanmen

Much has been made of Killer Noodle‘s “7 Fundamentals.” At the latest Japantown restaurant from chef Takeshi Tsujita, which is wall-to-wall red and houses a bar lined with jars of fiery spices, it’s hard...
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Ramen Tofino

Kuma House Ramen

Tofino is a beautiful town with an indie spirit at the end of a peninsula on Vancouver Island’s south central coast. Tofino only had 1,876 permanent residents as of 2011, but tourists flood the...
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Japanese Food Santa Barbara

Yoichi’s Sashimi

For awhile, Viticole Wine founder Brian McClintic MS had been telling me that Yoichis is Santa Barbara’s best restaurant. Finally, I got a chance to dine at this traditional kaiseki-style restaurant from chef Yoichi...
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Ramen Tokyo

Rokurinsha Special Dip Noodles

A honeycomb logo signaled our arrival at a recent Shinjuku offshoot Rokurinsha, a popular ramen shop that first debuted at Tokyo Station. I opted for Special Dip Noodles (860 yen), their signature bowl. Thick,...
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