1725 W Carson St
Torrance, CA 90501
(310) 787-7344
Torrance, CA 90501
(310) 787-7344
Musha Restaurant
Categories: Japanese, Asian Fusion
Neighborhood: Torrance
Showing posts with label izakaya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label izakaya. Show all posts
Monday, June 23, 2008
Haru Ulala - My Fav Izakaya place
368 E 2nd St
Los Angeles, CA 90189
(213) 620-1120
Los Angeles, CA 90189
(213) 620-1120
Izakaya Haru Ulala
Category: Japanese
Neighborhood: Downtown
Six of us dined here last night on a Wed. and it was not busy at all. There was a problem with traffic for some unknown reason. Two of us arrived just before 7:30pm and we got several happy hour $2 beers and $3.50 sake with edaname.
Pechanga - Spicy tuna stuffed in a pepper - Awesome!
Okonomiyaki seafood - Great - Large portions
Okonomiyaki pork - almost as good, excellent
Grilled squid - Very good just a little over cooked but still delish
Spinach - okay, wouldn't reorder
Black Pork - Delish
Braised beef short ribs w/daikon - Awesome and tender
Salmon collar - delish, but I'm not really a Salmon fan but it was good
Soft shell crab 0 deep fried - Heaven!
Squid lips fried - good, but what deep fried food doesn't. Very chewy texture, almost tastes like fried chicken.
We ordered lots more dishes, just can't remember them all. For six of us, we could have eaten up at the bar but we chose to eat at a table so we could better chat with each other.
Happy Hours $2 Kirin drafts w/edaname or $3.50 sake w/edaname from 5:30-7:30pm. I sure got my money's worth last night! LOL
Service, a little slow, but friendly and attentive. They gave us happy hours prices on a few drinks past 7:30pm... so that was a big plus to the service. Friendly and cute young waitresses that didn't speak english very well, so obviously this is a place for the Japanese and not the tourists.
There's so many dishes on the hand written menu, I have to go back to try some more dishes. We grazed there for about 3 hours for about $25/person including one beer tax and tip. Two of us drank a lot more than the others at about 4-6 drinks and so we paid $35 including tax/tip. So it was surprisingly moderate in price.
A nice clean place, excellent food, moderate price, cold beer and sake and happy hour specials. This place rocks!
Pechanga - Spicy tuna stuffed in a pepper - Awesome!
Okonomiyaki seafood - Great - Large portions
Okonomiyaki pork - almost as good, excellent
Grilled squid - Very good just a little over cooked but still delish
Spinach - okay, wouldn't reorder
Black Pork - Delish
Braised beef short ribs w/daikon - Awesome and tender
Salmon collar - delish, but I'm not really a Salmon fan but it was good
Soft shell crab 0 deep fried - Heaven!
Squid lips fried - good, but what deep fried food doesn't. Very chewy texture, almost tastes like fried chicken.
We ordered lots more dishes, just can't remember them all. For six of us, we could have eaten up at the bar but we chose to eat at a table so we could better chat with each other.
Happy Hours $2 Kirin drafts w/edaname or $3.50 sake w/edaname from 5:30-7:30pm. I sure got my money's worth last night! LOL
Service, a little slow, but friendly and attentive. They gave us happy hours prices on a few drinks past 7:30pm... so that was a big plus to the service. Friendly and cute young waitresses that didn't speak english very well, so obviously this is a place for the Japanese and not the tourists.
There's so many dishes on the hand written menu, I have to go back to try some more dishes. We grazed there for about 3 hours for about $25/person including one beer tax and tip. Two of us drank a lot more than the others at about 4-6 drinks and so we paid $35 including tax/tip. So it was surprisingly moderate in price.
A nice clean place, excellent food, moderate price, cold beer and sake and happy hour specials. This place rocks!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Izayoi Izakayas
132 S Central Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 613-9554
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 613-9554
Category: Japanese
Neighborhood: Little Tokyo
Good food, excellent service. 12 of us dined here last night taking the largest table they had. I'd suggest a party of 10 or less as it was a little cramped for two in our party. We had the mussels, shrimp & jalapeno spring rolls, shrimp dumplings, albacore salad, eggplant, both types of pork belly, tuna sashimi & yam, buckwheat noodles, softshell crab rolls, fried chicken and a few more dishes.
With a couple of beers, my share ran me $50 including tip. Pricey considering izakaya joints are supposed to be bar food and not too expensive. The shrimp dumpling cost $5 for 2 large dumplings. They were tasty but 1/2 mile away in Chinatown, I could buy 3 orders of dim sum that had 3-4 dumplings for $5. I looked over the sushi bar and the fish in the counter looked outstanding. Next time I go here, I'd go with 1-2 friends and sit at the sushi bar. They had live baby abalone and quoted me $20 for an order, not clear if that was for sashimi or nigiri sushi or the whole abalone. The albacore and yellowtail looked really fresh and we ordered the albacore salad and the fish was indeed excellent.
The pork belly dishes were my favs as was shrimp jalapeno spring rolls.
Great parking as you are allowed to park in the Office Depot lot. I'd come back here for sushi, but for izakaya, I'd much rather go to Haru Ulala and pay 1/2 the price. If the prices were comparable to HU, I'd give them 4 stars, maybe more! No reservations unless we rsvp'ed at 6:30pm for our party of 12.
With a couple of beers, my share ran me $50 including tip. Pricey considering izakaya joints are supposed to be bar food and not too expensive. The shrimp dumpling cost $5 for 2 large dumplings. They were tasty but 1/2 mile away in Chinatown, I could buy 3 orders of dim sum that had 3-4 dumplings for $5. I looked over the sushi bar and the fish in the counter looked outstanding. Next time I go here, I'd go with 1-2 friends and sit at the sushi bar. They had live baby abalone and quoted me $20 for an order, not clear if that was for sashimi or nigiri sushi or the whole abalone. The albacore and yellowtail looked really fresh and we ordered the albacore salad and the fish was indeed excellent.
The pork belly dishes were my favs as was shrimp jalapeno spring rolls.
Great parking as you are allowed to park in the Office Depot lot. I'd come back here for sushi, but for izakaya, I'd much rather go to Haru Ulala and pay 1/2 the price. If the prices were comparable to HU, I'd give them 4 stars, maybe more! No reservations unless we rsvp'ed at 6:30pm for our party of 12.
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While the cheese risotto was delicious, the cheese block that it's served in looks very scary as they've probably been using that block for months or years to serve their risotto. How sanitary can that be? Price was reasonable and the place was good, but it didn't hit a home run for me, unfortunately.
If I really wanted to correctly experience an Izakaya joint, I guess I'll have to be there late and close to home but this is in Torrance and I dined here before a poker game as I wanted to try a new style of Japanese food and play poker so I could multitask and save gas.
Maybe it's me or maybe I'm overly critical, but it's tough to find a perfect meal in L.A. without spending a fortune.