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Leftovers: Shin Okinawa Izakaya
The foreign flavors of Okinawa: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES There’s a pair of shisa watching over Shin Okinawa Izakaya. Perched above the door, the statues’ leonine manes are swirled together in artful...
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Leftovers: Kagura
Kagura’s delicate dining for the District: PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES Kagura is cleaved into what seems like two separate restaurants. At first sight is a sparse space: a modern backlit bar designed...
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Leftovers: Torihei
Excellent yakitori and Kyoto-style oden for the LA Times: PHOTO by STEFANO PALTERA / LA TIMES There’s a distinct division in Torihei’s kitchen. At one end, a huge pot of dashi broth sits just below a...
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Leftovers: Ramen California
A new wave of ramen for the LA Times: PHOTO by LAWRENCE K. HO / LA TIMES Ramen California’s soups are startling, peculiar creations crowded with a garden’s worth of unconventional ingredients. Bobbing...
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Going Dutch: Save Room for Mitsuwa’s Gourmet Food Fair and the Holland Festival
Little needs to be said of Mitsuwa’s Gourmet Food Fair other than that chefs and specialists are being flown in from Japan to the Torrance and Costa Mesa stores for a four-day celebration of ramen,...
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Back in the L.A. Times: Doya Doya’s Okonomiyaki
The pleasures of a late-night taco are a defining L.A. experience, a few bites of food constructed seemingly to sate whatever urge drove you to some no-name truck in the first place. But if I could...
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