Shuji Sakai

Carne asada burrito at Isaac's Cafe; Credit: ProfessorSalt.com

Burritos at Isaac's Cafe: Or, Give Me The Kind Jones Gets

Shuji Sakai
Stop by Isaac's Cafe on any given morning, and you'll end up sharing breakfast burritos with the stevedores that work the nearby docks of Wilmington and San Pedro. And those burritos? Some of the best in L.A. Despite an unlikely industrial location blocks away from the neighborhood's main drag, people......
White House homebrew; Credit: obamafoodorama.com

Medal of Honor Winner Drinks Obama's White House Homebrew

Shuji Sakai
When former Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer traveled to the White House last week to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, he made one request: to share a beer with the president. The food blog Obama Foodorama reports that the beer was homebrewed by White House chefs with equipment the Obamas......
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Taste of Taiwan: Free Food Festival This Weekend

Shuji Sakai
Flickr user roboppy​ The Taiwan Tourism Bureau will hold the inaugural Taste of Taiwan, a free food and cultural event, at Hollywood's Kodak Theater this Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18. The Mighty Boba Truck and The Dim Sum Truck will prepare a menu of popular Taiwanese snack foods......
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Pizzeria Mozza Opens in Newport Beach + An Interview with the GM

Shuji Sakai
Late yesterday afternoon, word that Pizzeria Mozza opened in Newport Beach spread like lightning on Twitter. This writer broke the news on OC Weekly's blog, and headed to the restaurant for the opening-night madness. Barring a few first-night jitters, the menu, food and service were identical to the Los Angeles......
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Domino's To Open Pizza Shop on The Moon

Shuji Sakai
MEMORANDUM From: Shuji Sakai, LA Weekly To: Scott Oelkers, C.E.O. of Dominos Pizza Japan In re: Your wacky video to build a Domino's on the moon. Dear Mr. Oelkers: We realize you planned and spent the money on your latest publicity stunt long before last week's Russian mission to resupply......
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Killer Shrimp v 3.0 Launches Tomorrow in Marina Del Rey

Shuji Sakai
It's the attack of zombie Killer Shrimp! The dearly-departed restaurant resurrects tomorrow, September 1. This writer unwittingly stumbled into yesterday's friends-and-family soft-open, and was graciously treated to a lunch despite being neither.The new location on the water in Marina del Rey once housed Organic Panificio and is around the corner......
Yamadaya's Kotteri ramen with kakuni; Credit: ProfessorSalt.com

Ramen Yamadaya Opens In Culver City This Saturday

Shuji Sakai
Fans of the the uber-rich tonkotsu ramen soup made by Gardena's Torrance's Ramen Yamadaya will welcome their northward expansion into Culver City this Saturday, August 27. We stopped by yesterday to take some spy photos of the new digs, where seating capacity grows to 54, compared to 22 at the......
Coco Ichibanya's Katsu-curry; Credit: ProfessorSalt.com

CoCo Ichibanya: Japanese Curry X 10 (+ 2 More Locations Coming)

Shuji Sakai
Just as every American kid grows up eating grilled cheese sandwiches and chicken noodle soup, children in Japan eat karei raisu, curry and rice. On any given day, school cafeterias, company shokudos, casual restaurants and home cooks across the country sling enough of this comfort food to fill a supertanker......
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Man Eats Whole Jar of Nutella

Shuji Sakai
No matter how addicted you are to Nutella, you probably haven't powered down an entire jar in one sitting, never mind in four minutes. Former-anoxeric-turned-bodybuilder-turned-champion-competitive-eater Furious Pete shows how it's done and also -- what you might look like during the experience. Which might dial back your craving for Nutella......
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Food Trucks Rally for Family of Fallen Hawthorne Police Officer

Shuji Sakai
This Thursday evening, June 9th, in Los Alamitos, nine food trucks will raise money for the family of Officer Andrew Garton, the Hawthorne motorcycle patrolman killed on May 26th while escorting the funeral of a Manhattan Beach police officer. Chris Rocke, the owner of barbecue truck Rancho a GoGo said,......