After another jaunt to the Marciano Art Foundation museum (it’s free! Just need to make a reservation)…
GO GET EM TIGER (Larchmont)
I love the Business & Pleasure here. It’s a set of three drinks - Espresso. Foral, fizzy tea. Almond Cappacino. This is prolly my second favorite coffee in LA behind G&B.
This was solid. Dark, rich and complex. Hit in waves of spice and flavor. The dark chicken was ok. Also wouldn’t get the horchata again. It’s pretty dang toasty in the restaurant on a day like today, but everyone is very friendly. Tips are cash only. Overall, a positive first trip.
Thanks for the report back. Yah we love Ichimian as well. Have you been to Inaba yet? (Ichimian’s sister restaurant.)
They get their Handmade Soba from Ichimian daily (they’re pretty close to each other distance-wise), and then you get the added benefit of the amazing Tempura Bar, delivering some of the best Tempura in the city (super light, not oily, fantastic).
We went to Lunasia in Pasadena. I had my map app set to Alhambra, but my navigator used his own app, so we ended up taking a Sunday drive along the lovely Arroyo Seco Parkway.
We also liked the baked BBQ pork bao and the Hong Kong style roast duck. In addition we had siu mai, Shaghai pork soup dumpling, pan fried potstickers, and chicken fried rice. Good ingredients and nice technique on all the dumplings. Everyone liked the chicken fried rice except me; I didn’t like the small, skinny rice grains.
The only miss was the cruellers, which were very oily.
Nobody ate the spare rib that came with the “rice noodle and spare ribs” dish. The ribs were chopped up and there was lots of chewy bits (tendon?) on the bone, but that’s just us being white peoples, not the kitchen’s fault.
We had four people and ordered 10 dishes, plus tea. The bill was about $100 with a lot of leftovers. The service was great, very efficient! It was a fun morning.