Cool! Wish I could have met one of my favorite FTCers.
We celebrated mom at Torihei in Torrance. I just returned from Japan earlier this week, but I was more than happy to have another round of yakitori and small bites
We started with mixed pickles
Their chicken meatballs are nice and moist
Bacon wrapped okra and chicken thigh with green onion (neither of which I tried)
Chinese style seaweed salad. Nice and slimey
Smelt and a mystery pork skewer no one remembered ordering
Whole squid
Odens: turnip cake (would not order this one again) and mochikin
Shiitake skewer (pretty dry)
Rice in oden broth with my selected topping (plum) and pickles
Shrimp tempura roll
Not pictured was one of our favorite dishes of the evening - fried mackerel in broth
Total bill with 3 drinks (1 beer & 2 sodas) was a little under $90.
Hey @J_L - the beef roll at 101 Noodle Express in the Fox Hills Mall is indeed awesome. You were right. Youâre always right.
Thanks for the tip, pal.
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Youâre always right.
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Had a nice meal at LSXO followed by Bear Flag Poke and Mahogany Smoked Meats pepper jerky.
I was a bit dubious of LSXO after an average tasting meal at Little Sister DTLA. But this meal was fantastic.
Got the papaya salad, excellent and hits every note.
Dac Biet SGV, this was good but nothing extraordinary. Bread was excellent.
Lamb sauté noodles were damn tasty. Put some of their house made chili sauce and POW! Lamb was super tender, pickled chilies sweet and tangy, coconut milk with a soothing milky sweetness and the spice mixture complex.
And maybe my favorite dish, the scallop and shrimp âchaoâ with Chinese donuts. This dish had such great flavor that was clean yet potent. The Chinese donut made for a nice crunch and the scallops and shrimps tender.
Drinks were great too, donât remember the names.
Then Bear Flag because why not have excellent poke after. They changed the chips (or maybe just this location) which are less hard than the Newport Beach location.
And some pepper beef jerky from Mahogany Smoked Meats because I donât want to drive to Bishop for excellent beef jerky.
Huntington Beach bang^nth game getting stronger.
Also had some Little Jewel. Fuckin canât not order this french fry poboy, so fuckin great. And a shrimp poboy, always great.
dear sir or madam:
im interested in where you like to get your beef jerky in bishop, please.
many thanks.
signed,
fan o mules
mahogany Smoked Meats website:
Thatâs the âF- my A1C, Doc!â snack.
Ha, it was fun to get as a novelty but their churros are only OK; Disneyâs are much better. However, since I live in Pasadena, itâs hard find a churro that compares to Amaraâs.
@A5KOBE Is that beef jerky of the variety where itâs reminiscent of dried out leather where you have to chew on it for ages before you get satisfaction? My friend has a thing for that kind of beef jerky. It reminds her of the jerky her dad would get a truck stops when she was little. Sheâs tried to find this jerky that reminds her of her childhood and hasnât had any luckâŠand yes, sheâs tried random truck stops and the beef jerky places along the 15 on the way to Vegas.
ive never understood why someone wouldnt want jerky thats dried out and chewy.
isnt that what jerky is?
moist and tender jerky seems like a contradiction in terms to me.
I think itâs a similar trajectory as bagels. Whatâs supposed to be has fallen out of favor for whatâs preferred.
So was this for your kids, or was this for you? Because if it was for you, youâre my idol - and talk to my wife.
Not all jerky is dry. Travel to Asia and youâll see (& taste!)⊠The jerky there is moist, yet retain chewiness - Absolutely delicious stuff. Asian jerky is a cottage industry unto itself, with competing brands and chains, much like how chocolatiers do business in Belgium. Asian jerky is worth the potential hassle to smuggle back into the U.S. (not that I know anyone whoâd actually break the law)⊠This blog entry has some nice photos of the goodsâŠ
in my experience, asian jerky is never as dry as their american counterparts.
Hi @J_L,
Wow that looks so good! But if I may ask, isnât cooked food legal to bring back when traveling abroad? Just wondering.
Yes, the pepper flavor and some others are very dried out and chewy. They do however, have some soft varieties such as teriyaki which I found too sweet.