Salad Plus Cheese Bread That Will Ruin Any Diet!

Everyday is a good day to pamper yourself with good food. Eat at Clearman's North Woods Inn and you'll forget about your troubles- probably because you will sleep the away with food coma from the amount of food you get. The restaurant looks like a log cabin at a snow resort complete with fake snow and all. The floor is filled with peanut shells. You're actually asked to eat their complimentary peanuts and toss them on the floor over your shoulder! How convenient. Some poor soul gets to act like your mother and pick up after you eventually. 

Here's their menu... VIOLA!!! BAM!

 There's combos with a lot of food and sandwiches too but they are famous for their spread that they make their cheese bread with and.... their salad!!!

 Here's their mountain of delicious peanuts they keep bringing you. Remember to throw the shells on the floor!

 Drool. Here's the best part of Clearman's. Their salad and cheese bread. It doesn't even matter what they serve, just their freebies is enough to make me come here. I always wish that I didn't need to order and I could just get a free meal off eating their salads. We're so asian and cheap that we have them refill our cheese bread and salad before packing it to go for us. Score for another day's worth of food!

 The most amazing salad ever. The cabbage has this vinegary taste to it, while the salad just taste like cheesey/ ranchy amazingness. Together you are in heaven. 

 Here's their famous lumberjack steak. I'm not a big fan of steak in general just because I love my Kobe beef from Japanese places. It's hard to complete with that. But when I think of this place in being a higher class version of Black Angus, I'm reminded that this much food is worth it. 

Here was the Mahi Mahi dinner. The fish was a little dry but again I didn't come here for the dinner. I came for the awesome free salad and cheese bread. Plus, their baked potato came with cheese cream! 

This place is worth it just for their salad! Plus, a snow capped log cabin in hot weather is a sight to see. 7247 Rosemead Blvd. San Gabriel, CA 91775. They have another location in West Covina. 

Happy Eatings!

Eating Contest: Alondra's Atomic Challenge

I may be an adventurous eater but I'm not a dumb eater. I can't say the same thing for the my Bf & friends. They decided to go to Alondra's Hot Wings and take their Atomic Challenge. Since I wasn't about to light my insides on fire with their hot wings, I decided to record them do it instead. Here's their video.





So while my friends were having their insides lit on fire, I decided to try some of their other things to eat. 

Alondra's sodas were made with fresh fruit so I got the strawberry sprite & my other friend got their cherry coke! Yum!

 Here is a picture of those atomic wings. They may look like nothing but they were seriously spicy. 

 Here are their normal wings in other flavors. I had the thai chili wings. Others at the table had Honey BBQ and Everything with lime. 

I also got to try a Fried Twinkie for the first time. Actually, I've never even had a regular twinkie before because I think it just seems gross. The fried twinkie was good though! 

Sorry about the picture quality, I forgot my camera and was using my i-phone again. Alondra's is at 515 W Main St Alhambra, CA 91801 if any of you guys want to try their challenge. Apparently, of the people that tried it, they had trouble going number 2 the next day because of how badly it burned. You have been warned!

Happy Eatings!

Dilemma? I Think Not!

So what do you do when you have a friend who is turning the big 2-1, but she does not drink alcohol? She still needs to experience the joy of being carded while not getting crazy with all the lame people who go drinking for their 21st. Being the genius that I am... we went to Father's Office!

You get the best burger of your life, a bottle of coke and some sweet potatoes fries! Plus, you get to get carded at the door since it's technically a bar! All this, while remaining very PG, it was a story that she could tell to her kids & grandkids when they ask what she did for her crazy 21st. It was crazy...crazy delicious!

Look at this baby! Sure, it cost around $13? Probably the most expensive burger I've paid for, but well worth it! The garlic white sauce they give you is amazing!

You also get to decide how well done you want your burger. This is Rna's medium well. I got medium raw. 

Me & my bestie Weheb got the sweet potato fries! Yum! You can even see our coke bottles in the back. 

Sure, the bartenders may think you are losers for ordering 3 bottles of coke at a bar but why not? Best 21st birthday ever! I wish I had gone to Father's Office for my 21st!
Happy Eatings!

Ramen Redemption? I Think Not....

    There's no denying that my favorite ramen joint is Hakata Shinshengumi. They are amazing. I've tried the top 4 ramen places and have still repeatedly gone back to Hakata. In fact, the servers and everyone there already know us. We are hardcore ramen lovers. Well, with any food that doesn't taste horrid my rule is to taste it more than once, twice, or maybe even thrice. So here's my redemption for ramen from Daikokuya, which many people say "have the best ramen in town that even beats out ramen in Japan." Ha, I laugh in those peoples' faces. Ha, Ha, Ha!

Here's the Daikoku Ramen. I'll include a picture of their menu .

It's yummy don't get me wrong. They even include an egg inside and have a Tsukemen option for those hot days like today when its 117 degrees and you don't want your noodles inside burning hot soup. Sorry though, it's not enough close to my beloved Hakata. 

Feel free to go to Daikokuya though because then lines at my favorite place will get shorter! It's located at 327 E 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. If you go to this location, you need to pay for parking cause it's in Downtown plus the lines can go as long as 2 hours! It's usually 30 mins though if you're lucky. Why on Earth would I go here when I could have free parking, better ramen, and a good time? 
Happy Eatings!

Mediterranean Bliss With A Hint of Japanese Disappointment

    After coming back from a long trip in China, I've been quite Anti-Chinese food for awhile. Luckily, with the help of my most awesomest Danielle we found Panini Cafe-an awesome mediterranean place! 

Panini Cafe: 21600 Victory Blvd. Canoga Park, CA 91303

 Panini Cafe has the best chicken kabobs. I got my order with rice and salad. Sooo juicy with peppers and tomatoes in between the chicken. 

Chicken panini!! Amazing!!!! With a side of chicken salad!! Everything was so fresh!! So yummy!!!

Next Stop: Tokyo Table in Arcadia. 

    It was a sad, sad day. Tokyo Table used to be so awesome! I even had a special frequent member card that if you ever accumulated $500 in a year you would get X amount gift certificate. Sad part is I was only less than $50 away from getting up to $500. Yup.. it WAS that good.


    Well I went back to Tokyo Table to find that they completely changed up their setup. Instead of fine dining, it was now "bar" style do it yourself. They fired all their employees except for 3 and got new management. You serve yourself now. Plus, they got rid of a lot of their items from before, changed the prices, and downgraded the quality of food. R.I.P Tokyo Table. I think the Irvine location is still okay though.

Here's goodbye to my last spicy tuna summer roll. This looked the same as the one before but definitely didn't taste the same. 

Goodbye to my lovely sushi pizza. You will be missed.

Happy Eatings to everyone else but it's a sad day for me. =[

Perks of a Private School

I have to admit, I've been a public school snob all my life so I was very surprised when I started graduate school at USC and was fed! USC picked up our bill. We had custom catering the first week of orientation and we also got fed during one of our reporting assignments. Then again, it might have been because they felt sorry for us since they made us take the bus to Skid Row for that assignment. Nonetheless, I was rewarded with an awesome Mexican meal at Yxta Cocina Mexicana in Downtown LA. 

The door that led into Yxta looked like something out of Alice & Wonderland. It was tiny, but once you got inside the place looked super nice unlike the questionable exterior. They had freshly made salsa that was really good. Spicy & mild were both good! The tortilla chips were addicting. Just thinking about the horchatta and strawberry juice is making me drool right now. 

And here was my main dish. El pastor tacos topped with pineapple, which is pork that is marinated with lots of spices and deliciousness. You know a Mexican place is legit if their el pastor tacos are good! 

You can check it out at: 601 S Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90021






On a side note, here were some snacks USC made for us as well: freshly made potato chips on a skewer! 

I should have tried this private school things years ago! I hope to gain at least 10 pounds before I finish my Masters if this keeps going on!
Happy Eatings!

Back in SoCal! Hello L.A.!

After about a 2 1/2 month leave from Los Angeles, I was back and ready for an eating rampage of everything non-Chinese. Here's how I started...


1) With Japanese Curry at Curry House in Santa Monica
2130 S Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025
Indian curry is good but how about combining that with Japanese? Even better!!!

Curry Udon!

Eel Curry in a Grilled Stone Pot

Prime rib Curry in Grilled Stone Pot

Here's some killer corn soup. I think it's all butter inside. Yummy!

2) Jack N' Jills Too

on Robertson where all the paparazzi are 

8738 W 3rd St Los Angeles, CA 90048

Here's their BBQ pulled pork sandwich and their amazing sweet potato fries! For the win!

Happy Eatings!

Welcome Back to L.A. for a few months until I'm back to Hong Kong again.