>Growing up in Malaysia, Indian food was a regular staple for me, but little did I know that what I ate as a child was south Indian food and there was a host of Indian regional food that I was unfamiliar with, until that is, I was a teenager and had a good friend from […]
Archives for July 2010
>Taiko — good value homestyle Japanese
>I am not the type of person to wait for a table, because when I’m hungry, I need to eat right now. This is precisely the reason why I don’t go to Taiko often. When have you ever seen people camped out outside a restaurant waiting for it to open? If you’ve ever driven past […]
>Ruby’s Diner — new fashion nostalgia
>In a cookie cutter city like Irvine, it is impossible to find an old school diner like those I love so much in LA, so, the only options are these chain diners like Ruby’s. Don’t get me wrong, I like Ruby’s, but there is no charm or character to it. Ruby’s is an excellent quick […]
>Calbi Fusion Tacos and Burritos — average to the core
> The myriad of food trucks vying for a spot these days is getting hard to follow, but since I’m on a food truck roll I might as well talk about Calbi, another Korean taco truck roaming the streets of Los Angeles. I caught it parked across the street from the Dim Sum Truck after […]
>Dim Sum Truck — bringing tidbits to the masses
>I’ve been following the Dim Sum truck on twitter for a while now and because I am hardly up in LA, it’s been a bit of a drag trying to sample some of these LA food truck offerings. One morning, when I was headed up LA way, I noticed that the Dim Sum truck was […]