I can’t take credit for finding this place. A friend and I are out late one evening visiting Afters Ice Cream and the sweet taste in my mouth needed salvaging. He suggests Honda-Ya and I oblige. We drive over and see the crowd waiting and immediately decide against it. Lucky for us we find ourselves […]
Shimbashi offers upscale izakaya dining with a killer view
I don’t get down south too often, but I’m glad I did when I visited Shimbashi Izakaya in Del Mar. We were lucky that it was a gorgeous day because the restaurant is located in an ideal spot overlooking a glorious view of the ocean. The view alone is enough, but this izakaya offers some really […]
Say “kanpai” to a worthy OC izakaya
I’ve never been a big fan of Honda-Ya preferring its sister Kappo-Honda whenever I am hankering for izakaya fare. So needless to say, when I found Meijiya in Costa Mesa, I was tickled, mainly because I didn’t know about it before — even though they’d been open about a year — but also because they […]
