Tsujita Restaurant Review

Gold Dig #35 Tsujita is the ramen spot that makes Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list, and is also on pretty much every “top 10 ramen spots in LA” list that you can find. It’s easy to figure out which of the many Japanese restaurants in the Little Osaka area on Sawtelle is Tsujita… it’s the one…

Shabu Shabu

What do a bunch of foodie friends do on a random Monday night? Shabu Shabu! It falls into the category I like to think of as interactive eating – French fondue, Korean BBQ, Chinese hot pot, Japanese Shabu Shabu – I love them all. You cook thinly sliced meats and veggies in pots of broth…

Japanese Breakfast Bowl

Apparently Japanese Breakfast Bowls are becoming a thing in LA restaurants these days. They’re basically rice, with some fish and some veggies. I love dinner food for breakfast, so I’ve been making something akin to that at home for a long time! My version is super easy because it’s mostly already prepared ingredients from the…

City of Gold

City of Gold is a documentary in which Jonathan Gold explores the food culture of LA. Given my little side project of working my way through Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list, seeing this movie was a must for me. I was so excited to hear that they would be doing a City of Gold event at…