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The irony. Everywhere you go, a Chinatown awaits and the same guy who built the first one, is still alive building them. Here’s his famous gate. Notice how he varied and went with blue this time. Perfect for Yokohama, Japan. Of course it’s ironic since here’s a Chinatown with in a Japantown. It’s a tourist trap, and where there’s tourists, the food quality usually goes straight down. It’s like dumbing something down. But not here. The food is actually unlike what you get in a typical Chinatown tourist area. It’s good. We’ve been duped. People don’t hesitate to show what they serve in Chinatown Japan, even though PETA would be pissed off. I can’t say that shark fin is my favorite, but clearly, it’s a selling point. If monkey brain was people’s favorite, you’d see heads and brains displayed everywhere. It’s also weird how shark fin looks like a baby bib. Maybe they should try baby bib soup instead. What else does shark fin look like? 1) a costume beard. 2) a strange sexual device for men 3) yolkless egg 4) mini Xmas tree bottom 5) Smurfs apron The one thing he didn’t do is make this eggroll. You’d think Chinatown eggrolls are the same frozen and then deep fried item, but no think again. In this place, it taste different and isn’t the same beat up concoction of cabbage. I can’t begin to tell you the name of this place since it’s only in Japanese or is it Chinese?, but it’s off the main strip. shumai shrimp and garlic sauce fried rice shark fin soup This is the main street. It was nice and packed.The Chinatown is clean and well kept as compared to what you see in New York or LA. Tons of bao are everywhere. Since I can’t read it, here’s the spot. It’s owned by a friend of my friend, moshi moshi Sadatoshi, who’s pictured above.
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That's Goodsmile Junko and Aki. We're at an all pork place. It even has a huge Buta lantern, which means, pig! It's pork everything including a hotpot that you cook and season with umeboshi, their special. It's a simple broth and you eat a little at at time. On this day the free dish they give you was spare ribs! Notice Aki is smoking at dinner. You can still do this.
This isn't pork, it's egg and...
That’s Goodsmile Junko and Aki. We’re at an all pork place. It even has a huge Buta lantern, which means, pig! It’s pork everything including a hotpot that you cook and season with umeboshi, their special. It’s a simple broth and you eat a little at at time. On this day the free dish they give you was spare ribs! Notice Aki is smoking at dinner. You can still do this. This isn’t pork, it’s egg and yuba on top. This is really good with a tiny spot of soy sauce. So my diet is not happening. I mentioned ramen at the dinner above, and Aki starts of obsess. The dinner above gets truncated quickly because he wants ramen, something he doesn’t get to eat often. So we go get ramen in Shibuya after looking up a place that has high ratings on a ramen website. The broth is thick as ever, and he loves this. It’s a tonkotsu and vegetable brother. Tenkaippin is busy at midnight! We ordered the green onion ramen.
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Imagine hand cut noodles (you can tell that they're uneven - although if I were a noodle company, I'd just have my machines make noodles uneven), dumplings, and a nice broth make? It's Myung Dong Kyoja. Open 24 hours, their Kal Gook Soo is the one to get. It's hearty, tasty, and I'd suggest holding back on the onions, those stayed with me after I left. The place is large, the waiter has nice...
Imagine hand cut noodles (you can tell that they’re uneven – although if I were a noodle company, I’d just have my machines make noodles uneven), dumplings, and a nice broth make? It’s Myung Dong Kyoja. Open 24 hours, their Kal Gook Soo is the one to get. It’s hearty, tasty, and I’d suggest holding back on the onions, those stayed with me after I left. The place is large, the waiter has nice bleached hair, and I’m sure you can find this wherever there’s fine Korean establishments near you. Myung Dong Kyoja 3630 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90010
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