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Gonpachi restaurant is part of a chain of Japanese restaurants. They recently opened in Beverly Hills and supposedly spent 18 million dollars on decor. Upon walking in from the parking lot, it’s a complete face lift from the Ed Debevic’s that was here ages ago. It’s like walking into a Japanese castle, the garden and pond is immaculate and manicured by hopefully a garden master. The inside is like walking into a movie set. It’s two levels, the second floor looking more like a Chinese movie tea house that you see in tons of films. You can imagine ninjas and samurai fighting in a place like this. It’s amazing looking, and hard to believe. If you come at the right time, you can see them making the soba in a fish tank like booth. Showing off your homemade soba is a novelty that seems to not really pay off for most people. We’ll see about this… The menu isn’t really outrageous and expensive as I’d expect. Soba is 7.50, the small izakaya dishes are $3+, sushi is fairly regular priced although I didn’t think the sushi was special. I’d suggest the crazy shrimp ball, that seems to be a favorite. Try a little of everything, and you’ll see Gonpachi is something like a mix of Nanbankan in West LA, Otafuku in Torrance, and a sushi place. The decor though, can’t be beat. link for Beverly Hills location link for Japanese locations Gonpachi134 N. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills; (310) 659-8887
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Gonpachi restaurant is part of a chain of Japanese restaurants. They recently opened in Beverly Hills and supposedly spent 18 million dollars on decor. Upon walking in from the parking lot, it's a complete face lift from the Ed Debevic's that was here ages ago. It's like walking into a Japanese castle, the garden and pond is immaculate and manicured by hopefully a garden master.
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Stop 1. Lobster Rolls Part Deux – Seafood Haven Lobster rolls shrunk. It’s still claw meat, but the chunks got smaller. Still tasty with the cheap roll it comes on, but that’s what makes it work. No mayo, just Lobster and maybe butter. Since it’s smaller, it was on to the other sides. Crab cake sandwich! Not bad. Soft, fishy tasting since it’s real. Clam Cakes (one of their specialties) tasted better. Soft, big, with a tiny piece of clam in it. Not bad. Clam strips are good, but they’re heavily fried almost like popcorn chicken. Seafood Haven is a nicer spot that Captain Zak’s, and the menu seems bigger. I’m suggest Seafood Haven, but get the Lobster roll for the end of your meal. Legal Seafood is a huge chain that you’d probably see advertised in an in flight plane magazine. Tasty and with everything you want in seafood, it’s a good call. Of course Cioppino is a winner. Julian’s It’ll always be there in PVD. But go there for brunch, it’s works better than dinner. Dinner is good, but it takes a damn long time. But the best thing about it, it’s where I met Jack Long’s work. Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream This place has it all. It’s a shop that’s actually the last business right next to a working drawbridge. It’s arguably on the bridge! The shop is in Mystic, CT as in Mystic Pizza, which is just down the street. In the last picture you can see the drawbridge actually up. When it’s up at 40 past the hour, people have to wait about 15 minutes for it to come down, and the inviting ice cream is right there. They make their own, and they do it well. In every big city in the US, there’s nothing as cool as this. We’re all so trapped with the rules of safety, distances that businesses can be from a bridge, and can a business be on a working draw bridge? Only in a small village town can something like this exist, and the ice cream even tastes better because of it. Too bad their t-shirts are in only ugly colors. Print it in black and you’ll sell a bunch more.
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Stop 1. Lobster Rolls Part Deux - Seafood HavenLobster rolls shrunk. It's still claw meat, but the chunks got smaller. Still tasty with the cheap roll it comes on, but that's what makes it work. No mayo, just Lobster and maybe butter. Since it's smaller, it was on to the other sides. Crab cake sandwich! Not bad. Soft, fishy tasting since it's real. Clam Cakes (one of their specialties) tasted...
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I’m working at gr/eats once in a while to help out. Today, this dish came out from the kitchen and I had to take a photo. That’s omelette rice and it made me hungry. It’s actually fun to work at gr/eats, if it’s just a little, it feels pretty good, and I think I’m actually alright at it. I think I’m paying attention to every table almost at the same time. People need water, Ice-tea, lemonade, more napkins, their check, change, and so on. The idea is to beat them to their asking you for anything, as if you’re not even there. It’s not easy, and some people are wired for it, but most aren’t. That’s Nelson running things in way back.
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