On the Los Angeles ramen scene, Tsujita is as much a household name as Daikokuya, Santouka and Shin-Sen-Gumi. Specializing in tsukemen dipping noodles with a glorious tonkotsu and seafood broth, the Tsujita empire has spidered out from four locations in…
I can’t believe it’s been five years since the last time I visited Los Angeles! I was fortunate to be included on a recent trip to the Grammy Museum with Outrigger Resorts, who is a sponsor of Mele Mei —…
Ah, the wonders of Twitter. I’ve met so many new and different people through social media — especially Twitter — over the last four years, and not just in Hawaii. One of those people is Jay Terauchi (@Chef_Jay), who has…
I promise not to drag out my stop in Los Angeles — I was only there for three days, and pretty much just ate my way through, 12 hours a day. As with San Francisco, I used Airbnb.com to find…
I was going to spend my last half day in Torrance to check out some of Lena Hanson‘s suggestions, but Twitter friend Jay Terauchi‘s time suddenly got freed up, so we got to drive around a little more. He took…
The Grove LAOn my last full day in Los Angeles, my Twitter friend D.K. Mashino was nice enough to drive me toward Koreatown and give me a short tour of the residential area before dropping me off at The Grove…
Prior to this trip, I had been poking around on Foodspotting.com and saw gorgeous photos of the tapas at The Bazaar by Jose Andres. I immediately messaged my Twitter friend D.K. Mashino and said, “We need to go here!”The dinner…
I’m already back, but I want to tell you about the rest of our trip and the things we ate. There were two lunches (no, not on the same day) that we got to squeeze in. The first was at…
I’m on my way back to Honolulu by way of Los Angeles! I come here so seldom and only have three days, so I’m trying to squeeze in some good eats and sightseeing in this short time. One of the…
Looks like the Nonstop crew is dispersing across the globe and giving you new (but nonstop) coverage of things to do and eat.I’m leaving for San Francisco to run the Nike Women’s Marathon on Sunday. Well, just half — I’m…
