I have a weakness for Japanese cakes so I had to try something at Italian Tomato in the Mitsuwa Marketplace. I tried their chestnut cake and it was not bad. Looking at the display case, I wasn’t expecting to be blown away anyway, though, because they just didn’t seem as fresh as the cakes I [...]
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I’m glad I past by Mitsuwa Marketplace in Torrance, otherwise I wouldn’t have known that there was a Santouka Ramen (山頭火) inside. They’re ramen was really good, though a little on the oilier side. I’ve never been so impressed with ramen from a food court before, but I guess Santouka is in a different league [...]
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Since I was passing by, I had to go into Patisserie Chantilly. It’s possibly my most favorite bakery in all of Southern California, and their cream puffs are my favorite. Fortunately for me, they had a new flavor: chestnut. It’s seasonal so I came just in time. It has chestnut cream and chestnut chunks. Great [...]
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We were trying to eat at New Capital Seafood inside of the Focus Plaza in San Gabriel Square on Christmas Day but it was way too crowded, so we tried again the day after Christmas at a much earlier time – 11am. We were seated promptly and ordered like there was no tomorrow, because at [...]
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MJ Cafe opened its latest branch in Monterey Park inside of Kiki Bakery on Garvey. I only had their papaya milk, and it was pretty good. Now you can get cakes and boba in one place. An ideal afternoon in my book! I’m not sure if it’s extended or not, but they were having a [...]
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A new bakery just opened for Christmas in Monterey Park. Is this the same Kiki Bakery that used to be in Alhambra? I don’t know since I’m not from around here. Anyway, their mousse cakes are very good, with a thick layer of mousse and thin layer of cake. They have fruit flavors like mango [...]
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We had lunch at Shanghai Restaurant in Focus Plaza in San Gabriel for Christmas because we didn’t want to wait over an hour for dim sum. It was not bad – dishes were hit or miss. Their house special spicy beef was our favorite – the beef really tender and blanked in a bed of [...]
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This is my third year in a row having attended the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove. (I try to come here every year now.) Every time I step foot onto the Crystal Cathedral campus I am in awe of everything around me – the Biblical sculptures and statues, the [...]
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My most favorite place to eat soup dumplings (小籠包) is Dean Sin World (點心世界) in Monterey Park. I wouldn’t say it’s the best I’ve had, but they are really good and really cheap (on average, every item is under $5), along with everything else they serve. Everything is made from scratch, from their wrappers to [...]
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There’s a new French bakery in Arcadia called Chiffon De Pastry Art, specializing in none other than chiffon cakes. One form that they make chiffon cakes in is in cupcake form, sorta. The box/cup has cake inside, cream in the middle, then topped with more chiffon cake, with the cake and cream coming in different [...]
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