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No Room For Violence Mural, 2009 Mural Directors:  Fred Alvarado with 1st grade students from Dolores Huerta Learning Academy2057 Sawtelle BoulevardLos Angeles, CA 90025310 231 7373Date of Visit: June 5, 2012 With my father and step mother in Los Angeles for the first time in over two years, the goal was to share some favorite flavors that wouldn’t be available to the same extent in their summer destination, San Francisco. For lunch, we gladly brought them to the stretch of Sawtelle Boulevard between Olympic and Santa Monica Boulevards that goes by Little Osaka, for another taste of Tsujita. Takehiro Tsujita’s Tokyo import debuted on July 30, and it took awhile to ramp up their specialty, tsukemen. The street hasn’t been the same since. For the deconstructed ramen, tsukemen ($9.95), they “slowly simmer the tonkotsu soup for 60 hours then add the seafood for sweetness and thick tastiness.” Add Ajitama, seasoned boiled egg, for an extra dollar. During our last lunch, we topped our springy, nori-graced noodles with thick-cut Char-Siu for $4 more, and quickly learned there was already plenty of pork in the intense, umami-rich dipping broth, so we skipped the added oink this time around.

For Tsujita’s Hakata Nagahama Tonkotsu Ramen ($8.95), they enlisted the help of Mr. Tanaka of Tanaka-Shoten, “a famous ramen shop in Adachi, Tokyo.” tenzan sushi order onlineThe murky, pork-rich broth contained so much protein that the surface formed a film when we let it rest. jiro dreams of sushi soundtrack rarAccompaniments included a sea of scallions, mushrooms, a sheet of nori, and none of those fermented bamboo shoots, menma, that taste like rubbing alcohol and bother me so much.sushi las condes san damianWe were able to specify hard noodles, though soft and medium were also options. youda sushi chef gratis completo online

Tsujita provides three different complimentary toppings, including sesame, beni-shoga (red-colored ginger) and karashi takana (hot leaf mustard), which added nice spicy pungency.ichiban sushi menu gainesvilleWe couldn’t resist ordering don ($3.99 each), savory rice bowls topped with different proteins. jiro dreams of sushi nakazawaSalmon Sashimi Don clearly wasn’t sushi grade, with grey-edged “dark meat,” but the relatively silky fish still tasted good with nori and a spicy, doughy thatch of “wasabi.” Char Siu Don was clearly unnecessary, since each of our bowls already contained pork, but this preparation had a different flavor profile, with scallions and soy.Tsujita only serves tsukemen at lunch, and a few friends said they wouldn’t order anything else if given the option at dinner.

Sure Tsujita’s tsukemen is good. We’ve now enjoyed it on two occasions, but based on the other plates we tried at lunch, and a dinner that included Braised Pork with Rice Sauce, Agedashi Tofu, and a now extinct Miso Marinated Foie Gras, we also know that the restaurant can play more than one note. Pabu, the much-anticipated collaboration between chefs Michael Mina and Ken Tominaga, isn’t even expected to open until at least June of this year in San Francisco’s Financial District. But last Wednesday, in an effort to build a little more buzz around the new project — as if it needs any more — Mina held a preview dinner at his Michael Mina restaurant in San Francisco, effectively turning over his flagship for one night to Tominaga to serve a kaiseki dinner showcasing dishes that will be on the menu at Pabu. The dinner, $130 per person with optional $65 beverage pairing, sold out quickly. I was fortunate to be invited as a guest of the restaurant to experience the special menu.

This will be the second Pabu by Mina and Tominaga, chef-owner of the acclaimed Hana Japanese Restaurant in Rohnert Park, a favorite haunt of Bay Area chefs in need of a stellar sushi fix. The first Pabu is in the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. Like that one, the Pabu that will open in the LEED-certified 101 California building will serve contemporary izakaya food, and feature a sushi bar and robata grill. Unlike the Baltimore locale, though, it will also include shabu shabu. What’s more, there will be a separate concept, Ramen Market, which not only will spotlight those brothy noodle bowls, but Japanese breakfast favorites. The glass atrium and outdoor spaces also will allow Mina and Tominaga to build a vegetable and herb garden to grow products for use in the restaurants. The dinner began with zensai or hors d’oeuvre, a trifecta of small bites on one plate: fresh water eel with Japanese cucumber and pickles; Hawaiian ahi poke cut so fine as to take on a sublime smooth, paste-like texture;

and an appropriately named “Happy Spoon” filled with oyster, tobiko, uni, salmon roe and ponzu creme fraiche. It was served with Tsujizenbei Junmai Daiginjo, a drier, less fruity daiginjo that is so favored by Tominago that he bought up all 100 bottles the Japanese brewery makes annually. Next, the suimono or soup course, an extremely mild, light broth with one large shrimp-scallop dumpling in the center of the bowl. Maybe it’s because I’m of Chinese heritage and used to dumplings that are a little more toothsome in texture, but I found this one quite soft, bordering on mushy. Interestingly enough, it was served with Masumi Okuden Kantsukuri, a premium sake that had been warmed to 100 degrees. Hana Sake sommelier Stuart Morris was on hand to dispel the myth that all good sake should be served cold. Morris, a former sous chef at the now-shuttered Go Fish in St. Helena, is one of a handful of Americans to hold the title of KikiSakeShi, akin to a Master Sommelier of wine but of sake in this case.

Indeed, he was right. Why serve a cold sake with a warm soup? The gentle heat actually brings out a fullness in the sake, revealing its earthy depth. Mukouzuke is the chef’s selection of sashimi and what an assortment it was. It included mackerel that was rich and lush; and plump Bigeye tuna — all served on a bed of crushed ice with a dab of fresh wasabi. Yakimono or the grilled preparation followed. Not just any grilled protein but the king of beef, top-grade “A-5” Miyazaki Wagyu beef. There were just a few small slices, but with beef this marbled, that’s all you need. Seared on the outside and rare inside, it was like beef butter. Next, an interesting interpretation of nabemono or “cooking pot.” What looked like a reinforced coffee filter was set atop a flame brought to your table. It held cellophane noodles, cubes of tofu and mushrooms. From an iron teapot, the server poured a clear broth into the basket, instructing you not to drink every last drop of it, lest you dry out the paper holder and set it on fire.

So, gingerly, we took a few spoonfuls of the mild broth, afraid of dipping into it too much. Alongside was a plate of raw scallop, hamachi and snow crab leg with a dish of sesame ponzu sauce. You’re instructed to eat the seafood raw or to drag it ever so briefly through the hot broth to warm it gently. We managed to finish it all — without the need of a fire extinguisher coming to our rescue. More raw fish followed in the gohan mono or traditional chirashi dish with octopus, snapper, salmon, pickled shiitakes and bluefin toro, all arranged precisely over seasoned rice that was cooked so perfectly that each grain remained distinct and separate rather than sticking to one another in one big mass. Yes, bluefin is endangered. But I ate it because it was there on the plate. And there’s no denying the appeal of the fattiest part of this prized tuna, which just melts in your mouth and lingers on the palate. A tiny yuzu posset cleansed the palate with the pudding’s bright tang.