Jay Eats Worldwide

It's that time again,  the 626 Night Market on home turf  at Santa Anita Park!   WAIT, Weren't we just here? Yes, July 4th weekend. But who's counting, right? July 22-24th Weekend in Arcadia! See What Jay Eats...  The "Rainbow Roe~D" from Cup Town BBQ With roe, pickled radish, and seaweed salad  over rice. (and it wasn't a poke bowl) Great on a hot day!  It's me, so you know I had to have tacos. The pork belly tacos from Rakken Tacos . It was Fryday, so had to have some Okamoto Kitchen's Japanese Fried Chicken or "Karaage Chicken" Classic Style. Needing something to drink now, what should I have? THEN, the light bulb went off and I knew what I wanted to get! A strawberry slush in a light bulb from Squidies . BBQ Chicken Pizza Fries from OK-Korokkay I love BBQ Chicken Pizza and then to put it on fries, so good. BUT Wait, there's ...

April Showers brings May Flowers, do you know what May Flowers bring? Baseball and the start of the Night Market Season, my  two favorite Spring activities. First one of the season,   OC Night Market (May 13 - 15, 2016) the weather was a bit on the cool side. But it was a good kick-off to the  Night Market season and to see NM friends... Here's some of what I enjoyed at the May 2016 OC Night Market  Checking out  Square Ice Cream with their Square Donuts. Can't decide? Tried them all... Of course I was waiting for this one... The Rainbow Tacos from Oh Thit! A grilled lemongrass pork with cabbage and Oh Thit! sauce. One of my all time night market favorites. Oh Thit! also make a great filet mignon skewer and grilled corn with scallion oil. Speaking of tacos... The Okamoto Kitchen truck introduced their Pork Chashu Tacos A slow-cooked Japanese style pork b...

Not your typical Japanese food truck, some common Japanese comfort food with some lesser known dishes added in. Chef Chizuru (Okamoto) and Gerald Abraham have created this Japanese mobile menu. I met the folks of Okamoto Kitchen at the September 626 Night Market  at Santa Anita Park. Since I was busy working, I only had time to try their Green Tea Parfait, which was really good. On a sunny Sunday afternoon, Okamoto Kitchen was kind to invite me to a tasting of their menu. Shidosha in front of the Okamoto Kitchen truck and ready to serve their tasting menu. See What Jay Eats... Let the tasting begin! Cheese Mochi Sticks* (serving sizes 6 or 12 pcs) Cheese infused mochi Interesting spin on an Asian classic, mochi (sweet rice) with Parmesan cheese. Spicy Tofu Rice Cake Crumbled tofu mixed with their spicy house mayo and cucumbers served over a crispy fried rice cake For those who don't like spicy, it ...