Jay Eats Worldwide

Sushi at Oomasa Restaurant in Little Tokyo Met up with Mr. David Kudo of Sushi and Sake Magazine to talk about an upcoming food event, details to follow.  Something Good is about to Happen! See What Jay Eats...  Halibut Sushi with salt and yuzukosho Yuzukosho is a chili paste with yuzu peel (Japanese citrus)  Sea Bass Sushi  with salt and yuzukosho I love eating white fish like this, with lemon and salt or yuzukosho.  Spanish Mackerel Sushi  with ginger, green onions, and ponzu. One of my all time favorites...  Yellowtail Sushi They have a great selection of fish and seafood  Santa Barbara Prawns in miso soup. The bonus when you order amaebi (sweet shrimp) Sorry, no picture, it was gone in no time... Santa Barbara Sea Urchin It's all about eating local and Santa Barbara has the best! When I was in Japan, went to a friend's restaurant ...

Imagawayaki I grew up not too far from Downtown Los Angeles and Little Tokyo, so we spent a good amount of time in the area.  Remembering the places my dad would take us for treats and the restaurants we'd go to, most are no longer around.   Here's one of the memories, my sister and I were really young, we used to go with our mom to pick-up my dad when he had his office on 1st Street.  Sometimes we would wait for him by watching them make imagawayaki in the window at Mitsuru Cafe, before they moved to the Japanese Village Plaza.   Did I just show my age?   If you follow me on Instagram , you know that I sometimes stop to pick up my favorite treat when I'm in Little Tokyo. Imagawayaki is like two pancakes with sweet Azuki beans in the center. They're about the size of a hockey puck, but not as thick.   After all of these years, it still tastes the same as I remember.  This is the same griddle that I us...