Jay Eats Worldwide

Mo-Mo Paradise in Rowland Heights is opening on April 1st! (No joke)  It's an all-you-can-eat restaurant specializing in shabu shabu/sukiyaki from Japan. In fact, this is their first U.S. location and I got a preview.  Shabu Shabu and Sukiyaki are similar, as they're a one pot entree that's cooked table side. Since this is an all-you-can-eat, (Dinner $27.95) you select your meat. And then your dining adventure begins  My first stop was the Farmer's Market to select my vegetables, rice, and other condiments. The Farmer's Market will have about 20 seasonal vegetables.  Don't forget your condiments. I picked up scallions and red ginger for my sauces. Next stop...  The Drink Garden has natural flavored sodas, teas, milk teas, boba, jellies, etc. How many places have unlimited boba milk tea? By the time I got back to the table  Our pot was on the burn...

From pork in the Carolinas to ribs in St. Louis, I'm fortunate to have experienced great bbq . So, when my current travels takes me to Austin.   As Daniel Vaughn ( @BBQsnob )  states,  it's the best of the best. A friend got me this issue awhile back. After reading it, I knew I needed to visit two locations in Austin, Franklin BBQ and John Mueller Meat Company.  First stop in Austin:  Franklin Barbecue...  With my longtime friend, and Austin resident, Diane. She and her husband took the morning off to join me in line.   We arrived around 9:15 am, Diane had it all planned out with folding chairs, mimosas, and breakfast items from Easy Tiger .   To my critics, YES, I do wait in lines. One thing that I really liked about this line, Franklin staffers came around to let everyone know what was going on.  At about 11 am, they asked everyone to fold up their chairs, recycle any bottles or cans, and ...

As a college student, I had two jobs, one was talking my way into the prep kitchen (of a restaurant I had no business being in) and working my way up to the sauté station within 2 months.  Not bad for someone with no previous kitchen experience (years later went to cooking school).  My other college job was sales in Men's Sportswear at Nordstrom, not just any Nordstrom but the busiest store in the Los Angeles region (at the time).  If you knew me back then, you'd find me in the food court wearing a suit, shirt, tie, and shoes all from Nordstrom. Today I'm usually wearing a polo shirt & shorts. Put a food event together (and invite food people) with shopping at South Coast Plaza and you know I was there...  Not to mention that I'm starting to spend more time in Orange County and need to stay on top of the restaurants in the area. Of course I started off this tasting with dessert, served in an area sectioned off in the Crystal Court. ...

April is National Food Month! I thought I'd share some food favorites from the last year. I only picked a few, otherwise it would take months to post. See What Jay Eats... Click on the highlight for more information  Stewed Beef Noodles Luscious Dumplings San Gabriel and Monrovia Bowl of noodles (choice of meats) and 5 dumpling combo for $7.00 DEAL! See post HERE Char Siu Avocado Sandwich Bachan's Takeout Rosemead They have 4 tables of 4 only, small place. Otherwise, the food is good. Bacon Bread Pudding Creme Caramel LA Sherman Oaks A custard dessert bakery with lots of goodies and items to try. My friend, Catherine Toth's post HERE Keizo Shimamoto's Original Ramen Burger Ramen Burger Los Angeles Pop-up The Original Ramen Burger by Keizo Shimamoto See my post HERE Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich EggSlut Los Angeles They know how to cook an egg, nuff said.....