Glad you liked it! I’m obsessed with that place. 
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We got overexcited. I entirely brought too many things to take home. The strawberry cake reminds me of my own birthday cakes growing up…except mine had a brush of a rum simple syrup. Song Long Bakery (Garden Grove)
Do you have any experience with the sushi place next door? From the looks of it, it’s promising.
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@thechez5
Have you been to either of the mochi places near Nagomi? Chikara or Sakuraya. Both look very good.
@js76wisco My friend has been to Sakura-Ya. She says it’s good, but maybe not as good as Fugetsudo in Little Tokyo.
Thanks @attran99. Fugetsudo is the standard bearer but I’m Torrance often so I’ll give it a try.
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Hi @js76wisco,
I’ve been to all 3 (including Fugetsudo). My favorite is probably Sakura-ya for taste and mouthfeel. 
Posted some pics and thoughts a while back:
So glad you liked your visit to Kagura! 
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Golden Deli
I read some thread requesting multiple pictures of the same dish, so here ya go.
rib eye, brisket, tendon
love the damn tendons here, huge chunks of soft, gelatinous, tendon with enough collagen to win the kylie jenner challenge.
cha gio, shrimp paste, banh hoi
Does ordering a 30 cha gio party tray for myself make me look fat?
Special shout-out for their friendly service.
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Wagyu Meat and Grill (Buena Park)
Wagyu Moco - Wagyu patty mixed with onions, gravy, fried egg, cabbage salad, Mac salad, avocado
The gravy was rather on the salty side, and I wish the Wagyu patty had been cooked less, but it was super beefy and delightful. The Wagyu Moco is a new menu item. I also enjoyed the peppery dresssing on their cabbage salad. The mac salad is a throw away item…could have lived without it.
The chowpup had the Wagyu beef and chicken plate. It was so good, he inhaled it. The single bite of beef I stole from his plate was delicious. Thanks to @ipsedixit who first mentioned this place on this board.
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I had Nagomi’s cream puff last night…it is singularly the best pastry cream-filled cream puff I’ve had in a very long time. The sugared top of the profiterole gave it a nice crunchy texture and the pastry cream was just perfect. I wish I had gotten more than one. I instantly wanted another one when after inhaling the first.
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If y’all can also continue taking pics of the toilet for me that would be great - I’m allergic to Kohler.
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Daughter’s deli (daughter of langers) new shop on sunset for lunch yesterday. Really tasty pastrami, they source the same as langers. This place is worth a look.
Karaage at menya musashi was great (also hit Anzu karaage around the corner as a comparison right before… which was decent but Menyas was superior) Ramen was killer as always
Lunch at sushi tsujita chirashi… love this for the price.
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Ran the entire menu at Nightshade. Every goddamn item was tasty…
Foie gras dipping mousse with nori madeleine was insane.
Properly poured drinkie-poos afterwards at the speakeasy Songbird (Chinatown)…
And of course, a Tacos 1986 (K-town) run afterwards, for the requisite adobada, which was of course glorious…
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I’m sure everyone is hoping the rye is the same as well?
This never ceases to amaze me.
Portofino Trattoria (Brea)
I was a bit tired of eating holiday leftovers, so we headed out to one of our favorite Italian places. The chef and his family are from Naples…I have no idea why they selected Portofino as the name. The menu is wide to cater to the neighborhood. I usually order cioppino, linguini frutti de mare, or their vongole pasta…all of those are great. But I was looking for less pasta, so the owner’s uncle suggested sole piccata. The sole was perfectly cooked and crispy underneath the vibrant piccata sauce…I rather liked the fact that their piccata sauce was a bit thicker so I could dip my al dente vegetables in it. My side of rigatoni was also al dente and tossed in their house meat sauce. Dinners come with soup or salad and housemade fresh baked bread. It was a nice change of pace of holiday prime rib, ham, and tamales.
The chowpups ordered the mostaccoli, fettuccine Alfredo, and housemade ravioli in tomato cream sauce. They devoured half and then took the rest home as leftovers. They love coming here for the friendly service (the owners are cousins of our friends and we come often enough for them to recognize us) and San Benedetto iced teas (lemon and peach)…it’s one of the best bottled and flavored ice teas we’ve ever had.
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Yes the same rye!!
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