How is Queen of Sheba vs. Fairfax Ethiopian (or Awash, which I think I like better than any of the ones on Fairfax)?
Komatsu has been on my list. Your pics look so good. 
I think there was one place in NoHo that had Estilo D.F. quesdillas, but I don’t know if it’s still around. Worth the drive (from the Westside) for a taste? Filling sounds great.
Thank you! Yeah, those tacos are a really good Tire Shop backup.
I really love Queen of Sheba, and also Emma Habesha which I’ve only gotten takeout from. I think the food at these two Inglewood Ethiopian spots seem more “homemade”-like and are also a little spicier than the Fairfax spots to me, and I prefer that.
Komatsu is great. I’m mad at myself because I have driven by it pretty much every single day for the last 7 or so years they’ve been open and this is the first time I’ve tried them.
They were very good, but I don’t know if they’re worth the drive? Maybe if you’re in the area for something else you should try them. Only there on weekend evenings though. And ask for the spicy green salsa!
Top BBQ Noodle in Gardena is a new Cantonese/HK-style place that also has some Vietnamese dishes and is in soft-opening mode right now with a limited menu. We went last night for dinner and enjoyed it for the most part. There were a few minor things here and there that can be improved upon, but I don’t like to criticize newly opened restaurants. The service was great - super friendly, and the interior is nice and spacious. Definitely looking forward to going back in a few weeks or so and trying more of the menu.
Salt & pepper squid:
Roast duck, soy sauce chicken, & char siu plate:
Crispy pork belly:
Wow looks delish hope it lasts, there’s definitely a dearth of hk bbq sui mei restaurants down here.
Order 2 or double fist that with a Chori man chorizo breakfast burrito
Chori man is way too far away but I gotta grab one of theirs soon
Mariscos El Bigoton truck in Wilmington
Tacos dorados de camarón:
Pastelaso el Guero (cooked shrimp, shrimp aguachile, shrimp ceviche, fried head-on shrimp, octopus, callo de hacha, tomato, cucumber, red onion, avocado, salsa negra):
Zam Zam Market in Hawthorne
Lamb biriyani:
Offset Coffee Company in Torrance
Lox toast (Nova lox, cream cheese, cherry tomatoes, red onion, microgreens, salt & pepper):
Inaba in Torrance
Tamagoyaki:
Buta kakuni:
Tempura bowl:
Katsudon:
Saffron Food Mart in Torrance
Beef koobideh plate:
The Good Life Cafe in Lomita
New fav. Great food, great people. Ask for some scotch bonnet pepper sauce with your food. Tuesday night is karaoke night which we happened upon. So fun!
Jamaican beef patties:
Jerk chicken with rice & peas:
Curry goat with rice & peas:
Utsav Indian Restaurant in Torrance
Plain naan, potato naan, garlic naan:
Shrimp chilli fry:
Chicken xacuti:
I really enjoy Mariscos El Bigaton, too!
That salsa negra on fresh seafood is so delicious.
Yuuup! I forgot to ask for extra this time.
Pitburger Teri burger it’s confusing because I’m used to having Teri burgers that come with a burger. This one just had beef slices, nevertheless it was delicious and will be returning and adding a burger patty next time.
Some weekend local eats kagura and fatto a mano.
Also I found out that the Whole Foods at pch and Crenshaw has bacon bar but they don’t regularly refill it so u gotta go early if you wanna score
Really?? This is by my house and I’ve asked them before and they didn’t even know what I was talking about. Thanks for the intel!
“Hi yeah not to be rude but I have it on good intel from gr8pimpin and hungryhungryhippos that you do actually have a bacon bar so I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WONT TELL ME WHERE IT IS”
“Please leave this Whole Foods”
That is precisely what I’m going to do.
Make an early morning trek. I know there is a breakfast bar at the Playa Vista WF… but it has limited hours… I just saw the sign noting the hours (I’m guessing some folks at 11am where like…“Where’s da bacon?”
I’ve literally gone to Brea Whole Foods at 8:30am and the bacon is gone and not to be refilled. I have literally zero proof and I’m pretty sure he lives no where near Brea but in my mind I always blame @Gr8pimpin
FWIW, Lazy Acres is part of Bristol Farms and they also have the hot food bacon bar set up that was only available in the mornings. I’m not sure if they’ve fully brought back everything but pre-pandemic, I used to work near the one on PCH and Artesia. We used to go in around 9 am and it would be fully stocked with fresh hot bacon. But after 10 they usually stopped refilling and get it ready to turn to lunchtime foods.
When I go into a Whole Foods and there’s no bacon at the bar, I blame me too.
Hopefully you score the posted hours are 7-11. But i was there around maybe like 840 and there was no bacon left and one piece of sausage. I asked the kitchen workers and they said they had no plans to refill bacon so I think wf is wise to the fact that ppl just go there and gorge the bacon lol.
only gripe is it’s a little on the small side.
