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Kai Japanese Roots Brings Delicious Cocktails and Sushi to the Spring Arcade Building

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Kai Japanese Roots Brings Delicious Cocktails and Sushi to the Spring Arcade Building

It was my first time visiting Kai Japanese Roots. I was sitting in the new sushi restaurant located in the Spring Arcade Building in Downtown Los Angeles and was excited about the dinner that was about to begin. With Andrew on the opposite side of the table, we were greeted by the waitress who introduced

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Osawa in Pasadena Serves Small Plates with Big Taste

Dinner with friends has become a major part of my life. I love it because it’s an enjoyable few hours where I can catch up with people I’m close to. On this evening in particular I was meeting with an old coworker, Darin, at Osawa in Pasadena. Darin is a talented graphic designer I used

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FIN in Culver City

I have so much respect for sushi, but that wasn’t always the case. For the longest time I turned my nose up to it because I generalized all sushi to look and taste like rotten fish. It was overpriced, disgusting, and probably still moving. There was nothing anyone could do to make me think otherwise.

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En Sushi in Los Feliz

Whenever you ask a person what their favorite sushi dishes are, the answer (more often than not) tends to be elaborate. Octopus rolls, shime saba, fugu sashi, or salmon skin rolls. (I had to Google those because I really don’t know any fancy sushi dishes). But if you ask me what my favorite dishes are,