Category Archives: Torrance/South Bay

99 Things to Eat in LA Before You Die | LA Weekly

Jonathan Gold has put together a great to-eat list for LA Weekly. It’s lovely and amazing and makes me oh-so-hungry!
99 Things to Eat in LA Before You Die
On the list:

Urasawa’s Fugu
Bulgarini’s Goat’s Milk Gelato
Shanxi Knife-Cut Noodles
Newport Seafood’s Spicy Lobster
Romanesco
and MORE!

So who wants to go eat??

Kyochon Chicken Strips (and the delicious crispy rice batter that coats them)

I only discovered Kyochon Chicken last year, but I’ve been hooked. I get cravings for these delicious little chunks of tender and juicy marinated chicken battered in some sort of special rice coating that crisps up after it’s been deep fried and has just the slightest tinge of curry wafting under your nostrils and over [...]

A few destinations to get you started…

You live in Torrance/Gardena/Beach Cities and you need to eat! Where do you go?? Here’s a quicklist of a few of my favorites in the Torrance/South Bay area.

Shinsengumi Hakata Ramen
Gardena, CA
Ramen cooked to your exact specifications in savory pork-flavored broth. You say you want it hard, thick and strong? Done.
Musha
Gardena, CA
A favorite. Izakaya style (Japanese [...]

Sue’s Kitchen

For an area that has so many Taiwanese/Chinese people, the South Bay has surprisingly few good Taiwanese places. So if you can’t make it out to the SGV (San Gabriel Valley), this place is definitely worth checking out. Tucked into a generic strip mall on Crenshaw, the parking lot for this shopping center is [...]