Hurry Curry of Tokyo

City: West Los Angeles, CA

Food type: Japanese, Curry

Restaurant link: http://hurrycurryoftokyo.com/

Price range/person: $10

Wait time: 5-15 minutes, busy during lunch hours

Service: Hurried, courteous, fast.

Ambiance: Casual, modern, crowded.

Dish Focus On:

Garden salad with special house dressing















Superb salad - fresh, tasty and just the right portion! Delicious house dressing - tangy, sweet and yummmy.

Chicken Curry - simmered juicy chicken pieces served in exclusive curry sauce















Mild curry was not too spicy. Generous amount of chicken and rice. However, chicken was rather tasteless without the sauce. Meat pieces were shredded chunks immersed in curry. Portion would definitely cause some afternoon food coma.

Chicken Cutlet Curry - Their most popular dish! Tender breast meat filet lightly breaded in panko flakes fried to golden brown and served with curry sauce.















Crispy cutlet with thin chicken filet inside. Not bad. Not shockingly wonderful.

Yummmy Factor: 3.5/5

Yummmy Rambles: Perfect place for some nice, warm, tummy filling food. A curry lover’s dream. Curry comes in mild, medium, or spicy. Dishes not extremely unique or extravagant, but satisfying. Parking is limited, but street parking is available. Delicious salads!

Yakitori Yakyudori

City: San Diego, CA

Food type: Japanese, Yakitori style (lots of food on skewers)

Price range/person: $15-20/dinner; maybe more if you like good sake

Wait time: 0 minutes

Service: Prompt, friendly, professional.

Ambiance: Comfortable, simple, clean.

Dish Focus On:

Chicken Hearts















Hard to imagine you are eating chicken hearts on a stick, but they are very tasty. Firm yet delicate consistency, very flavorful, very good.

Shu-Mai















Twist on an original Chinese dish. Solid inside, appears to be mixed batter of seafood, gently fried.

Shitake mushrooms















Not a huge fan of the mushrooms. They were too dry. The topping was fun to eat though!

Chicken meat ball















Certainly does not look too appealing, but tastes great! Soft yet meaty texture with lots of flavor.

Okra















Would not order this again. The outside was dry and the inside was mushy, slimy, and made my mouth feel sticky. Could not swallow the unique vegetable.

Yummmy Factor: 3.75/5

Yummmy Rambles: Very unique place with exotic foods. There is a list of favorite items ranked for “Americans” and “Japanese” on the walls inside the restaurant. Good place to start if you have no idea what to order. More exotic foods on the “Japanese” list of course. Unique foods and reasonable price. Good place to go with friends or on first date to stimulate conversation. Items come with usually 2 skewers per order. Chicken hearts are actually very delicious. Shu-mai, beef, and chicken meat ball are good as well. Not the place if you are looking for sushi! Meals served with fresh raw cabbage.

Blue Fin

City: Newport Beach, CA

Food type: Japanese

Restaurant link: http://www.bluefinbyabe.com/

Price range/person: $30-50

Wait time: 30 mins – 1 hour. Make a reservation or come early!

Service: Polite, clean, nice.

Ambiance: Modern, fresh, sharp.

Dish Focus On:

Salmon Skin Salad
















Deliciously fresh and unique salad. Perfect combination of cherry tomatoes, sliced raddishes, greens, and tasty salmon skin. Surprisingly large pieces of salmon meat are mixed in. A treat for the tongue!

Assorted Rolls: Caterpillar roll and Soft Shell Crab Roll
































Rolls are finely prepared. Rice is not overwhelming. The caterpillar rolls has egg inside - different but tasty change from the norm. Nice presentation.

Chilean Sea Bass - Broiled Chilean Sea Bass with truffle oil ponzu sauce.
















Fish melts in your mouth and leaves you wishing you had more. Flavorful assortment of mushrooms and veges hidden below the filet of fish. Sensational dish!

Green Tea Creme Brulee, with vanilla bean ice cream












Beautiful presentation - almost too cute to eat. Sweet delight to end a fantastic meal.

Yummmy Factor: 5/5

Yummmy Rambles: If you like Japanese food, this IS the place to go. A bit on the pricey side, but worth every dollar. Restaurant opens for lunch and dinner, and there may be a line outside even before the place opens up. Food is pleasant, fresh, and very tasty. Beautiful presentation and clean atmosphere.

Sushi Solano

City: Berkeley

Food type: Japanese

Restaurant link: http://www.sushisolano.com/Welcome.html
No information available on site yet.

Price range/person: $15-25/dinner

Wait time: None

Service: Prompt, friendly.

Ambiance: Modern, asian influence, warm.

Dish Focus on:

Combined platter with various sushi types: Eel & Avocado Roll, Hamachi (Yellow Tail) Nigiri, Spicy Dynamite Roll (Yellow tail, tuna, and salmon?)


























Upon first bite, it was instantly noted that rice was not fully cooked or prepared properly - individual hard grains could be distinguised. While fish was of good quality, the rice ruined it.

LION KING Baked salmon on top of california rolls.













Hot salmon fillets tightly wrap california rolls below. Fish slightly overcooked. Sauce on top is tasty and spicy. Seen this roll prepared better at other Japanese restaurants.

Yummmy Factor: 2.5/5

YummmyRambles: Overpriced sushi with small portions. Restaurant was clean and comfortable, food was plated nicely, service was good, HOWEVER, food was not impressive at all.