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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Insects Dinner at Typhoon Restaurant

Typhoon Restaurant
3221 Donald Douglas Loop S.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 390-6565
http://www.typhoon-restaurant.com

Dr. P’s friend Timmy has been talking about trying out some cooked insects from Typhoon Restaurant.  I proposed the idea of an insects dinner party to Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24 and got picked!!!!  Thank you, Foodbuzz, for giving the seven of us the opportunity to chow down some insects (and amphibian too) last night.

Typhoon Restaurant is located inside Santa Monica Airport on the 2nd floor.  Our reservation was at 5:30pm.  The restaurant was already full.  People just kept on coming in the entire night.  We were surprised how popular this restaurant is.  Does everybody like insects that much?

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Joe’s Birthday BBQ at Huntington Beach

Yesterday was Dr. P’s friend Joe’s birthday.  He organized a birthday BBQ party at Huntington Beach.

Dr. P and his friends.  Birthday boy (in the middle) just turned 35, but he still looks young.

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What Happened to QQ Cafe?

Have you guys been to QQ Cafe lately? Last night we got takeout from QQ. I didn’t take pictures because we always get the same things and food has always been good so I didn’t think I need to blog about it. But it was the first time that we didn’t think the . . . → Read More: What Happened to QQ Cafe?

[San Gabrile] [Fusion] 上林鐵板燒 Kingswood Teppan Steak House

Kingswood Teppan Steak House
上林鐵板燒

250 W Valley Blvd #L
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 282-9600

I tried to take my parents out to eat at least once a week.  When they go out to eat, they always go to the same restaurants and ordering the same dishes.  I like to take them out to try different things.  They haven’t had teppanyaki for a long time.  When I suggested to have teppanyaki for lunch, mom was really excited.  Dad didn’t like the idea first because he thought it would be too expensive.  He was nice and didn’t want me to spend too much money.  But I assured them lunch special at Kingswood isn’t expensive at all.

You can pick two items for $9.50 or 3 items for $12.50.  That’s a pretty good deal for teppanyaki.

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[Alhambra] [Taiwanese] 政記牛肉麵大王 Beef Noodle King

Beef Noodle King
政記牛肉麵大王

1265 E. Valley Blvd.
Alhambra, CA 91801
(626) 281-4836

We haven’t been back to Beef Noodle King for the longest time.  It was about 9pm on Monday night and this restaurant was still full of people.  That gotta show how good the food was.


黃瓜Spicy Cold Cucumber ($1.95)

Dr. P’s favorite, Spicy Cold Cucumber.  It wasn’t spicy at all, but still good though.

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[San Gabriel] [Taiwanese] 阿宗麵線 Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle

Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle
阿宗麵線
140 W Valley Blvd #208
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 280-0186

Ever since our visit to Ay-Chung last time, Dr. P has been craving for their noodle.  We were just driving by and randomly decided to go in to get take-out for a snack.

阿宗麵線 House Special Thicken Soup Thin Noodle ($4.60)

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[San Gabriel] [Chinese] 東方特快 Oriental Express Cafe

Oriental Express Cafe
東方特快

158 S. San Gabriel Blvd.
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 292-1868

We were trying to save money.  Where do you go for cheap and good food?  Oriental Express Cafe of course.


3 Items Combo ($4.60)

Dr. P picked the 3 items in this box:  smoked chicken, meat balls, and spicy tofu.  He liked everything.

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BBQ at Timmy’s

Last Sunday we went to Dr. P’s friend Timmy’s house for Memorial Day BBQ.  We ate a whole lot of food.


Chips and Guacamole

We started out with some chips and home-made guacamole.  Loved the guacamole!

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MC Hotdog, TriPoets & Free 9 in LA

MC Hotdog is probably the biggest rapper in Taiwan right now. I met him and A-Yue‘s bandFree 9 back in 2004.  They have been back to LA a few times to perform.  This time they were in LA for a concert, along with TriPoets (參劈), a rap group from Taiwan.  I asked Dr. P to go to the concert with me….

Dr. P:  Hmmm…. I don’t know.  I won’t understand the lyrics.  I don’t know their music, either.
Me:  Why don’t you look up MC Hotdog’s music video on YouTube and see if you like the music?
Dr. P:  (Found this video on YouTube)  Oh yeah…. that’s what I’m talking about, yo!  Hoochie Taiwanese girls in bikinis shaking booties.
Me:  Yeah, there are gonna be lots of girls like that at the concert.
Dr. P:  Yes, we’re going FOR SURE!

So here we were, at Club Tatou on Saturday night.  We hung out in their drinking dressing room before the show.  MC Hotdog 熱狗 had major jetlag for the past 2 days.  But he was ready for stage on Saturday night!

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[Rowland Heights] [Korean] The House of Korea

The House of Korea
18751 E Colima Rd
Rowland Heights, CA 91748
(626) 965-2007

Thanks to my readers, I have this super long to-try list of restaurants from everyone’s recommendation.  A reader told me about the $9.99 all you can eat Korean BBQ restaurant in Rowland Heights.  What?  $9.99?  I took my parents there for a weekday lunch.

There were actually 2 prices for lunch.  For $9.99 you get 6 choices of meat.  For $12.99, you get 12 choices, plus soup, plus steam egg, plus rice.  Since dad was feeling like having some beef tongue, we opted for the $12.99 set B.

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