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Boiling Point This is a restaurant I should have written about long time ago, though as many of you know, my blogging queue is sadly growing by the day. In regards to Boiling Point, it's a Taiwanese restaurant that specializes in personal hot pots, similar to the ones found at night markets in Taiwan . Having grown up in Taipei, and my yearly return visits back to the Motherland, visiting one of the many night markets in Taipei has become commonplace in my itinerary. One of the more popular food stands, especially during the winter seasons are ones that offer personal hot pot like the ones served at Boiling Point. Lunch Special Sign Part of the Lunch Special (Old Point and Shoot Shot) Though the prices will never be as cheap (or nearly as good) as the ones I've had in Taiwan, the lunch special at Boiling Point is quite a bargain for the amount of food given. For $8.99, you're given your choice of hot pot, choice of rice/vermicelli, and a choice of soft drink or tea (no re...

Road to Seoul As I stated in my previous post on an AYCE (all you can eat) Korean BBQ restaurant in Northern California, Korean BBQ, especially the AYCE variety is quite prevalent in Los Angeles' Koreatown, and one of my favorite is Road to Seoul. All You Can Eat Menu ($16.99/pp) Compared to the prices in Northern California, most of the AYCE Korean BBQ found in Los Angeles are about $16-20 per person, and it could as little as $10/person, though I question the quality of the meat served at those cheaper establishments. Various panchan (반찬 ) and other side dishes served along with the BBQ Above are the various panchan (반찬) served to our table. None of the dishes particularly stood out, though I did enjoy the potato salad as usual. Along with the panchan, we were given an order of kimchi pancake, aka pajeon (파전), and an order of steamed eggs (계란찜). The steamed eggs, gyeran jjim is always one of my favorite things to eat, which is similar to the Chinese steamed eggs I'm known t...

Zachary's Chicago Pizza Zachary's, one of the most famous pizza restaurants in all of Northern California, is known for their Chicago style deep dish pizza. I've been here many times since I was young, as my grandparents resides in Berkeley. On a recently trip back to Northern California, I met with my friend Gigi and her friend Clarissa for a lovely lunch on the streets of Solano Avenue. Menu We decided on getting a medium Zachary's special, which consisted of sausage, green pepper, onion, and mushroom. Even though they offered beer at Zachary's, we decided on some diet coke to wash down the deep dish. Zachary's Special When the Zachary's Special arrived at our table, I was ready to eat! Even though the crust was thick, it was still crispy and had a bite. The tomato sauce was tart, and spicy, just perfect in my opinion. The mix of the chunky tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, and onions harmonized with the italian sausages that were on the pizza. The pizza was ...

Exterior of Petrossian Petrossian, a caviar specialty shop that I honestly overlooked while browsing the dineLA list for 2009. Thankfully, to Jo of MyLastBite , I did not make that foolish mistake. I was about to embark on one of my best meals in 2009. Menu Petrossian , as I stated above, specializes in caviar, but in addition to an online store, it has restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, and West Hollywood. The West Hollywood location is headed by Benjamin Bailly , whose prior stops were at Joël Robuchon in Paris, L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas amongst the many impressive restaurant on his resume. After browsing the dineLA menu online, I was intrigued with some of the dishes on the list. Count me in! Dine LA Menu The dineLA menu is shown above. Quite an impressive selection indeed. My 2 dining companions and I decided to run the "gamut" and try all 9 dishes offered. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale While waiting for the dishes to arrive, I went with a bottle of Sierr...