10914 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 470-0014
http://www.torafuku-usa.com
Torafuku had been on my "to-try" list for the longest time. I read about their Kamado rice on their website and was really curious about how the rice would taste different from normal rice.
Dinner at Torafuku is a bit pricey. Dr. P and I decided to try their much more affordable lunch menu first.
The dining area is very comfy. We really like their comfortable chairs.
Mini Draft Beer ($1.00)
They offer mini draft beer for $1 during lunch. Perfect amount of beer that you'll feel refreshing, but when you go back to the office, nobody will know you had a drink.
Salad
Both of our lunch specials came with fresh salad. It had an Italian/Japanese sort of dressing. Pretty tasty.
Negi-toro Don & Udon Noodle Soup ($12.00)
Dr. P ordered the Tuna Rice and Udon combo. Negi-toro Don is chopped tuna tartar and scallion on a bed of kamado rice. Our waitress asked if Dr. P wanted regular kamado rice or sushi kamado rice. He picked sushi rice. Udon noodle soup had chicken and fish broth with various vegetables. It was good. The set also came with pickle veggies and potato salad.
Dr. P made me a few "tuna tartar sushi". It was Delicious! Tuna was super fresh. The kamado sushi rice was amazingly good.
Crispy Fried Oyster & Ginger Pork Sautee Assorted Plate ($12.00)
I got the fried oyster and ginger pork combo. Miso soup, pickled veggies, potato salad and ALL YOU CAN EAT kamado rice are included.
2 giant oyster was fried perfectly. The Kurobuta pork was probably the most delicious kind of pork. It was so soft and had the perfect proportion of fat and lean meat. I LOVE this combo.
Kamado rice
Does Kamado rice taste better than regular rice? Yes, it indeed does. Every grain of rice was cooked perfectly. It wasn't too dry nor too mushy. It even had a slightly "stone" fragrant. It was really really good. Yes, I had 2 bowls.
Fish Flake
Complimentary fish flake on the table. You can add as much as you want to the delicious rice.
Delicious lunch! Definitely will be back again soon.
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I used to go there when I live around that area. it was at least two years ago.
ReplyDeleteThe food was not bad, my friends especially love their hamburger lunch set, but they somehow pull this popular item off the menu, and the price has raised too. I don't know why, but maybe it's too troublesome to make??
I love Japanese hamburger, too. Why would they get rid of that item?
Seemed like a lot of people will like it. Too bad. I would've order it if I see it on the menu.
Hey,
ReplyDeleteThis is on my list for a long time too!
Thanks for the comment, really means a lot :)
You should definitely try their lunch sometimes.
Have as much kamado rice as you can. It's so good. ^^
EILEEN你改的这个版很糟糕啊，中文全没有了？按CUISINE分类也没有了？只能一页页的翻下去？
ReplyDelete沒有中文已經很久了
是的料理分類沒有了
士的只能一頁頁的翻下去
你覺得很糟糕的話就別來了吧
謝謝你的意見
Food looks good; wished it wasn't so far away. Had a light wine once for lunch & the waiter said you won't feel a thing - yeah, we didn't feel a thing - we were too drunk!
ReplyDeletehaha light wine got you drunk?
You need to drink some more to build up your tolerance.
(Another excuse to drink... haha....)
沒錯! 這家的晚餐不推 太貴了不值得
ReplyDelete我喜歡中午去吃他們的炸物 很划算又好吃!!
我看了晚餐的菜單
真的有夠貴的說
以後還是中午去吃就好
I think "tap" just being honest. I kindna have the same feeling too. The design of your website does get a little worest than before. I like the old version better. Hope Eileen can do something on the category part. Don't get me wrong, I really like your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. Sorry I can't change the design back.
EILEEN，如果我前面的ＰＯＳＴ有点ＯＦＦＥＮＳＩＶＥ，很抱歉。一直很喜欢你的ＢＬＯＧ，你后来的帖子没有中文也能理解。不过过去的有的中文，还有那个中文的ＣＵＩＳＩＮＥ分类，真的觉得没有必要去掉。毕竟绝大多数你的读者都是看中文的。
ReplyDelete這裡已經在去年五月改成英文版了
I love Torafuku!! Always good food there.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to go back again!
Hi Eileen,
ReplyDeleteNice review. :) I've been meaning to go to Torafuku for a while but never get around to it (too many restaurants to try these days! (~_~)). The Kurobuta sounds delicious and that may finally push me over the edge to try this place sooner rather than later. :)
(BTW, have you ever tried Cream Pan? I just found out about a few weeks ago (I wrote about it if you're in the mood for fresh-baked Pastries :))
I know what you mean! I already have over 100 restaurants on my "to-try" list.
Maybe I'm being greedy. I want to try almost all the restaurants on your blog. haha....
The pork at Torafuku is absolutely delicious. I've never been to Cream Pan. I don't usually go down to the OC area.
But next time I go around that area, I want to stop buy to get some bread. ^^