[Los Angeles] [Chinese] Mao's Kitchen

Mao's Kitchen
7315 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 932-9681
http://www.maoskitchen.com

We had a delicious and satisfying lunch at Sushi Gen.  I was in the mood for more Asian food for dinner.  Flipping through my Entertainment Book, I spotted a coupon from Mao's Kitchen, which isn't far from Dr. Park's house.  We decided to order couples dishes for takeout so I can bring some for work and leave the rest for Dr. Park's family for dinner.

Mao's Kitchen is located on the busy shopping district of Melrose.  It was nice that they have their own parking lot as parking is pretty hard to find on the busy street.  The restaurant is a lot bigger than it looks from outside with both indoor and outdoor seating.  For takeout, we had to go to the back counter to order.  I couldn't help but notice there was not one Asian worker in this Chinese restaurant.  I was skeptical about the authenticity of the food, but it turned out to be a lot better than I expected.


Hot and Sour Soup ($6.00)

Tofu, tomato, wood-ear mushroom and delicate egg in the famously tasty spicy vegan broth.  I like wood-ear mushroom and I like how they gave you tons of it in the soup.

[Los Angeles] [Japanese] Sushi Gen

Sushi Gen
422 E 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 617-0552

We finally went back to Sushi Gen for their lunch special for the second time.  We showed up at the door at 10:45am to wait in line in order to get in the door at 11:15am when the restaurant opened.  I was too excited when leaving the house and forgot to bring my camera.  So the photos were taken by my cell phone.


Miso Soup, Sunomono and Tofu

Three of us ordered three different set of lunch special.  We all got a bowl of steamy hot miso soup.  Two of the lunch special came with sunomono and tofu in a warm soy broth.  I like this tofu dish a lot.  Last year they also had a seaweed salad dish.  But no more seaweed this year.  Well, at least they didn't raise the price.

Labor Day BBQ

Every time there is a holiday, we BBQ.  This past Labor Day was no exception.


Guacamole

The first thing I made was guacamole.  I didn't really have plan to make guacamole.  I was looking through Dr. Park's fridge and found avocado, garlic, onion, green onion and lemon.  Actually I would prefer cilantro and lime.  But I could still use the ingredients to make guacamole.  Dr. Park helped me mashed the avocado and he also did the seasoning.  It was delicious!

[Los Angeles] [Thai] Thai Town Noodle

Thai Town Noodle
5136 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 667-0934

Dr. Park and I like to go to Thai Town for a quick lunch.  Who doesn't like a bowl of delicious and cheap noodle soup?



Our recent favorite Thai noodle shop is Ord Noodle.  But we've been going there so many times and wanted to try something new.  There are a lot of Thai restaurants along Hollywood Blvd.  And we picked this small noodle shop to try.

[Los Angeles] [Dessert] Scoops

Scoops
712 N Heliotrope Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 906-2649

又是一家想來很久的店，這家Scoop冰淇淋店有名的是推出很多怪怪口味卻又很好吃的冰淇淋，這天我們吃了草莓百香果和椰子檸檬草兩種口味的，都好好吃喔！所以公園先生又買了一桶回家，還順便試吃了幾種不同的口味，有一個巧克力威士忌的公園先生很愛，我覺得酒味太濃啦！另外店員推薦他們招牌的麵包口味，真的很好吃，最後我們一桶就是一半麵包口味一半草莓百香果，讚讚讚！

I read about Scoops a long time ago in a newspaper or magazine and have been wanting to come to this ice cream shop forever.  Dr. Park finally took me here after our dinner at Restaurant 15.



Scoops is a little ice cream shop near the 101 freeway off Melrose.  Street parking was pretty easy to find right in front of the shop.

Lying Highway Patrol Officer

I went to traffic court to fight for my ticket today and I lost! I am furious because the highway patrol officer did not tell the truth in court. I truly believe I did not do anything wrong and this trial was unfair. The next process is to appeal my case. I have no experience in doing this, so I posted on Expert Law forum to ask for advice. I am posting the same thing here. You guys can read about what happened, and maybe give me some suggestions on how to appeal the case? Thanks in advance!

Oh! One more P.S. I am behind on replying comments, I will try to get to all the comments as soon as I can. Thank you guys for your patience. ^^

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How Should I Appeal for My Case?

My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California

Case:
I was driving behind a bus in carpool lane. The carpool opened up to two lanes. I merged over to the second lane, which became an exiting lane in about 1 mile. I changed back to the original lane in front of the bus before the dotted white lines become double solid line. A highway patrol officer came into the carpool lane between me and the bus from outside the carpool lane and pulled me over. He issued me a 21755vc violation ticket, which is "unsafe passing". I stated that I didn't think it was wrong because I pass at the dotted white lines area and the bus was far behind. He answered that there is no passing in carpool lane whatsoever.

[Los Angeles] [American] Restuarnt 15 (CLOSED)

Restaurant 15
1320 Echo Park Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 481-0454
http://www.restaurant15.com
(CLOSED)

早在一年前就想來吃這家15餐廳，每天5:00~6:30pm，餐廳推出三道菜特價的優惠，之前是$15，最近漲到$19，不過還是挺划算的，餐廳位在不是很好的區域，但是一進了餐廳整個是另一種感覺，他們東西很好吃，不過份量有點少，我吃完是八分飽而已，公園先生是完全不飽，我們隔壁的情侶居然還兩人分食一份而已，這家好吃歸好吃，不過食量大的人可能會不飽喔！

I've been wanting to try Restaurant 15 since it was first opened.  They have a special 3 course tasting menu from 5:00~6:30pm daily.  The special used to be $15 @ 15, but recently the price was raised to $19.  I don't know.... $19 @ 15 just doesn't sound as good as $15 @ 15, right?  But it was still a pretty good deal though.



We drove down to Echo Park and immediately noticed the neighborhood isn't that nice.  The restaurant was located next to a taco stand and a liquor store.  I wouldn't expect there is a nice restaurant on this street.