Cheng Can Cook: Salmon Bowl ★★★

Easy Home "Cooking". No actual cooking required. Not even chopping. Simply delicious.

Seasoned Salmon Flakes

Ingredients:
Shredded Seaweed
Ikura (Salmon Roe)
Shiso Leaf
Seasoned Salmon Flakes (can be bought at Japanese supermarkets)
Japanese Sushi Rice

Cooking instructions:
In a serving rice bowl, Sprinkle Shredded Salmon on a bed of rice. Add Shiso Leaf with Salmon Roe on top and Seaweed on the side. Enjoy.

P.S. No Soy Sauce needed, since the Canned Salmon is salty itself already.

Cheng Can Cook: A Million Dollar Appetizer ★★★

Heavenly Sushi Appetizer. Envisioned making this for a while. Finally made it and loved it.

Ingredients: (from top to bottom)
Spring Onions for Garnish
Ikura (Salmon Roe)
Uni (Sea Urchin)
Aka Ebi (Red Sweet Shrimp)
Hand Grated Otoro (Premium Fatty Tuna)
Japanese Sushi Rice
A Slice of Lemon
Sesame Leaf

Stack the ingredients from bottom to top skillfully, then you will have this. It's worth the work and craftsmanship to enjoy.

P.S. The Uni is actually very slippery and hard to work with.

Quality Seafood@Redondo Beach ★★★

Fresh Live Seafood. My goto place for fresh Uni. Its spines were still moving. Usually sold out later in the day on Sundays. BTW, Cherrystone Clams are the new Oysters (at least for me). Blue Crab is inexpensive - nice, sweet, and small. You can borrow a wooden hammer from the counter to crack open the crab with a $3 refundable deposit.

Live Uni about $35

Live Cherrystone Clams $3

Uni

Tua Tua Clams $3@, Cherrystone Oysters $3@, Fanny Bay Oysters $3.05@, Kushi Oysters $3.65@

Lobster about $45, Blue Crab about $4

Sapporo Beer $6

Fish & Chips $15

Busy Table

The guy let me feel the live Uni with my bare hand...

My poked bare hand after holding the Uni...

Quality Seafood
130 S International Boardwalk
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 372-6408
qualityseafood.net

Nha Trang@Alhambra ★★★

Limited Items on the Menu. It usually means they are very focused and good at their specialty. Clean Vietnamese restaurant and tasty noodles. Fast service. 2 hours parking in rear.

4. Bun Bo Xao $6.50
stir-fried beef in lemongrass over rice vermicelli

2. Bun Rieu $6.50
crabmeat, tomato soup with rice vermicelli

Nha Trang
417 W Main St
Alhambra, CA 91801
(626) 588-2833

Hinoki and the Bird@Century City ★★★

Great Service. Superb Quality. A must-try New American restaurant.

Lobster Roll $19 (MP)
green curry, thai basil

Crispy Lotus Root $7

Pepper Toast $12

BBQ Pork $21

Spiced Okra $9

Flan $9

Mango “Snow Cone,” $9
macadamia nuts, lime cayenne jelly

Miso Donuts, Honey Caramel $9

Burnt "H" for Hinoki

Picture with Nick, the super nice Assistant General Manager

Hinoki & The Bird
10 Century Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 552-1200
www.HinokiandTheBird.com

Green Zone@San Gabriel ★★★

Organic Food Restaurant. Fresh, healthy, and tasty. Has a little market section inside the restaurant where you can purchase tea and organic food.

Taster's Sampler $3.50
prawn tofu wrap, salmon triangle, shrimp rolls

Pot Stickers $6
pan-fried cabbage or chive gyozas, served with ginger vinaigrette

Soup Dujour $1.5 (when paired with entrée or salad)

Pan-Seared Seabass on Organic Greens $14
a fine selection of organic spring mix greens topped with seared seabass, served with house vinaigrette, mixed nuts, cranberry and flaxseed sprinkle

Green Zone
534 E Valley Blvd
Ste 4-5
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 288-9300
greenzonerestaurant.com

Fishing with Dynamite@Manhattan Beach ★★★

Freshest Seafood by the Beach. Amazing quality. Best with white wine. Raw bar and Grilled Octopus are my favorites. Parking around is hard to find though.

Hamachi $17
ponzu, avocado, red radish, serrano, shiso

Littleneck Clams $2.25 each

Grilled Octopus $19
cranberry beans, date-tomato ragu, preserved lemon, olive tapenade

Littleneck Clams $2.25 each, Peruvian Scallops $2.75 each, Misty Point Oysters

Peruvian Scallop $2.75 each

Arctic Char Salad Lyonnaise $14
soft boiled egg, frisee, bacon lardon, tarragon

Mahi Mahi Fish Tacos $12
in house corn torillas, guacamole, salsa verde, cilantro

Pretzel & Chocolate Bread Pudding $9
salted caramel sauce and house made ice cream

Saxon Brown Semilllon $53 (Bottle)
cricket creek vineyard, sonoma

Fishing with Dynamite
1148 Manhattan Ave
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 893-6299
eatfwd.com