Half & Half Good Old Time Cafe@San Gabriel ★

Cozy Authentic Taiwanese Cafe. Fast food restaurant with good pricing. Affordable Boba. $6.58 for Minced Pork Rice is a good deal, but you may want to order some sides. Chicken Nuggets (Popcorn Chicken) were delicious. Communal condiments in the back. Boba Milk Tea is usually on the sweet side, so I recommend requesting 50% sweetness instead. Seating is not that comfortable, but the cafés in Taiwan are like that. Mark on their menu to order. Pay with cash or 3.5% fee with credit card. Same plaza and Katsu Sando. Free very limited parking in lot or street parking.

Minced Pork Pickle Rice $6.58

Chicken Nuggets $9.98

Milk w/ Honey Boba $4.88, Osmanthus Black Tea w/ Grass Jelly $4.38

Satay Udon Soup $12.08

Half & Half Good Old Time Cafe
704 W Las Tunas Dr, Ste E2
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 576-8010
www.halfandhalfteaexpress.com

Sakurako@Little Tokyo ★★

Valentine's Week Special. Omakase by Sushi Enya. Former 小政 Komasa location. Nice presentation. $300 per person. Complimentary hot tea. Corkage fee $80. Parking at lot $16. No parking validation.

Amuse
Komatsuna & Shrimp w/ Japanese mustard sauce, Hotaruika w/ sumiso, Slow-Cooked Octopus, Sweet Simmered Black Beans

Abe Junmai $100

Sashimi
Red Snapper, Chutoro from Japan & Spain

Soup Dish
Minced Blue Fin Tuna Fishball Soup
dashi w/ 3 kinds of fish

Grouper Fish from Japan

Ika from Japan

Akami (Blue Fin Tuna)

Zuke Akami from Spain w/ Egg Yolk Sauce

Toro from Spain

Butterfish w/ Lily Bulb Sauce grilled w/ Binchotan Charcoal from Japan

Kohada

Otoro from Japan

Otoro from Spain grilled w/ Binchotan charcoal

Palette Cleanser
Scallop w/ Tosa Vinegar Jelly

Palette Cleanser
Scallop w/ Tosa Vinegar Jelly

Valentine's Special

Toro Roll w/ Takuan, Uni, & Gold Leaf Seaweed

Anago

Akira-san

Valentine's Gifts

Sakurako
351 E 2nd St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 400-6264
omakasesakurako.com

The Steak Library@Lomita ★★★

High-End Japanese Steakhouse by Tamaen. Specializes in steak. Great variety of amazing steak with different kinds of sauces to choose from. Kansas Steak was the best. Since we already had Kansas Steak last time, we had the 22oz Bone-In Ribeye this time. The Steak itself was already cooked w/ butter, so we had the nice Garlic Sauce ($3). Bone Marrow was great. Would like to try their Cotton Candy A5 Wagyu next time. Great pricing on wine bottles. General Manager Makoto-san always gives us great recommendations. Very busy on Valentine's Day. Complimentary chocolate on Valentine's Day. Corkage $35. Reservations via OpenTable. Free parking in lot.

Bone Marrow $24
garlic oil, brûlée, bread

Complimentary Garlic Bread

Varichon & Cleac, France $37

Seafood Chowder $9

Varichon & Cleac, France $37

Seafood Stairway Celebrity $85
lobster/ king crab/ shrimp/ oysters/ sashimi of tuna, snapper, salmon

Bone-In Ribeye 22 oz $80

Coffee Crème Brûlée

General Manager Makoto-san

The Steak Library
1937 Pacific Coast Hwy,
Lomita, CA 90717
(424) 263-5373
www.steakslibrary.com