Takoyaki Tanota food truck

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Takoyaki food truck back in March. I love Tanota. If you never tried Takoyaki before, try their takoyaki. They are delicious. If you've had takoyaki at Japanese cafe/restaurants in L.A. and didn't like it, that's because their takoyaki is pre-made frozen. 

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I think it was original (s) $5












with wasabi mayo side














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Cho Man Won - Koreatown

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New place! And their dumplings are $3.99. Well, I had to check out.
The lady who took my order didn't speak/ understand English well. I asked her if I can order 5pcs each of vegetable dumplings and kimchi dumplings, since they are both same prices (one order is 10 pieces). I clearly explained to her, and she said yes, so of course I thought she understood. But 5 minutes later, I got the bill, and it says $44. She placed my order with 5 orders each of Kimchi dumplings and veg dumplings, that's total 100 pieces. I said "no no no!" lol. Well, I talked with someone else who understand English and everything was fine, except I didn't get vegetable dumplings I ordered, they gave me beef dumplings. I was already home so.. oh well..
















menu
No to go order for Spicy noodle soup and Jajang Myeun



















Dumplings (10pcs) $3.99













As you can see, each dumpling is small.












And I ordered vegetable dumplings, but to me, it looks like beef dumplings. I'm not vegetarian so I don't have any problem eating it but this is not what I ordered. It was good but greasy.















Rating : 3.8 / 5
Service: 3 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Cho Man Won
2881 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles,CA 90006
(213) 249-9900

Mon-Sat 10 am - 9 pm

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M Cafe de Chaya - West Hollywood

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 M cafe is popular spot for vegan people. Well, I'm not a vegan but I still love their food.

"M Cafe introduces Contemporary Macrobiotic Cuisine — featuring balanced, nutritious, creative cooking which can be enjoyed daily by everyone, not just vegetarians or people with dietary restrictions.
 M Cafe brings this newly updated cuisine to Los Angeles in an inviting European café style setting, offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner."



















Looks like cupcakes from babycakes~













menu














Seitan Katsu bowl $10.95
Yeah, fake meat with rice and veggies. Delicious













Korma curry with tofu $12.50
Steamed kale, brown rice, choice of protein covered with a cashew cream curry sauce.












Free drink with four-square check-in













Rating : 4.4 / 5
Service: 3.5 / 5
Repeat: Yes

M Cafe de Chaya
7119 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036

(323) 525-0588
Mon-Sat 9 am - 10 pm
Sun 9 am - 9 pm

http://www.mcafedechaya.com/

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La Maison du Pain - Los Angeles

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I love this bakery! Their pastries are little pricey side, but their breads are cheap and delicious. All 4 pastries were total around $10. Each tarts are around $4-6.






















Apple tart and croissant













Dinner roll size bread. 90 cents. I think it was pumpkin and cranberry or something?? or could be apricot and raisin. not sure which one it was













I loved my cream puff. I could really taste vanilla bean in the cream.













Rating : 4.2 / 5
Service: 3.5 / 5
Repeat: Yes

La Maison du Pain
5373 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019

(323) 934-5858

Tue-Sat 8 am - 6 pm
Sun 8 am - 1 pm

http://www.lamaisondupainla.com/

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Posted in: los angeles

Harrah's Wizard of Oz Slots

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My wife and daughter just returned from Harrah%26#39;s where they played the two Wizard of Oz machines by the cashier. They said the darn things would not stop paying off. They made over $250.00 apiece. They told me to be sure to post this......even though I detest slot machines. ha, ha

Harrah's Wizard of Oz Slots

I was going to post this......funny.....went to edgewater today......slow there.....bank of 3 wiz of oz next to sports book....have always wanted to play but was too crowded too try.....put 20 in lost 10 fast...lady next to me only one playing besides me...she dumps 50.00 playing max spins real fast.I took the 10 and tried her machine. sixty cents a pull....all of a sudden a fairy godmother comes down in a ball and i get a free spin right after i had just spun....something about an extra bonus spin....all the spaces were wild except for 1 and i got back 257.00. I almost passed out.///// went to quick hit and won 57.00 and then won 50.00 on hot shot......what a day!

Harrah's Wizard of Oz Slots

To celebrate went to albertos and had a really good mexican meal.

have to try the oz machines when we get back to AZ this winter. Congradulations on your good luck!! I would have almost passed out too. Where is Albertos? My husband and I liked Casa Seranos in Mohave. Our opionion is that even though it was a bit of a drive it was our favorite compared to Bullhead and Havesue%26#39;s Seranos. Didn%26#39;t try the one at Riverside though. You would think that beings they are a chain the food would be the same. But our experience wasn%26#39;t that way. Mohave%26#39;s had better presentation and portions. Overall taste was better ,to us anyway. And the wait staff is friendlier. We love their Fajita Salad (Chicken or Steak) and the cost was reasonable for lunch (around 5.75). Oft times my husband and I would share it beings it is so big. They also keep the warm chips flowing and serve them with two kinds of salsas and a hot chorizo bean and cheese dip for free with meal...great deal!!

We just got back now from casa at riverside....my daughter graduates tonight from laughlin high and this is where she likes to eat.....same everything as the other ones. They like the loaded mexican pot skins. I ate the combo of soft taco, cheese enchillada and chile releno....it was good but albertos is better. This costs 9.50 here and 10.25 at albertos. Albertos is in the laughlin shopping town center on needles highway . Take james woodbury to end and turn left and you are on needles highway.....pass the park, library, post office and you will see the shopping center. This is big town ....we have aldelpes supermarket, 2 mexican restraurants which are albertos and casa torta(something like that lol...foods pretty good also)and a lousy pizza place called mommas. I eat the lunch buffet there cause its only 5.00. Not too bad for that price but not worth ordering otherwise.

i don%26#39;t know why i can%26#39;t get the time adjusted right on here. Its only 355 as i write this.

Polkadad, Congradulations to your daughter on her graduation day.!! Will try the riverside Casa Seranos. Also, thank you for the heads up and directions to Albertos. Will try that as well. We spent 4 months this last winter and with your help (and Grif and Calsuede) we had an easy time deciding where to eat and gamble in town. We look forward to coming back this next winter and discover more of Laughlin and the surrounding area.

Ok well, I got back from Laughlin yesterday and had a great time.I did hit every casino there except for the Tropicana, which was only because it was on the other side of the street and I didn%26#39;t know it was there until we left in the bus yesterday. I told the bus that I guess I would hav eto go back because I missed one. LOL I did try the Wizard of Oz at one of the casino%26#39;s but I lost on it. I did see it at other casino%26#39;s, but never was able to get on it. Oh well trust me, I lost a whole lot of money without playing the Wizard of Oz ! :(

Did you take a bus from vegas here for like 5 hours?

sorry .....your other post said you stayed at harrahs....

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Lunch at Seasons Buffet in the Silverton Casino Resort, Las Vegas!

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A comfortable lunch buffet!  A bad time of the year!
     The Silverton Casino Resort is located on Blue Diamond Road just off of I-15 at the intersection of Dean Martin in Las Vegas.  The Silverton Casino has an outdoor sportsman's lodge kind of theme.  A huge Bass Pro Shop that is filled with camping gear, backpacking gear, hunting and fishing equipment. Fishing tackle in the middle of the Mojave desert?  Many people overlook the fact that Lake Mead and the Colorado river are only a few miles from Las Vegas!  Lake Mead has one of the longest shorelines of any body of water in the world.  Lake Mead is stocked with gamefish and striped bass fishing is king!     I posted pictures of the Silverton Casino aquarium in an article that I wrote about the Mermaid Restaurant and lounge.  Many more detailed photographs of the Silverton Casino Resort are posted in this article.  Here is a link to the Mermaid restaurant review and tour of Cactus Joe's:  Calamari at Mermaid in the Silverton Casino, Las Vegas ~ Cactus Joe's Blue Diamond Nursery at Blue Diamond Nevada!     The Silverton Casino Resort appeals to the outdoor sports kind of people.  Many of this crowd have no desire to stay at a high price luxury resort on the Las Vegas Strip.  They want comfort!  They do prefer the wide open spaces and an unhurried pace.  That is the style of outdoorsmen!       The food at the Silverton Casino Seasons Buffet is geared for regular everyday people, locals and those who live an outdoor sports lifestyle.  The food is easy to recognize and the food is nicely priced.  The dining area at Seasons Buffet has comfortable seating and it is very clean.  Video slide show displays of the outdoors are set in picture frames on the walls of the dining room and they are interesting to view.     The Silverton gained a reputation for great food during the last few years and the employees were promoted as being the type of people that took great pride in cooking good food.  The steak house at the Silverton is rated as one of the best in Las Vegas.  Seasons Buffet has a good reputation for perfection simple food.     I dined at the Silverton Casino Seasons Buffet just after, shopping at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory east on Sunset Road.  I was kind of hungry after walking through the cactus gardens and touring the chocolate factory.  Seasons Buffet sounded like a good idea for lunch.     The food was alright during this visit to Seasons Buffet, but it was nothing worth writing home about.  There was nothing fancy about the food, but it was all fresh and it tasted good.  Like I mentioned earlier, the food is geared for the regular folks and outdoor type of people.       The problem was that the food lacked the luster that it had during past visits to this buffet.  The reason was because the Silverton Casino and Las Vegas both have to endure the slowest 2 weeks of the year during the holiday season, before New Years.  Many casinos go from a full staff to a skeleton staff during the two week holiday season lull.  Many of the better employees with seniority take their vacations during this time.  Off the strip casinos suffer the worst during the holiday lull and the quality of service and food can sometimes be sub par.  Ce est la vie.     Anyway, I was kind of disappointed with the desserts that were offered, because they had the look of frozen pre-made products and instant cake mixes.  Some of the desserts were decoratively dressed up for Christmas, but like I said, they were not worth writing home about.  The kitchen staff looked young and inexperienced, so that confirmed that the food was not prepared by the Seasons Buffet cooks that had more experience, because they were off for the holidays.     Even the buffet waitress for my table was kind of amateurish.  I ordered a diet soda and twenty minutes later the drink was slammed on my table like the waitress viewed me as being the type of customer that does not tip or something.  I usually tip 20% to 25% because that is the unwritten tipping percentage by those who are in the restaurant business.  The standard tipping percentage for those who are not employed in the hospitality industry is 15%.  After the waitress decided to slam my glass of soda on the table, I left one measly dollar as a tip!  Ce est la vie.     All I can say is that I have a policy of not writing negative restaurant reviews and the review of the Silverton Seasons Buffet was right on the borderline of being negative.  Every restaurant has a bad day and I just happened to visit the Seasons Buffet on a bad day during a bad time of the year.  On the Las Vegas Strip, there is usually no such thing as a bad day at any restaurant during the slow holiday season.  Off the strip, things can be a little bit different during the holiday lull.  Maybe the subconscious reason that I chose to dine at Seasons Buffet during the holiday business lull was just to convey this point.     Anyway, past visits to Seasons Buffet were much better than this recent experience.  The food was particularly good during past vists.  I am basically tossing this recent dining experience out the window and writing it off as a sign of the poor economic times.  As New Years Eve approaches, the Las Vegas economy returns to normal and the resorts become filled to maximum capacity.  I realistically expect that the food and service quality at the Silverton's Seasons Buffet will return to its normal high quality level as Las Vegas gets into overdrive gear for New Years and the convention event season.     I do recommend the Silverton Casino Resort's Seasons Buffet, but I do hesitate to send readers there during the two week holiday lull before Christmas after this dining experience.  Any other time of year, the food and service quality has been great at the Seasons Buffet.  I hope this article gives some insight to how things can be sub par at places away from the Las Vegas Strip or anywhere when business is slow.  When the volume of business is good, the quality is much better.        By the way, the volume of business in Las Vegas is at a peak this New Years Eve Weekend!  ...  Shawna