For 15 years, chef and owner Tanya Petrovna has been cooking up organic / vegan cuisine at Native Foods. Five locations in Southern California list slightly different menus to ensure freshness of ingredients. (notice inside that this restaurant is powered by helicopter blades…) Aside from The Veggie Grill, vegetarian / vegan restaurants aren’t top on [...]

Adding bacon to something I already love?: Genius! You don’t have to decide between breakfast and a Big Mac anymore. And count them–THREE meat patties! Let the Mega Tamago (egg) up your cholesterol in one fell swoop. Why would they make this only available in Japan??? Albeit not as bold as KFC’s Double Down, the [...]

There was an Autumn Food Fair at Mitsuwa last weekend! Parking here is already hectic on regular days. I found out later they have free valet here?! bah. This was a true, Asian, elbow-rubbing event. Ohh yes. MORE pork belly. “Okonomiyaki” of “Otafuku”. Mituswa encourages us to “Enjoy its special tasty juicy sauce!!” And here [...]

Ok my first attempt at the Filipino Lechon Kawali (pan fried pork belly) did not turn out as expected… haha. I figured since the pork was already cooked, this final pan-frying was just to brown it and puff the skin in hot oil. I placed it in the pan to fry and seriously started to [...]

I’ve been wanting to take a whack lechon kawali for a long time now. The first one I tried was made by the GF’s mom about 18 months ago and it was soo addicting. Lechon kawali is a Filipino dish literally meaning pan-fried pork. Technically, it is first braised, then pan-fried pork belly. I’ve looked [...]