Din Tai Fung

I drove 40 min from Los Angeles to Din Tai Fung restaurant with YJ. YJ was very tired but she's forced to go there because of nice weather. Sunshine is back!!


I wanted to taste XLB. Lucky day! We didn't wait more than 5 minutes to go in.
Our first impression on this restaurant. Pretty clean! it was beyond our expectation. Chinese restaurants is supposed to be little our of shape, huh? Tea came in very clean. Even restroom was clean. I bet the taste of food will be under 3 out of 5.

We ordered port& crab dumpling, shirimp & pork dumpling, shanghai rice cake(?). wanted small dumplings w/ soup but sold out. then ordered beef noodle soup.


every thing was so-so. nothing spectacular. We took out 2 pcs of Red bean bun when we left. red bean bun was fantastic. But YJ didn't like it. (She didn't eat much and she is still hungry.)

In the other side of the shopping mall, I found there is JJ bakery. I was so happy and shop little bit of bread (curry beef bread, tiramisu cake). looks good. smells good. I guess JJ bakery is like Torrence Bakery. good hunting today. but din tai fung was big disappointment today. I'll never come back.

Cassell's Hamburger

I did eat over 1,000 of Whopper in my life. Whopper was my favorite and there is no alternatives. When I moved to LA from Oregon, I noticed that Burger King restaurants are rare in southern California. The In-N-Out is more popular. Even Carl's Jr is better. I had the eager to find a good hamburger in Los Angeles. It wasn't easy. I heard of Cassell's Hamburger from the newspaper, Korea Daily. (중앙일보)


At that time, I was sick of Carl's Jr or local charbroiled quarter pounder hamburger. I still remember the moment we tasted the first bite. Youjin & I went to Cassel's hamburger. We felt like a stranger who does not know how to order. We didn't know how to start. One lady approached us and explained how to. Oh....that was easy. I ordered 2-3rd pound cheese burger. She did patty melt. I can choose a type of bread, cooked patty, and then I can pick up the side and ingredients so that I can make my own hamburger. When I chew the first bite of the patty, it was so meaty, juicy, premiumy......it is a paradise and it took care of my burger fix.

I know somebody complains it is pricey. I think this hamburger worth it. If you take out the hamburger, it will be cheaper because the hamburger price includes the buffet. The hamburger alone is not expensive. Parking? no problem. You can park at comfort Inn parking lot. Once I eat the cassell, I don't go to Carls Jr any more.

It is worth a life. must go.

Cassell's Hamburgers

A frequent contender in the "LA's best burger" debate

Address: 3266 W. Sixth St.

Cross Street: Berendo St.

Neighborhood: Miracle Mile & Mid-Wilshire

Phone: 213-480-8668

Hours: Mon-Sat 10:30am-4pm

Los Angeles Food

I decided to use this blog yesterday. After researching some internet services, I decided to use the blogger. I'm not going to write in korean althou my girl friend has nice blog in korean. If I feel like write something in korean, I'll go there.

Anyway, I do know good place to eat and hang out. If you're not tourist but resident in Los Angeles, anf if you're not familiar to go out, be my guest. ^^

I'll leave my trace here as many as possible when I go out with my girl friend.