Another awesome Japanese food festival held at Doubletree Hotel in Little Tokyo. Annual event held every year in November.
The menu it seems it never changes, same as last year but why change it if it works.
BLUE FIN TUNA CARVING
BEST PART GOT TO SAMPLE THE TUNA LATTER, VERY FRESH AND TASTY, LOOKED LIKE RAW BEEF.
NOW FOR THE FOOD FOR TASTING
This was upstairs in the garden
TAKOYAKI
TEMPURA STATION
SHRIMP TEMPURA
YAKISOBA
CHICKEN YAKITORI
NOW THE MAIN BALL ROOM
MISO SOUP
SOBA NOODLES
SOME INTERESTING TID BITES
SEAWEED SALAD
THATS SUSHI CHEF KATSUYA OF THE KATSUYA RESTAURANTS
THEY MAKE THE SUSHI RIGHT THERE
GRAB WASABI, GINGER, CHOPSTICKS, SOY SAUCE
YOU GET AS MUCH AS YOU WANT
SUSHI ROLLS
SASHIMI: BLUE FIN, SHRIMP, HAMACHI
MACHINE THAT MAKES ROLLS
MOCHI ICE CREAM
BEEF BOWLS
SAKE TASTING ROOM
DANGEROUS PLACE YOU JUST KEEP DOING SHOTS, HALF WAY THRU THE ROOM YOUR SPINNING. ALL YOU CAN DRINK.
PICS FROM SUSHI MAKING CONTEST BY CHEFS
I THINK THIS ONE WON THE CONTEST
NO FLOR WAS NOT A SUSHI CHEF THAT ENTERED THE CONTEST
VERY NICE HOTEL
IT WAS FUN, IT'S ALWAYS HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO GO TO THIS EVENT EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS THAT I GO TO. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY THE $60.00 OR CAN'T GET THE DAY OFF OR SOME OTHER EXCUSE BUT ONCE YOU GO, YOU LOOK FORWARD TO IT EVERY YEAR. IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT HELD ALWAYS IN NOVEMBER. THEY EVEN GIVE YOU A PARTING GIFT WITH MISO PASTE AND OTHER COOKING STUFF. FOR GODS SAKE PEOPLE IT'S ALL YOU CAN EAT AND DRINK.