A Celebrated Tokyo Restaurant Opens Asakura, a High-End Kaiseki Destination in LA
Noteworthy Tokyo restaurant La Bombance has expanded to Los Angeles in the form of Asakura, a near-hidden strip mall kaiseki establishment from chef Makoto Okamoto. Asakura takes over the former Yamakase space on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Los Angeles on February 6, 2025, as a multi-course tasting experience at the counter or at its few tables, with most of the former restaurant’s wood block-themed decor essentially held over. While kaiseki in its most elegant forms hasn’t had a long history in Los Angeles, Niki Nakayama and Carol Iida-Nakayama helped popularize the seasonally driven Japanese tasting menu format with their
https://www.alojapan.com/1260746/the-heb-japanese-sandwich-that-made-everyone-mad/ The HEB Japanese Sandwich That Made Everyone Mad
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The HEB Japanese Sandwich That Made Everyone Mad
HEB is typically praised for producing its own line of signature products, including its cult-favorite butter tortillas, myriad baked goods, and even the spicy boiled crawfish it supplies during prime-time crawfish season. In April 2025, however, the Texas supermarket chain faced some criticism on social media after releasing a “Japanese strawberry sando” in its sushi department. Diners weighed in on social media and Reddit about HEB’s relatively pricey attempt at Japanese-style sandos, a type of sandwich that uses delicate and slightly sweet shokupan, or Japanese milk bread, which is popular in the various konbini (convenience stores) that dot Japan. HEB’s
Round 1 Delicious Is Opening a Huge Japanese Food Hall in West Hollywood
A food hall with eight high-end restaurants from Japan is headed to West Hollywood, reports L.A. Business First. Round 1 Delicious, a Japanese amusement store chain, has its eyes on the Now development in West Hollywood as the future home of a food hall with Japanese storefronts serving yakitori, sushi, and more. Round 1 already has footholds in Los Angeles with its bowling and claw machine venues, but this will be its first foray into food in the States. The food hall is slated to open later this year. While Round 1 hasn’t announced which restaurants will feature at the
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