29 Cafe by USC

The Grilled Chicken Club w/Fries

Who knew that there's such a decent lunch spot right by campus? I'm surprised I never came in here to try, I used to live right by this place! Came here with my friends for her birthday lunch. Birthday girl got a Tuna Melt w/sweet potato fries. My other friend got a Santa Fe Melt w/sweet potato fries. We all loved our sandwiches and fries! The fries!! Oh my, I love fries and these are soo good! And great service too :]

Baked Apple Stacks

http://beingsuzyhomemaker.blogspot.com/2011/01/crunchy-baked-apple-stacks.html

My friend got the recipe from there, made it, and it looked so good that I wanted to try it too. Easy to make and a yummy healthy dessert too!

Tani's Kitchen in Daly City

Japanese hamburger steak and curry.

For Valentine's Day, we went to Tani's Kitchen for dinner. My boyfriend had been raving about this place since his friends brought him here. Tani's Kitchen is this cute little place tucked at the side of Westlake Mall. It has only three tables and about 5 counter seats, pretty small place. A family-owned place, with the father as chef and mother and daughter taking orders. The chef sings in Japanese while he cooks! I yelped the place before coming, apparently, everyone loves their hamburger steak and curry so that's what I got. The hamburger steak was really good. The curry is a bit too salty for my taste but otherwise very filling!

Maggiano's at the Grove

This is my lobster, clams, shrimp, mussels with pasta over tomato lobster sauce. Quite delicious!
This is my favorite appetizer dish: mussels. I don't know how they make it, but it is absolutely yummilicious. I ended up eating most of this (plust you can drink the sauce as soup)...so my boyfriend got another appetizer: fried calamari. Honestly, out of all the fried calamari's I've had, Buca Di Beppo has the best.

Anyway, I've been looking forward to Maggiano's for a year, reserving it for my birthday dinner restaurant. When we came last year, there was the All you can eat option for a pretty good value. Plus you can bring leftovers home! But apparently, they changed the policy...only valid for 4 people or more... ]: Sigh. Overall, pretty good food and huge portions.

Katsuya @ LA Live

I came here with my girls for my early birthday dinner. The restaurant definitely looks pretty fancy but the food was also pretty pricey. First of all, I came there thinking that it's another version of Geisha House. The music at Katsuya was not as loud, which is good. I am able to have a conversation with my friends across the table :]. And the waiters/waitresses aren't wearing skimpy Hooters-like outfits or geisha dresses. Whew! This place is actually decent for a nice dinner. I got the salmon dish while most of my friends got sushi dishes. Personally, I don't think the sushi is worth it considering the small portions and the price. This salmon ($15) at least got me full and quite delicious too.