Dinner and a Movie: Julie/Julia and Torafuku

Today I went to go catch the new movie Julie/Julia and it was so good. So good that I would go see it again in the theater (which for me is hard bc I hate sitting there for so long). So good that I would buy it on DVD and watch it over and over again. So good that I would (and have) bought the Julia Child's Cookbook for inspiration. I think for me, I related to this movie so well being the wannabe chef/cook and of course occasional blogger. It hit my two greatest loves: eating and cooking and my newly found love for blogging. I sat on the edge of my seat the whole time, laughing, gasping, and of course drooling.

After dinner, I thought about eating Panda Express at the mall, but like my sister said, we can't eat the PX after seeing all that gourmet food in the movie. So we ventured off to Torafuku which is this Japanese restaurant right next to the Westside Pavilion that I always see but have never tried. It was very "Japanese" meaning the wait staff and cooks were probably from Japan as were most of the clientale. It was as authentic as you could get in the area. I had the chef's Omakase dinner set. It came with all sorts of yummy goodies. The Japanese always know how to present items to look so delectable. The set included some kurobuta tonkatsu, ebi tonkatsu, tamago, 4 pieces of sashimi, miso-shiru, tsukemono, gohan, saba-yaki, and nimono. Very delicious and all for the mere price of $25. I would definitely recommend this place for some tasty, authentic Japanese food.