Fooding: Poke Me, Musashiya Udon, Road to Seoul, Lacha Somtum

Fooding

Poke, udon, kbbq, Thai food

Poke Me, just south of Wilshire Blvd on Westwood.

Lots more fish choices than Poke Bar.

Shrimp too?!

Large = 4 "scoops". Ahi tuna and salmon. Shoyu. Not bad here.

Pretty busy the whole time.

Tempura at Musashiya is still very good.

Sadly the udon is still pretty meh. The cold udon is definitely the way to go over the hot udon, tho.

Who needs to be able to read the sign?

Christine and June are fascinated by the flip-up selfie screen.

Beef brisket and beef tongue, plus later bulgogi, galbi, spicy pork belly...

Ham'ing it up for the camera.

Lacha Somtum was deserted because of the Armenian genocide parade.

Thai iced tea.

Nam-khao-tood. Delicious, very nice balance of crunchy bits.

Deep fied pork pad thai. That was some damned good fried pork.

Deep fried larb.

Deep fried clam pancake. Not my thing.

Blue crab salad.

Very contemporary inside. And empty.

Fooding roundup!

Second of two new poke places in Westwood, Poke Me is much better than Poke Bar when it comes to seasoning and taste... but the whole by-the-scoop thing is still a bit weird. They're busy at least, which means maybe they'll stay in business. Lots of fish choices, too.

In contrast, Musashiya Udon doesn't seem to have overcome their diasasterous start of the world's slowest kitchen. Tempura is still very good, but the hot udon is not terribly flavorful, and it's overwhelmed by seaweed and whatnot. Cold udon is better here, but none of the udon seems to be any good.

Road to Seoul with Virgil, Connie, June, June's friend Christine, and a ton of Virgil's coworkers. Solid kbbq here if you don't mind all the smoke, and holy cow we took down a lot of galbi, bulgogi, and brisket! Might need to do kbbq sooner rather than later. Nom!

Lacha Somtum in Thai Town did some delicious nam-khao-tood and deep fried pork pad thai. Not as familiar with larb, but the blue crab salad was also good. Very refreshing after the deep fried clam pancake. And it was deserted given we apparently went on the day of a big parade in Little Armenia, which shares the same streets as Thai Town.