Takoyaki Tanota (たこ焼き たのた) - Costa Mesa, CA

(Pictures for this review taken with my Motorola Droid.)With his shaggy hair tucked into a black baseball cap, he looks like a worn out roadie as he hunches over the sizzling hot griddle. A skilled flick of an oil-soaked cloth cleans each indentation, brushing a glistening layer over the ebony surface....

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Valhalla Table - Costa Mesa, CA [CLOSED]

(Pictures for this review taken with my Canon PowerShot SD800is.This article is dedicated to Kelly von Hemert of Galley Girl for her friendly and persistent nagging. She's in your kitchen and my head!!! Edit 08/24/2013: Valhalla Table has closed.)Valhalla - The Hall of the Slain. It’s the final resting...

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Mukmuk Zamboni!

That's just fun to say. I need to start blogging again, so here's a short post to warm me up.Scored me a sweet pin of Olympic mascot sidekick Mukmuk driving a Zamboni when I was up in Vancouver last week. Then the wife blogged about it on Outblush. Mukmuk is the bomb!Support Mukmuk in his drive to...

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