8-Course Vegan Tasting Menu at Shojin (Culver City, CA, USA)

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8-Course Vegan Tasting Menu at Shojin (Culver City, CA, USA)

Whenever we dine at Shojin, we always leave feeling happy. Like really, really, happy. No matter what we order, or how many times we've had a dish, we are always impressed with the beauty and taste of the dishes presented to us. Executive Chef Jun Matoshiro works continuously to create exciting new dishes based on the season, so we are always super eager to see what he comes up with. His latest 8-Course Tasting Menu, offered only at the Culver City location for a limited time, is not to be missed...

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Ribbons Plus a Cool Toy from the OC Fair

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Ribbons Plus a Cool Toy from the OC Fair

Susan wasn’t able to compete in the main Culinary competition at this year’s Orange County Fair because the turn-in time coincided with our trip to Japan (she won some ribbons at the San Diego County Fair to make up for it!).  But the OC Fair holds various other side competitions as well, the last of which was this past weekend – “Fairtastic Foods”.  This was a competition for “fair-friendly” food that you might see in a booth one day. Susan entered, and...

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The Vegan Community in Japan is Alive and Well! (July, 2014)

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The Vegan Community in Japan is Alive and Well! (July, 2014)

We are extremely pleased to confirm through firsthand experience during our trip in July 2014, that the vegan community in Japan is alive and well! It is comprised of a small but rapidly growing number of trailblazers committed to bringing veganism into mainstream Japanese culture. We have put together individual reviews (including food photos, a photo of the restaurant building/entrance, and photos of the menus as of July 2014) of the restaurants we visited in Tokyo and Kyoto, plus one in Osaka...

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