Hi,

I'm going to stay in LA for a few days soon (so excited! 2 ), so I'd love any suggestions on good places to visit, eat, shop, etc.

Thanks!

eateries:

http://www.portosbakery.com <~~ try the tuna croissant and potato balls
http://www.zankouchicken.com <~~ you've gotta try the garlic spread!
http://www.in-n-out.com
http://www.originaltommys.com <~~ if you like chili burgers
http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com
http://www.japaneserestaurantinfo.com/kippan <~~ really good sushi

Supposedly this place also has good sushi:

Crazy Fish Japanese Restaurant Map
9105 W Olympic Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
310 550-8547

...but I never had a chance to see for myself because every time I went there it was too crowded to get a seat



Shopping:

http://www.glendalegalleria.com

Melrose Avenue (near k-town)... if you want to know how to get there then just type in 7650 MELROSE AVENUE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90046 (this is the address to an Urban Outfitters there) in http://maps.yahoo.com

Pasadena - lots of places to shop there.



I recommend you stay away from Hollywood unless you like museums. There's a sex museum over there. There also used to be a "museum of death" but it got closed. Anyway, other than the museums you'd probably find Hollywood a bit of a disappointment - it's really dirty and there are lots of trashy folk hanging around. =P


Anyway hope you have fun!

Thanks alot!

I'm going to try as many of the eateries as I can. 2

What's your budget on foods? How much do you plan to spend?

What part of L.A. will you be visiting?

It's a bit late now, I've just come back from there .

I stayed with a friend in Diamond Bar and we went to lots of chinese restaurants which were good.
It was fun and now I've got to catch up on all my work.

are you related with water lily??

No...
Now I wanna change my name!

lol sorry about that

Restaurants -

Korean(personal favs):

Manna Buffet - Olympic Blvd/Western
Josun Galbi - Olympic/Western next to Bank of America
M Grill - On Wilshire
Soot BBQ House - 8th/Catalina
Jongro Restaurant - Olympic/Norton
Hamjibak - Pico
Crazy Hook - Wilshire
Won San Myeon Oak(used to be Jumac) - Vermont
Gon Jiam - Beverly/Western

Japanese:

Maguro - Downtown on 2nd St.
Geumdarae - Specializes in Yakisoba
Osaka Hurosato Sashimi
Yamashiro

American:

Lawry's - La Cienega/Wilshire
The Ivy - Lots of celebrities frequent this small but posh place (Wilshire/Robertson)
Castaway - AMAZING view of all of Los Angeles at night (Glenoaks/Harvard on Burbank Hill)

Bars(Korean):

Soju Town - Wilshire
InterCrew - Wilshire
Point - New Hampshire/Wilshire
Brass Monkey - Wilshire (lots of celebrities frequent to sing live karaoke)
Cafe Bleu - Wilshire
Dan Sung Sa - Berendo/6th next to Full House Cafe and Dan Sung Sa NRB
Bl!nk - Wilshire (situated on the 2nd level)
Rosen Brewery

Clubs:

LaPrive(Korean) - Western (Nic Cage, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck are regulars apparently)
Karnac(Korean) - Wilshire
Velvet Room(Korean)
712 Lounge(American) - Broadway/3rd in Santa Monica (this is actually a nameless club where the address number 712 is actually the name )
V2O(American)

Places to shop:

Blue Demon - Melrose
Barracuda Melrose
City Rags - Melrose
Urban Outfitters - Melrose
Beverly Center - Beverly Hills

Wow thanks that's really useful...







BUT I've already been there and come back 2
Thanks very much anyway!